MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Several downtown business owners say they lose big money when big events shut down the streets of downtown Macon. As it stands now, an event promoter can virtually notify business owners they'll be closing the streets…
MILLEDGEVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Skateboarders in Milledgeville are asking city leaders to consider building a skate park. City ordinances prohibit skaters to skate on sidewalks or roads, so they hope the city will give them a safe place to call…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- After delaying the decision, the Bibb County Commission voted to approve a firm for insurance consulting services, but it came with strong opposition from Commissioner Lonzy Edwards. In a four to one vote, the commissioners decided…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A Macon woman has been charged with the death of her 3-year-old son. Jameshia Reid made her first appearance in front of a judge at the Bibb County Law Enforcement Center Courthouse on Thursday. According to…
AUGUSTA, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A Bibb County principal tipped off the Richmond County Sheriff's Office which lead to the arrest of his brother for triple homicide. According to a news release, deputies arrested 26-year-old Ryan Jones and charged him with…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Georgia's insurance commissioner paid a visit to Macon Thursday to talk about how the Affordable Health Care Act will impact Georgians. Ralph Hudgens spoke to the Uptown Rotary club. The new federal law, which starts in…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A Macon woman is behind bars for allegedly beating her child to death. According to Bibb County Coroner Leon Jones, three-year-old Jakarie Reid was rushed to a local hospital yesterday in cardiac arrest. He died this…
VIDALIA, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – As Congress weighs in on the immigration bill and the guest worker program, farm workers from Vidalia are taking their concerns to federal court. For nearly a decade, Sherry Tomason has worked the fields in her…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – There's an entire week set aside to make sure people are aware of the dangers of dog bites. National Dog Bite Awareness Week in May 19-25 and middle Georgia is no stranger to these kind of…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- The summer heat is here, and the pools in bibb county are set to open in Bibb County, but only three will be up and running by June 4th. The East Macon, Memorial Park, and Booker…
MILLEDGEVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Clean up efforts continue Wednesday after a devastating EF5 tornado tore through parts of Oklahoma on Monday. Homes are destroyed and two elementary schools are reduced to shambles. One Milledgeville elementary school is helping its fellow…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)- Bibb County dispatch confirmed just after 5:00pm today that a child was hit by a car at the corner of Walnut and Second Streets. No word on the age or condition of the child. 41NBC contacted Macon…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)- The Houston County Health Department is urging people who may have come in contact with a rabid dog to see a doctor. The brown and white pit bull mix bit a woman in the face on…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - An off duty Bibb County deputy helped arrest a man who was attempting to flee from authorities Monday in Macon. According to Lt. Sean Defoe with the Bibb County Sheriff's Office, deputy Clay Williams had just…
FORT VALLEY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)- A search and screen committee has released the list of four finalists for the position of Fort Valley State University's ninth president. The board completed the interview process on May 17, and says they've selected four…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - One of Mayor Chuck Shaheen's opponents in the last mayoral race in Warner Robins has decided to give it another go. Surrounded by supporters Tuesday in front of the recreation department on Watson Boulevard, Chuck…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Parents of students at Minnie Burghard and Agnes Barden Elementary Schools in Bibb County begged the school board Tuesday night to keep the two schools separate. Consolidating the two schools is a move that would save…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - It's a parent's worst nightmare: their infant or toddler falling into a pool, just at the moment when their backs are turned. But there's a group in Middle Georgia that's teaching small children as young…
PERRY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – For Dr. Argene Claxton there's only one way to describe the Lineberger brothers, loud. "They made their presence known wherever they were," Claxton said. The agriculture educator at Perry High School has been teaching the four…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A local group of conservatives protested in front of the downtown Macon IRS office on Tuesday as part of a national Tea Party movement to stand up against the IRS. "C'mon Macon, these are your rights…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Search and rescue efforts continue Tuesday in Oklahoma after what has been confirmed as an EF5 tornado ripped through parts of the state. Volunteers from across the nation are coming together to help victims and first…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Officials from Houston County Schools announced that they will be receiving more than a million dollars in new software for students. 31 Houston County elementary and middle schools will receive a combine $1.16 dollars from…
GRAY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- There's beer and wine sold, but in Jones County you can't buy distilled liquor by the bottle. "We're not trying to force people to drink anymore than they are," said Natalie Smith, Jones County Chamber of…
