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.…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Bibb County deputies are investigating a local pastor for allegedly raping a 16-year-old girl. 41NBC learned of the investigation through hispanic publication ¿Que Pasa? Friday. 39-year-old Yohandry Bravo is the pastor at the Ministerio Internacional Jesús…
FORSYTH, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Students of all ages packed the Mary Persons High School track Friday to participate in this year's Monroe County Special Olympics. It's the day where students with disabilities become Olympic champions and everyone gets the gold.…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A Houston County business owner was struck with a gun and robbed as he returned home Thursday night. According to a release from the Houston County Sheriff's Office, the owner of Freedom Fuels at 1236…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The man charged with murder after shooting a woman from his wheelchair at a Macon gas station has been granted bond after originally having it denied. According to his attorney, Veronica Brinson, 73-year-old Frank Reeves was…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A 70-year-old man in a wheelchair was attacked by two dogs Thursday afternoon on Putnam Street. According to a release from the Macon Police Department, the man was passing by a home in the 900 block…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Hazzard fans, the weekend is finally here for the Dukes of Hazzard Georgia Reunion. The party in Byron starts Friday afternoon and runs through Sunday at the Old Middle Georgia Speedway. Chris Jennings stopped by 41NBC…
HAWKINSVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Nearly every front porch light in Hawkinsville was on Thursday night from 7-9 as a hurting community hoped to show their missing loved one, Madison Conner, the way home. "Just the love that I have seen…
FORSYTH, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- An education penny tax is back on the ballot in Monroe County. A group of citizens, called the Cultural and Academic Supporters of Excellence is pushing voters to say yes and if it passes they've got…
GORDON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A Gordon man was arrested for stealing $300,000 worth of equipment from BASF chalk mines. The Gordon Police Department say 37-year-old Jason Daniel Booth worked at the mines and stole automated parts to run an assembly…
HAWKINSVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Friday will mark two weeks since the last time anyone saw missing Hawkinsville teenager Madison Conner. Thursday was her 16th birthday. Her family marked the occasion by placing ribbons and pictures of Madison on power poles…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Bowden Golf Course in Macon is getting a major face-lift, one that you will notice as soon as you step up to the first tee box. The fairways and greens are being painted green to help…
HAWKINSVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - If there is anything you would like to know about harness racing, ask Dan Ater. He runs the Hawkinsville Harness Track. "It's as old as...the 1800's," Ater said. Whether it's hooking up the harness to the…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A Bibb County man who filed a civil suit against the Bibb County School Board, claiming former superintendent Romain Dallemand's contract was illegally approved, has reached a settlement outside of court. Thomas DeFore claimed the school…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Bibb County students may not have a new superintendent by the time the school year starts in August, but tonight, board members took their first step towards replacing Dr. Romain Dallemand. At a special called meeting,…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – For the first time since sequestration took effect, leaders from Robins Air Force Base addressed the community in full detail on how the base will be impacted in the upcoming months. More than 300 people…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Retired Maj. Gen. Robert McMahon, former commander of the Warner Robins Air Logistics Center and president of the 21st Century Partnership, is proposing a creative way to show federal workers they're appreciated. He's calling it…
HAWKINSVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Imagine going to sleep being able to see and then waking up the next day blind. This happened to 32-year-old Timothy Risby. Thanksgiving Day 2005 changed Risby's life forever. A pituitary tumor on his optical nerve…
BUTLER, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- The city of Butler has a new top cop. Police Chief Jimmy Towns officially took over the role in early February as the first African American to serve in the position. "It says a lot about…
PERRY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Five workers at the Houston County Sheriff's Office Detention Facility were disciplined in three separate incidents. Deputy Richard Griffin was terminated after admitting to taking a Houston County inmate to visit his girlfriend. In February, Griffin…
FORT VALLEY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Peach County parents could soon have a new option when it comes to where their kids go to high school. Members of the Byron Peach Charter High School Association are hard at work at making…
FORSYTH, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – On Tuesday, friends, family, and colleagues of Aretha Neal gathered at the Monroe County Hospital to celebrate her 28 years of service. Since 1985, Neal has served as an authority board member. During the ceremony, she…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Sequestration. It's a big word that has a $1.2 trillion dollar impact on federal programs across the nation, and it's not just affecting Robins Air Force Base. The automatic budget cuts kicked in on Friday. They…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Bibb County is almost ready to start the first phases of construction on its new Juvenile Justice Center. County leaders met Tuesday to get an update on the project. Originally the plan was to start construction…