MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- A hundred dollars for a 4 night stay at a motel seemed like a bargain to Keith Thomas, Jr. "It's right around Christmas time so money is not top notch, you don't have a lot of…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMHT) - In wake of the Connecticut shootings, the Bibb County school district is reviewing and updating its current emergency response plan. Earlier this year, the school board hired a company to audit the district's current safety procedures…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- Federal funding is on the chopping block for the Macon-Bibb County Transit Authority, if the city doesn't come to an agreement to give MTA, at least partial ownership of Terminal Station. In November, macon city council…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -Drive on Ingleside Drive, glance behind the Econo Lodge and what you'll see is just another building that looks identical to a hotel. But what you are looking at, is anything but ordinary, and isn't a hotel…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Macon police responded to what they thought was a shooting at Central High School early Thursday morning. According to a news release from the Bibb County School District, someone set off firecrackers in the school's cafeteria…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - At a time when the nation is looking for answers into the deadly shooting in Connecticut Friday, Macon leaders led citizens in a candlelight vigil praying for the families who lost loved ones. At Rosa Parks…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Children in Bibb County honored the murdered Sandy hook students and staff, by wearing that school's colors during their holiday program. Students at Sonny Carter Elementary sang Christmas songs for parents and teachers at their annual…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- There's still time for some Bibb County parents to get affordable computers and Internet access before the end of the year. Thanks to Cox Communcations, the Connect-to-Compete pilot program will now run through December 31st. Beverly…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- As people continue to ask 'why' about the shooting in Newtown, CT, one local advocate for autism says the neurological disorder is not the answer. In 2008, Michael Buckholtz was diagnosed with a form of autism,…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Residents in East Macon are voicing their concerns and speaking out to local leaders about what needs to be done in their community. Earlier this month, Macon City Councilwoman Elaine Lucas, along with Lonnie Miley, and…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- Four people have been indicted and charged with murder in the death of 58-year-old Gail Spencer. Tuesday, Bibb County grand jurors indicted Tracy Michelle Jones, Keith Anthony Dozier, Courtney Nicole Kelly, and Michael Brett Kelly. Spencer…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Macon Police Department investigators are interested in speaking with Demarkus Marquez Hall and Anquan Howard in conjunction with an ongoing investigation. They are not suspects in this particular case. However, investigators believe that they may have information that…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Macon City Council finally approved the money needed to pay for consolidation costs. The city is supposed to pay $250,000 to help cover consultant fees. So far, the City of Macon has paid $20,000, but did…
GRAY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- 79-marijuana plants were seized from a home in Jones County after investigators shut down a massive indoor pot-farm. It was a windy Tuesday afternoon on Ed Etheridge Road, but other than the sounds of nature it…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Since the Leadership Macon Class of 2012 transformed its class project from idea to reality on November 15th, its donation stations have been hard at work. "We've raised just about $1,000 in the meters throughout town,"…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The heated debate over whether the city of Macon will pay for half of consolidation costs is expected to get a little more attention Tuesday night at the full council meeting. The appropriations committee voted 3-2…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The public is invited to attend a candlelight vigil in downtown Macon, aimed at offering support to the families impacted by the school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut. Wednesday, starting 6PM, the city will pray together at…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - David Davis will take the oath of office Thursday to succeed Jerry Modena as Bibb County's sheriff. After he takes the oath, he's expected to outline his goals for the next year. Davis was elected in…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Monday evening, several Middle Georgia kids got the chance to shop 'til they dropped, with the help of a local police officer. Macon Police officers team up with a child or family that might have…
MILLEDGEVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - "Be a buddy, not a bully" was the central message of a youth summit held at Georgia College's Early College. "It is a national issue," said Principal Dr. Runee Sallad. "Our parents committee and I thought…
MACON, Georiga (41NBC/WMGT) - Bibb County deputies want to find the person who robbed a local convenience store manager outside of the Wells Fargo Bank at 150 Tom Hill Senior Boulevard. At about 11AM Monday, the suspect, who carried a…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Several law enforcement groups targeted a local store for improperly using WIC vouchers to make money. WIC is the federal program that provides benefits for pregnant women and for families with young children. Friday, the USDA,…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Macon Police are looking for suspects they say robbed a man at gun point, duct taped him and a friend, and then put him in the trunk of a car. This all happened Sunday, just before…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Following the school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, Bibb County School District leaders are talking to campus administrators about reviewing the district's safety protocols. "The most effective safety plans involve engagement, planning, and regular review and practice,"…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The last few days have been dark; the images seared into our memory--the news of 20 murdered children and 6 women in Connecticut spreading like wildfire across the world. That wildfire has yet again sparked…
