MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- Democrats Joe Allen and Henry Ficklin share a common philosophy, and a passion for public service, but the two have very different opinions on nonpartisan elections. Bibb County Commissioner Joe Allen says in order to be…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Tenth graders from across Middle Georgia had the chance to meet with business and education leaders to talk about their future. High schools from Houston, Peach and Dooly counties participated in this years Middle Georgia…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A Bibb County grand jury indicted a 73-year-old man accused of shooting and killing a woman at a Macon gas station. Frank Louis Reeves allegedly shot and killed 63-year-old Linda Hunnicut at Murphy's Express on Gray…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT - A new dean has been appointed to Mercer's Eugene W. Stetson School of Business and Economics. Dr. Susan Gilbert has been a longtime faculty member and academic administrator at Emory and Rutgers Universities, as well as…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The Macon-Bibb County Parks and Recreation announced that they will be begin offering five free dramatic art classes as a pilot cultural arts program starting in March. The classes will be geared toward children between the…
MACON, Georgia (WMGT/41NBC) - The Sam's Club located on 4701 Log Cabin Drive is offering exclusive additional savings to small businesses up until February 17th. According to a news release, the "Business Savings Expo" is an event that will allow…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The "hump bridge" on Second Street will likely stay in place for use by pedestrians, but the road will veer off at that point and become a separate bridge, connecting it to Little Richard Penniman Boulevard.…
BYRON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A local group is working to open a year-round charter high school in Peach County. The Byron Peach Charter High School Association submitted a letter of intent to the Peach County Board of Education and the…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – All the rain over the last few days is flooding the Ocmulgee River in downtown Macon. The National Weather Service issued a flood warning for parts of the river between Fifth Street bridge and Spring Street.…
PERRY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A former Centerville city employee is sentenced to 20 years on probation for stealing taxpayer money. 32-year-old Cinnamon Hovezak pleaded guilty February 4th to fiduciary theft and computer forgery, after stealing the money and manipulating the…
Atlanta (41NBC/WMGT) - A Telfair County man has been arrested in connection with a destroyed vehicle, and charged with first-degree arson, false reporting of a crime, and insurance fraud. According to a news release by the Georgia Department of Insurance,…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- The state house passed a series of bills today that would abolish partisan elections for most local races for Macon and Bibb County. The bills targeted partisan races for Mayor, County Commission, Coroner, Bibb County Board…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The Bibb County Sheriff's Office announced crime has decreased for 2012. According to a news release, crime went down by almost 10%. There were a total of 2,478 uniform crime rate crimes reported to the sheriff's…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Four people are arrested, charged for operating a prostitution ring at a hotel in Macon. Officers arrested 21-year-old Katrina Denise Thompson, 30-year-old Miranda Louines and 20-year- old Mykevia Buffin and charged them with prostitution. 47-year-old Calvin…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- As Macon and Bibb County consolidate into one government, residents in Payne City feel uncertain about the future of their community. There's less than 200 residents in this tiny town within a city but Payne City resident Phil Martin says…
FORSYTH, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A Macon man was arrested in connection with last week's armed robbery at CVS. Patrick Barrow, 56, was arrested and charged with armed robbery. Forsyth Police Chief Keith Corley said phones calls and tips led to…
PERRY, GEORGIA (41NBC/WMGT)-The Perry Area Chamber of Commerce announces as Dogwood Festival Business Decorating Contest. The festival scheduled April 13th and 14th is celebrating its 25th birthday as an annual springtime event in Perry. Festival officials are kicking off the…
FORT VALLEY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The Peach County Workforce Development Center has been years in the making, and now the project is finally getting off the ground. The multimillion dollar job training facility would be in Fort Valley at South…
FORT VALEY, GEORGIA (41NBC/WMGT) - Dollar General Market is holding a job fair in Peach County on February 2th, 2013 at the Thomas Library, 315 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive from 10am- 3pm. This event is in partnership with the…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Macon Police are offering a gun safety class later this month. It will be held at the MPD Training Academy, Monday and Tuesday, February 25 and 26, from 6:30 to 8:30 pm. The Training Academy is…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Macon's Public Safety Committee meeting, originally scheduled for Monday at 4:00 p.m., has been postponed until Thursday. Monday meeting's agenda included an update on the Georgia Bureau of Investigation's look into the December shooting of Sammie…
SANDERSVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The GBI has arrested a suspect in the murder of a Sandersville man. 27-year-old Tyrone Gilmore was arrested Friday in the shooting death of Sammie Haynes, who was killed at his home on Floyd Street late…
MILLEDGEVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The number of Georgians applying for a weapons carry license is skyrocketing. "I'm not a gun nut, but I like having the security knowing that I can carry one if I want to," gun owner and…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- Houston County Board of Education Chairman Tom Walmer announced he will be stepping down after 11 years of service. Houston County's Director of Community and School Affairs, Beth McLaughlin, said Walmer made the announcement at…
MILLEDGEVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- Baldwin High School was put on lock down Monday morning after a bomb threat was called into the school. Captain Brad King with the Baldwin County Sheriff's Office says the threat was called into the school…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Bibb County deputies are investigating the county's first homicide of 2013, after a fatal shooting in the Kings Park subdivision. A Bibb County judge denied the suspect, 51-year-old Kenneth Tharpe bond on Monday afternoon. Tharpe waived…
PAYNE CITY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- State Representative James Beverly spent the weekend talking with his constituents in Payne City, and a majority of them are still not in favor of consolidating governments with Macon and Bibb County. When the majority…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Brides-to-be filled the streets of downtown Macon, as they headed out for a full day of wedding planning, cake tasting and more. The Georgia Bridal Show held it's annual expo at the Macon City Auditorium Sunday…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - At least two people are seriously injured after a car crash at the intersection of Russell Parkway and Lake Joy Road in Warner Robins. Warner Robins Police Department spokesperson Tabitha Pugh, said the Sunday morning…
BYRON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Out of stock signs hang in a lot of local pawn shops and gun stores as sales for weapons and ammunition continue to surge. Pawn Smart in Byron only has a dozen guns left and very…
GRAY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Paws for Hope and Faith is continuing its' rescue work throughout the Middle Georgia region, this time gaining a full pardon for animals in Jones County. Jones County Animal Shelter Director Jennifer Giddons agreed to a…
DUBLIN, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Funeral arrangements have been finalized for the Dublin couple killed in a fiery car pileup on Interstate 16. Clayton and Josephine Warnock died in the crash on Wednesday. Visitation will be held Monday from 5 p.m.-8…
FORSYTH, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The Rose Theatre in Forsyth is inviting you to fill your heart with the sound of music in May, and they need actors and actresses who can help bring Rodgers and Hammerstein's classic musical to life…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Bibb County Schools superintendent Dr. Romain Dallemand has broken his silence about recent lawsuits involving the district, and rumors that he's trying to get out of his 3-year-contract with the school system. In a statement released…
(NBC News) -- Reality TV fame can be fleeting, so it's always a good idea for the stars of today to plan for tomorrow. That's just what the family from TLC's flatulence-filled hit, "Here Comes Honey Boo Boo," is doing.…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Bibb County deputies are now officially sworn in under Sheriff David Davis. More than 300 sheriff's office employees took their oaths of office Friday afternoon, split up into two different sessions. "We decided that this year,…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - An alleged armed robbery took place early Friday morning, culminating with an innocent bystander being shot while driving by the scene. It happened at Riviera Court Apartments at 3013 Ridge Avenue. A witness who lives across…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- Macon-Bibb County fire investigators are trying to determine what caused a house fire early Friday morning. Friday's fire marks the second blaze on Third street this week. Arson investigators have worked six cases so far this…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Bibb County animal advocates say a nice, new animal shelter is fine and dandy, but they want the shelter to be focused on the animals and not on the people of the community. Citizens got a…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Middle Georgia mayors are teaming up trying to figure out how to strengthen the local economy to withstand deep defense cuts on the horizon. Macon Mayor Robert Reichert and Warner Robins Mayor Chuck Shaheen appeared on…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- The head coach of the Mercer women's basketball team is on a mission. She wants to get her girls to give back, and this year, they're doing it in Ghana, Africa. When she's on the basketball…
DUBLIN, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - One westbound lane on I-16 in Laurens County is closed Thursday as transportation officials assess the damage from yesterday's fatal crashes. The Georgia State Patrol is recreating the pile up to figure out what happened. Four…
GRAY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A Jones County school bus driver who left a special needs child on the bus for 6 hours Tuesday will not be charged, according to the Jones County Sheriff's Department. Deputies interviewed everyone associated with the…
ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Georgia (RAFB) - The base has an annual impact on Georgia of nearly $2.9 billion. That's according to Robins' economic impact statement for fiscal 2012, which was released today. The number differs from that of previous…
SANDERSVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Sandersville Police and the Georgia Bureau of Investigations are investigating after a Sandersville man was shot to death inside his home on Floyd Street. It happened between 11pm and midnight Wednesday. GBI Investigator Todd Lowery tells…
DUBLIN, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- The outside lane of I-16 West will remain closed for emergency maintenance repairs until further notice. Spokesperson for the Georgia Department of Transportation District 2, Cissy McNure says the inside lane is open. She says there's…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- In honor of Black History Month, the Tubman African-American Museum has teamed up with local artist DeWayne Kendrick to present a new exhibit. It's called "Memory Lane: An Artistic Journey Through Black Cinema." The paintings that…
We've all likely seen a video of an athlete making some ridiculous shot on the basketball court, one that couldn't be created if you have them 100 attempts at it again.
FORSYTH, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Monroe County deputies arrest a man after a high speed chase on I-75 that caused an accident. A Lamar County deputy tried to stop Jeremy Deonte Haugabook, but he refused and sped off.Bibb deputies tried to…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – In a room filled with pink, the 2013 Cherry Blossom festival's official artwork was unveiled. Artist Sterling Everett was inspired by Sunday brunches in Washington park when he painted this year's piece titled "Macon's Bountiful Beauty".…