MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- Cherry Blossom outdoor activities at Central City Park were cancelled for Sunday, but the finale will go on, according to festival organizers. Spokesperson for the Cherry Blossom Festival, Lydia Moss says the annual pin grand prize…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A threat of rain this weekend didn't dampen the spirits of Cherry Blossom fans. The Cherry Blossom Street Party and other weekend events were moved indoors this year due to rain in the forecast, but a…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A man who robbed a SunTrust Bank in Macon on Monday is in custody. According to a release from the Macon Police Department, U.S. Marshals located and arrested 31 year-old William Jeffery Lowder in a room at…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The pinkest party on Earth celebrated its beginnings Friday morning at Founders Day. A huge crowd filled the Macon terminal station to remember how the Cherry Blossom Festival started. The late William Fickling Senior shared his…
MILLEDGEVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Milledgeville police are looking for a woman they say lured a man to a church to have sex and then robbed him. It happened Monday night at the New Beginnings Worship Center off Southside Drive. Major…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Warner Robins city leaders devoted an entire day to talks about the city's future. Those talks ranged from how SPLOST money will be used to the possibility of a switch to natural gas for the…
MACON, Georgia (41 NBC/WMGT) - A woman leaving the Cracker Barrel on Riverside Drive had her wallet stolen on March 8th. Following the theft, one of the four suspects used the stolen credit card at the Target on Presidential Parkway.…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Fans of country music got a big surprise Friday. Artist Blake Shelton is playing a free concert in Macon! The news came following a tweet he sent earlier today, which made die- hard fans drop everything…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Northeast High School renamed its field house after former football star Albert 'Al' Lucas. Lucas was a star player at Troy University and a former Carolina Panther and Pittsburg Steeler. He died in 2005, while playing…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- In his interview with the GBI, Macon Police Officer Clayton Sutton describes the final moments of Sammie Davis Junior's life including how he handcuffed Davis after he shot him. Sutton sat down for two interviews. The…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Region leaders are using a news series of studies as a line of defense against of the possibility of a potential round for Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC). The 21st Century Partnership, a community organization…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- The two Forsyth city council members charged with bribery were in federal court on Thursday afternoon. Coucilman Desi Hansford was in the courtroom for an arraignment. He appeared with his attorney, Charles Cox, and entered a…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Macon-Bibb County firefighters ruled Wednesday night's apartment fire in North Macon as accidental. Lieutenant Ellen Kicklighter tells 41NBC cigarette butts in pine straw started the fire at Lullwater at Bass apartments. The flames were contained in…
MILLEDGEVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A Milledgeville woman is behind bars after police say she beat her grandmother with a baseball bat. The incident centers around a family argument over who owns a piece of property. That argument came to blows…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – In a written statement, Colethia Williams' attorney Reza Sedghi calls the murder charges against his client "tragic". Williams is charged with felony murder, child cruelty and felony false statements after three of her four children died…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- It's supposedly the second biggest book sale east of the Mississippi. Friends of the Library President Andy Newton said, "We've checked in the past and we've found people come from 10 different states to our book…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- More than a dozen food vendors are springing into the season with blossoming hearts and donating to The Salvation Army. "One person can make a difference, one person can set the stage for the many others…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - An apartment complex in Bibb County caught fire early Wednesday evening, and fire officials are still trying to determine what caused it. It happened at Lullwater at Bass Apartments off Bass Road in North Macon around…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A national campaign is helping smokers nationwide kick the habit and 'kick butts'. Kick Butts Day, sponsored by Tobacco-Free Kids and the United Health Foundation, is an aggressive push to get youth to stand up and…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A Macon mother is threatening to sue, after she says a police officer handcuffed her 8-year-old son. At the NAACP town hall meeting this past weekend a teary-eyed Demetrice Martin stated that Macon Police Officer Justin…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Dozens of people became U.S. citizens Wednesday morning during a naturalization ceremony in Macon. Forty-four applicants from 18 different countries took the Oath of Allegiance at the U.S. federal courthouse with Judge Marc Treadwell presiding. The…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A Macon city councilman announced Thursday he will not run for a spot on the new consolidated government. Tom Ellington was elected to city council in 2007. He says he is grateful for his time serving…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - For the first time in months, the Bibb County school district is speaking out about a whistle-blower lawsuit filed against them. In the 17 page response, the school district denies the allegations in former Chief Financial…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- Rutland High School junior, Tyler Ragin ,wins medals for long-jumping and running. She's a top student, and now she's the Boys and Girls Club of America's "Youth of the Year for the state of Georgia. As…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - 16-year-old Madison Conner is safe with her parents in Miami. The Hawkinsville teenager went missing on February 23 from her parents' home and hadn't been heard from until Tuesday afternoon, when law enforcement in south Florida…