DUBLIN, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Most of the country is quick to jump on either side of the gun control argument, but with the recent reports that Connecticut shooter Adam Lanza had been suffering from a mental illness, it seems there's…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- The group of lawyers representing Stephen McDaniel filed more than two dozen motions Friday. McDaniel is accused of killing and dismembering Mercer Law Graduate Lauren Giddings in 2011. McDaniel's attorney's Floyd Buford and Franklin Hogue expect…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A man is dead after he led police on a high speed chase in north Macon early Sunday morning. According to Bibb County Coroner Leon Jones, a state trooper pulled over 27-year-old Herbert Simpson III on…
COCHRAN, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – One local restaurant owner is giving back to the community, one ice cream cone at a time. The Dairy Queen in Cochran donated 10% of its proceeds to a local girl battling epilepsy. 10-year-old Riley Edge…
HAWKINSVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A Hawkinsville solider severely wounded in Afghanistan, broke ground on his new home. United States Marine Corporal Tony Mullis lost both of his legs last April in an IED explosion. This Saturday, Mullis had a homecoming,…
BYRON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Hundreds of miles from Newtown, Connecticut, hundreds of Middle Georgians filled Harvest Church in Byron to mourn and remember the victims. Harvest Church Pastor Jim Cowart has no connection to Sandy Hook Elementary or Connecticut but…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A missing Macon teen was found returned home, according to Macon Police. 14-year-old Adonis Smith went missing Friday night. According to his mother, Adonis was supposed to be spending the night at a friend's house on…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Warner Robins Police are investigating the death of man who was struck and killed at the intersection of Watson Boulevard and Knodishall Drive early Sunday morning.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - An apartment fire in Macon left two families homeless Friday night. It started around 5:30 in a lower level unit at English Village Apartments on English Avenue. According to Donnie Mercer with the Macon-Bibb Fire Department,…
BYRON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)- Harvest Church in Bryon is planning to hold a prayer vigil and service Saturday night in honor of those killed in Friday morning's school shooting massacre in Newtown, Connecticut. Will Perez with the church tells 41 NBC…
Bibb County Sheriff Jerry Modena reacts to Friday's shooting at a Connecticut elementary school that left more than two dozen people dead, including 20 young children.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Two local college students are trying to make adoptable animals affordable this holiday season. The Mercer students recently held a fundraiser for homeless people and pets. The duo went around to local businesses to raise money…
NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) - An official with knowledge of a shooting at a Connecticut elementary school says 27 people are dead, including 18 children. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation is still under way. Another official,…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Macon Police are looking for two suspects in a Thursday night robbery at a Walnut Street convenience store. According to a release, officers responded to Corner Grocery at 2057 Walnut Street just after 9 p.m. Thursday…
BYRON, Georgia (AP) - A new report from the National Transportation Safety Board found the likely cause of a deadly plane crash in Middle Georgia to be high speed, which caused the airplane to break apart in flight. The NTSB…
COCHRAN, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- We were down in Cochran today, to check out local artist Heather Hutton's "American Flag" made out of wallets. You can ask Hutton about any of the nearly 1300 wallets that make up the flag, and…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - JC Coffield of Warner Robins can only see the minimum during the day, and at night, he says he's up the creek. "I see nothing at night," he says. He and his brother were diagnosed…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Robins Air Force Base Thursday announced the 78th Air Base Wing has a new commander. Col. Christopher Hill, Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex deputy commander for maintenance, will take over for Col. Mitchel Butikofer, who's…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The Middle Georgia Clean Air Coalition is celebrating a decade of achievement. Thursday afternoon, local and state leaders gathered at the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame to recognize the coalition's accomplishments over the last ten years.…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Local and state fire officials want to help you make sure your holiday plans don't go up in smoke. Thursday, Bibb fire officials showed us the proper ways to use kerosene and electric space heaters. They…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - An ageless middle Georgia tradition celebrated its 10th year of giving Thursday, and 41NBC was there for the fun. The annual Melvin Flowers Senior Citizens Christmas Luncheon was held at the Frank Johnson Recreation Center in…
PERRY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Perry residents attended a luncheon Thursday where they got the chance to ask leaders questions about the future of the city. Every seat was filled for the 2012 State of the Community Luncheon. People filed their…
MILLEDGEVILLE, Georgia (41 NBC/WMGT) - Making a difference and helping out others, typically starts with one person, then spreads from there. In Milledgeville, the idea of helping adults with developmental disabilities started at the Life Enrichment Center, and now thousands…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The Houston County Board of Education Transportation Department is doing its part this holiday season to bring food to families in need. Bus drivers, staff and the transportation board collected more than 400 canned or…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – After five years, the city of Warner Robins is moving forward with a plan to create a central downtown location. Last week, the city held a public hearing to go over the new plan and…