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…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - More community leaders and family members are calling for the U.S. Justice Department to step in and conduct its own investigation into the shooting death of Sammie Davis Jr. "I'm very concerned after reading this [GBI]…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The 2013 Cherry Blossom Festival is officially under way. City and festival leaders cut the ribbon on the festival Friday in a noon ceremony at Central City Park. Thousands will flock to Macon over this 10-day…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- Macon police officers arrested a man they had been searching for in conjunction with an aggravated assault incident from April 2012 that took place on Brookwood Drive. Thursday, investigators and the Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- Bibb County Sheriff's deputies are looking for a man who robbed a mother and daughter at gunpoint Thursday night. The incident happened around 9P.M. on Dellwood Road. According to a news release, the mom and daughter…
DUBLIN, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - People from all over Laurens County descended upon Dublin's annual Pancake Supper Thursday night. It's just one of more than 50 events going on in the month-long St. Patrick's Festival of 2013. Pancakes, pancakes. pancakes. Somewhere…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- Law enforcement agencies say they want you to enjoy Saint Patrick's Day, but don't rely on luck to get you home safely. The Byron Police Department, the Bibb County Sheriff's Office, the Twiggs County Sheriff's Office,…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- For the first time, we're hearing Doctor Romain Dallemand's thoughts on leaving his post as superintendent of Bibb County Schools. Georgia Public Broadcasting has aired and published on it's website what amounts to his exit interview. …
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Robins Air Force Base is opening a new state of the art metal finishing facility, which is not only safer for employees, but better for the environment. "Anytime you get something new, this is like…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- The arrest warrant for Colethia Williams says the mother of four lied about her whereabouts the night her children died in a house fire. Williams' three children died in a house fire in late February. Her…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Bibb County Coroner Leon Jones says the body found in Central City Park early Thursday morning has been identified as 29-year-old Mark Nixon. Jones says Nixon's body was discovered around 8:56 am by workers from Macon-Bibb…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)- In the spirit of the Easter season, the largest producer and distributor of eggs in the U.S. donated more than 64,000 of them to the Middle Georgia Community Food Bank Wednesday. The donation is courtesy of Cal-Maine…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- The Macon mayor, and deputy chief of police say the investigation into the shooting death of Sammie Davis Jr. isn't over. At a news conference today, the two talked about the DA's decision, and their decision…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The bells of Saint Joseph Catholic Church rang loud and clear in downtown Macon Wednesday afternoon as the world learned a new pope was elected. 41NBC's Amanda Castro and Ashley Minelli got the chance to wait…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Central City Park is getting ready for this year's Cherry Blossom Festival. Rides are being built, food vendors are setting up, and everyone is getting excited for opening day on Friday. "We are building Central City…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Macon Police arrested the mother of three children killed in a house fire on the morning of February 24, and charged her with felony murder. Like most people in the community who saw the house fire,…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- GBI Special Agent Rodney Wall says a weapon was recovered from the scene of a Sunday night shootout in Warner Robins between a man and police. Wall says six officers responded to the scene but…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- The Macon Police Drug Squad found marijuana totaling more than $300 Monday. After responding to a complaint of drug activity, officers searched the house of Larry Dean Banks located on Hart-Smith Street. The drugs were discovered…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- 21-year-old Faith Womack is a student at Middle Georgia State College, a Zumba instructor, and has a heart for helping others. When she found out Kristi Clarke's unborn baby had Spina Bifida, Faith jumped at…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The elderly man accused of shooting and killing a woman at a Macon gas station is out on bond. According to the Bibb County Jail website, 73-year-old Frank Reeves posted bond and was released from the…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- Warner Robins Police Chief Brett Evans says he has full confidence that a GBI investigation into a Sunday evening will prove his officers acted in accordance with the law. The shootout happened between officers and…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- A news release from Macon police spokesperson Jami Gaudet says the mayor met with the Macon police department Tuesday afternoon to discuss the Kroger shooting incident. The meeting comes after Bibb County District Attorney David Cooke…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A Bibb commissioner and Macon City councilman are calling on the Department of Justice to look into the shooting death of Sammie Davis, Jr. last December, saying they still have a lot of unanswered questions. In…
FORSYTH, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) –Forsyth City councilmen Desi Hansford and James Calloway have been charged with accepting bribes, according to court documents. On Monday, agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation arrested Hansford after he accepted bribes. Tuesday afternoon, Calloway was…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- Bibb County Judicial Circuit District Attorney, David Cooke, says there will be no charges filed against Macon Police Officer Clayton Sutton in the December shooting of Sammie Davis, Jr. In a news conference, Cooke called the…
MILLEDGEVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The Baldwin County Sheriff's Office arrested a man they say knowingly has HIV but didn't tell his sexual partners. County leaders say his actions are not only criminal, but also a public health concern. "We are…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Macon City Council's Public Safety Committee is moving forward with an ordinance that would change the police department's disciplinary procedures. The committee passed an ordinance that would require additional accountability and input in regards to Macon…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – In a month, auditors will fill the halls of Bibb County schools for accreditation reviews and board members want to be ready. During a work session on Monday, the Bibb County Board of Education met to…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- The GBI is investigating after a Warner Robins man is shot and killed during a shootout with police. On Monday morning, the family of 50-year-old Anthony Rawls was standing in front of his home at…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- Dr. Josh Glenn with the Children's Hospital at The Medical Center of Central Georgia does something that no one else in the state is doing. He's using a robot to perform surgeries on children. "The beauty…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- Students at Ingram-Pye Elementary received a surprise visit from Harlem Globetrotter "Flight Time" Lang Monday. Lang stopped by the school to promote the organization's anti-bullying program called, "The ABCs of Bullying Prevention." It is an interactive…
EATONTON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- Five people were injured in a house fire on 985 Madison Road in Eatonton early this morning. According to the state fire commissioner's office, the call came in at 5:45am. A 35-year old man, a 35-year…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- The Bibb County Sheriff's Office is investigating a fatal motorcycle accident that happened Sunday night around 8, just south of Sardis Church Road. According to a news release, a group of motorcyclists were traveling north on…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A man is dead after a shootout with Warner Robins police officers. The incident happened Sunday night just before 8. According to a news release, officers were sent to 106 Huntwood Lane where a man…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- Warner Robins Middle School is closed tomorrow, because of a potential gas leak. Spokesperson for the school district Beth McLaughlin says after school activities are cancelled as well. A news release from the Houston County…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Residents in one Warner Robins neighborhood are fed up with what they call a "crime infested community". The outcry comes after a stabbing on McArthur Boulevard on Saturday, just blocks away from a playground. According…
BYRON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The "Dukes of Hazzard" reunion drew thousands and generated nearly a million dollars for the Middle Georgia area. Hazzard County traveled to Peach County for a three-day weekend filled with the show's original cast members, race…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Two years ago today, two Houston County sisters died in a car accident. 17-year-old Leslie Sullivent and her sister 11-year-old Bridget Sullivent were driving on Georgia 96 when their car collided with an SUV. Since…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A fire that damaged two apartment units off of Gray Highway on Friday night, does not appear to be suspicious, but is still being investigated. "I think it's safe to say it's not arson," said Macon-Bibb…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - March 9th at the Grand Opera House you can see a group that really pushes the envelope of classical music, blending it with a mix of jazz, hip-hop and today's music! ProjectTRIO, a flute/cello/bass combo will…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Family members waited and waited, and finally, their heroes showed up Friday at Middle Georgia Regional Airport. Six members of the U.S. Air Force Reserve Band have been boosting troop morale by playing their instruments overseas.…