FORSYTH, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- Mayor John Howard says Forysth city council voted to accept the resignation of councilman James Calloway. The mayor read a letter of from Calloway at the start of Tuesday night's council meeting. Council voted to accept…
MIDDLE GEORGIA (41NBC/WMGT) – Voters in Jones, Monroe and Washington counties approved several separate sales tax referendums to fund a list of projects. In Monroe County, voters passed the Education Special Local Option Sales Tax in a vote of 610…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Plans to build a 'pilot block' and bridge as part of the Second Street corridor revitalization project have been approved. Macon City Council passed the resolution to build the bridge that will connect Little Richard Penniman…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The city of Macon has approved a plan that would reorganize Internal Affairs and arm officers with tasers. The ordinance will now require additional accountability and input in regards to the Macon Police Department's disciplinary board.…
BREAKING NEWS: Madison Conner has been located in Miami, Florida and has been in contact with her family in Hawkinsville. Family friend, and spokesperson Ken Clark says the family is thankful for all the support from the community. GBI Special…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- The Bibb County Sheriff's Office is investigating a personal armed robbery that happened around 11:40 Monday night on Little Hickory Drive. According to a news release, witness statements said a couple just arrived home when an…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- Except for one question, the audience at Tuesday's "Good Morning, Macon" meeting was quiet. The gathering, hosted by the Macon-Bibb Chamber of Commerce, was centered around a consolidation update given by a consolidation task force member,…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- Macon police responded to shots fired at Virginia Drive and Dalton Street Tuesday morning around 6:45. Students from Southwest High School were waiting at the location for the bus to take them to school. No injuries…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Hollywood is coming back to Macon to film another major motion picture. The Macon Film Commission tells 41NBC the DreamWorks Studios film "Need for Speed" will shoot in Macon sometime in mid-April. Officials say film makers…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- Some school bus routes in Bibb County were impacted by road conditions Tuesday morning, following storms from the night before. According to a news release from the school district, buses were not able to get to…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Thousands are still without power Tuesday morning, as crews from across the state are still working to clean up after Monday evening's storms. According to Georgia Power, Macon and Milledgeville residents were the hardest hit with…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – 41NBC was out Monday night canvassing the storm damage and found the effects of high winds in north Bibb County. The storm took out two traffic lights at the intersection of Zebulon Road and Plantation Centre…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -Thousands are without power across the Middle Georgia region. 41NBC spoke with Georgia Power officials who say there are 26,000 outages across Middle Georgia,14,000 of those in Macon alone. For Flint Energies, there are nearly 3,000 without…
EASTMAN, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – One of the top manufacturing industries in aerospace plans to open a plant in Dodge County. On Monday, leaders with the heat treating company Aremac announced their plans to build a new location in Eastman. The…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- A dreary day didn't stop the cherry blossom festivities. Monday afternoon. The Third Street Park activities were moved inside to Terminal Station where festival goers enjoyed cherry ice cream, pink frosted donuts, and live music. The…
FORSYTH, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- The Monroe County District Attorney is continuing an investigation into potential voter fraud in the 2011 Forsyth mayoral election.A complaint was filed over alleged absentee voting fraud after the election that year. At that time, DA…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC?WMGT) - A government funded program that has a huge impact on students across Middle Georgia is on the chopping block. STARBASE is funded by the Department of Defense, but a proposed amendment could shut it down.…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A 5-year-old boy remains in critical condition after he was mauled by a pit bull. Now his neighbor is being credited as a hero. It was a few barks, a yelp and then a plea for…
EASTMAN, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The 22-year-old driver who died in a five car crash in Eastman left a suicide note right before the accident. According to Dodge County Coroner Joe Smith, on Friday afternoon, Darren Jones of Kennesaw was driving…
FORSYTH, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- The Forsyth Police Department and the Monroe County Sheriff's Office arrested a wanted man who was recently featured on Crimestoppers. A news release from police says 24-year-old Robert Ard of Houston County was wanted for theft…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The Bibb County coroner's office and Macon police officers were on the scene after a woman was found dead in her home at Tindall Heights. According to a witness, the body of a 42-year-old female was…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – People lined up inside of Unionville Baptist Church to partake in an open discussion and debate about law enforcement and race in the city of Macon. "Law enforcements role is to protect the people, not kill…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia - The 339th Flight Test Squadron stationed at Robins Air Force Base has a new commander. During a change of command ceremony held at the Museum of Aviation, Lieutenant Colonel Dante Badia took over for outgoing Lieutenant…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Dozens of people marched Friday afternoon in memory of Sammie Davis Jr. while calling for justice for Junebug and citing issues with the Macon police department. The group marched from Tattnall Square park to Macon City…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A Macon activist delayed Mayor Robert Reichert's speech today at the opening of the Cherry Blossom Festival. Anthony Harris, who's been very outspoken through the entire Sammie Davis, Junior death case, showed up in his pink…