COCHRAN, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A student attending Middle Georgia State College has been selected to receive a top award courtesy of the Foundation for Rural Education and Development, or FRED, according to a news release. Tara Alexandra Smith, who goes…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- 15-year-old Briona Gabriella Collins who was last seen at Southwest High School around 3PM Monday has been found. Spokeswoman for the Macon Police Department, Jami Gaudet, says Collins was found safe. She did not say where…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Take a look around you and you are likely to quickly spot at least one product in your house, office, work space, restaurant or school that is made in Georgia. Paper. Georgia Pacific's paper processing plant…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The folks from Awaken:Aveda Salon and Spa were busy cutting off hair Monday at Northside High School, but don't worry parents--it was all for a good cause. "It was a combination of students, teachers, foreign…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The man accused in a fatal shooting at a Macon gas station returned to jail on Monday. According to Frank Reeves attorney Veronica Brinson, the 73-year-old and his son Frank Dixon signed an agreement and filed…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - There's a new business in Warner Robins, and it's the first of its kind in middle Georgia. The Lazy Dog Growler is nestled in a small plaza in Warner Robins. Jeff and Beth Kressin own…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – For five years now, Helen McDaniel has received a hot meal from her favorite volunteers with Meals on Wheels of Macon. "I don't have any friends here," McDaniel said, "I talk to them and every once…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- Sheriff Cullen Talton says he fully supports the deputy who shot a man during a traffic stop. Monday, Talton told 41NBC the deputy, Dean Holtzhouser is on paid administrative leave until a GBI investigation is…
FORSYTH, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Nearly a hundred years ago, a Bibb County Sheriff's deputy was shot and killed while raiding a gambling den in Macon. Monday, law enforcement agencies from all over Georgia gathered in Forsyth to honor Deputy Franklin…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- A historic church in the College Hill Corridor is about to get a little "TLC". President of Mercer University Bill Underwood, unveiled plans Monday, to transform Tattnall Square Presbyterian Church into the Tattnall Square Center for…
MILLEDGEVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The Milledgeville ethics committee met for the first time Monday to discuss how it will handle the city's first ethics complaint. The three board members sat down with the city attorney to nominate a leader and…
MILLEDGEVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Milledgeville police are following up leads and re-interviewing witnesses from Friday night's shooting at the American Legion on Martin Luther King Dr. According to Major Reggie Hill, 21-year-old Quintavious Horton turned himself in to authorities Sunday…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Every two seconds someone in the United States needs a blood donation. In Georgia, the American Red Cross estimates that number to be about 1,200 pints per day for the peach state's hospitals. If that…
ATLANTA - A grandmother from Milledgeville is enjoying a surprising windfall courtesy of the Georgia Lottery. Belinda Hill, 56, has won the top prize of $50,000 after playing the new instant win game "Fire & Ice", according to a Georgia…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Macon Police are on the lookout for a suspect involved in an armed robbery that took place early Monday morning. According to a news release, the suspect entered the Circle K store located at 2580 Riverside…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The long awaited new law enforcement center in Warner Robins is officially open to the public. The LEC located at 100 Watson Boulevard across from Robins Air Force base is now open 24 hours. The…
KNOXVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – This weekend's rain didn't stop Crawford County from celebrating one of its best kept secrets. The county is known for rich clay. For hundreds of years, the Middle Georgia mud has been molded in the hands…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Traveling more than 3,000 miles a year, cyclist and business owner Damon Allen continues to grip the handle bars and hit the pavement. This year, he hopes to have some company. He's one of many in…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The Georgia Bureau of Investigation Office released the name of the Warner Robins man shot by a Houston County deputy after running a traffic stop. According to a news release from the GBI, 27-year-old Daniel…
MILLEDGEVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Milledgeville Police say a suspect wanted for murder, turned himself in Sunday afternoon. Major Reggie Hill with the Milledgeville Police Department said 21-year-old Quintavious Horton was taken into custody around 4:30pm. Police had a warrant out…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A 10-month old boy reported missing in Macon has been found safe, according to police. The child's mother reported Wilson Bryant, IV missing on Saturday around 2:15 a.m. According to Macon police, the child's father Wilson…
EASTMAN, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A little girl is in the hospital and her mother is in jail Friday after a car accident in Dodge County. The two and their vehicle were the subject of a child abduction alert out of…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A Houston County deputy was involved in a shooting on Friday afternoon. Officials at the GBI office in Perry say that the officer was following a man in a truck, the man then tried to…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Saturday, one Macon woman will reach a milestone many don't get to say they've achieved. Francis Kaplan of Macon will be turning 100 on Saturday. She's originally from New York and celebrated her special day at…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The Powerball jackpot is now at $600 million and is the highest in the games history. According to a news release from the Georgia Lottery, the jackpot is the second largest in U.S. history. The Mega…
MILLEDGEVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Dozens of travel writers toured Milledgeville on Friday as part of the state's annual event to promote tourism. "I'm looking for places that are interesting," travel writer Christine Tibbetts said. Stories that will hopefully inspire the…
HAWKINSVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - DNA tests confirm human remains found off of Nick Cabero Road in Hawkinsville are that of missing Middle Georgia State College student Jmaal Keyes. According to a release from the GBI, the identification of Keyes was…