MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Those of you looking for a return trip to the Atlanta Motor Speedway after last month's NASCAR race now have an excuse to go back. The Georgia State Fair, which is usually held at Central City…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Residents in the Pleasant Hill Community could be uprooted from their homes to make room for highway expansions. The Georgia Department of Transportation was supposed to keep the community informed about the plans but one local…
MACON/Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)- The Twiggs County Sheriff's Office is getting national recognition. The sheriff's department won the National Traffic Safety Award at the Annual International Association of Chief of Police Conference in San Diego, California. The Twiggs County Sheriff's Office won…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Macon-Bibb County Rescue Dive Team is searching a part of the Echecone Creek on Thursday. Divers are searching near the Bibb County and Houston County line off Houston Road. Melanie Hofmann with the Macon Police Department…
GRAY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Jones County deputies are investigating a school bus accident involving two other vehicles. No serious injuries were reported. According, to Deputy Chance Rogers, it happened just after 7:30 this morning between Morton Road and Highway 18.…
PERRY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Despite the food, concerts and beautiful weather, fair numbers since opening weekend are low. Georgia National Fair Director of Public Relations Michele Treptow believes the great temperatures may be working against them. "I think people are…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Hundreds showed up at the seventh annual Business and Consumer Expo Tuesday night in Macon. The free event was at the Le Piada Banquet Facility was put on by the Macon-Middle Georgia Black Pages. The expo…
FORT VALLEY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The Georgia Board of Regents approved Fort Valley State University's plan to layoff 28 employees and make $3.8 million in cuts. The school is facing up to a $5.2 million budget shortfall as a result…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Macon police are investigating the suspicious death of a woman found in her home early Saturday morning. Bibb County Coroner Leon Jones says police found 58-year-old Gail Spencer dead in her home at 3475 Stinsonville Road…
EAST DUBLIN, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - An overnight fire has claimed the life of a 23-year-old man. This afternoon, 41NBC's Tucker Sargent spoke with both parents of the victim, Kenyardo Breshawn O'Neal, and O'Neal's neighbor, James Passmore. Passmore says he and…
MACON, Georgia (41 NBC/WMGT)- The Bibb County Fire Department is investigating a blaze that left a family homeless tonight. Fire fighters received a 911 call just after 9:30 Monday morning about smoke coming from the roof of the Versailles Apartments. Firefighters were able to…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)- The race for the Bibb County District Attorney's Office is heating up. The current District Attorney Greg Winters held a press conference today about his opponent's political tactics. Winters is running against Attorney David Cook. Winter said for months his opponent's campaign has called his…
DUBLIN, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – October is National Disability Employment Awareness month. There is an organization here in Middle Georgia whose mission isn't just to help the disabled during this month but rather everyday and help give these people the chance…
FORT VALLEY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – It's homecoming time in the valley! The Fort Valley State University President Dr. Larry Rivers literally kicked off homecoming with an opening kick Monday at the HPE Complex. "He's been practicing all week to get…
EAST DUBLIN, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Fire officials are investigating a fatal house fire that happened in East Dublin early Monday morning. According to Glenn Allen with the Office of Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner, the fire happened at 189 Rex…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The number of patients showing signs of meningitis has increased over the weekend. Officials with the Forsyth Street Ambulatory Surgery Center say as of Monday morning, a total of eight patients have been referred to their…
PERRY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The Georgia National Fair means plenty of fried food, fun and some of Middle Georgia's favorite celebrities. Country star Joe Nichols said it's a stop on his tour that he always looks forward to. "I love…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Five weeks. Five stories. This last one is the one that made me the most scared. Sure I've jumped out of an airplane. Sure I went face to face with a 40 foot fish. But this…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Organizers and vendors say this year's Greek Festival was a big success. Holy Cross Greek Orthodox Church's 5th Annual Greek Festival was a celebration of music, art and faith. Vendors sold traditional Greek pieces, musicians played…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Police are still trying to find the person who shot a man in the leg at a macon gas station last night. It happened just before 9 pm at the Family Food store on Montpelier Avenue.…
MONROE COUNTY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A 46-year-old man is dead after the truck he was driving left the roadway, flipped and ejected him. It happened on Highway 42 near the Towaliga Bridge. According to the Monroe County Sheriff's Office, Bobby…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Week 6 of The Endzone presented by SafeAuto with FOX Sports 1670's Bill Shanks is in the books and we've got your high school football scores and highlights from around Middle Georgia! GAME OF THE WEEK…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Nearly 200 patients of a Macon surgery center received spinal taps, that were contaminated with fungal meningitis. That same batch of steroids has claimed several lives across the United States, but so far, no cases have been…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)-With the help from many generous donors, the Community Foundation of Central Georgia was able to provide 21 grants to organizations across CentralGeorgia. The award ceremony was held this morning at the Peyton Anderson Community Service Building on Martin Luther King…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Bibb County schools' top cop is officially back on the job and just finished his first week as the school district's new police chief. "This has been an exciting first week," Chief Russell Bentley said. Bentley…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Bibb County Campus Police found a gun inside of a student's vehicle at Rutland High School. According to a news release from the school district, administrators received a report of a gun on campus around 10am.…
PERRY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The smell of turkey legs, cotton candy and funnel cakes fills the air at the fairgrounds in Perry, as Governor Nathan Deal officially kicked off the 23rd Annual Georgia National Fair Thursday afternoon. Linda Jones from…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Ashley Alexander has three healthy children, but her fourth, 4-year-old Lillie, wasn't so lucky. "We knew pretty much right away that something was not right when she was born," says Ashley. Born with a disease many…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)-The Hephzibah Children's Home in Macon held its Human Trafficking Response Conference today in hopes of bringing awareness to the problem. The Senior Assistant District Attorney of Houston County was just one of the guest speakers. In Georgia,…
KNOXVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)-The Crawford County Sheriff's Office is investigating a possible animal cruelty case after several dogs were found dead at a home in Knoxville, GA. Last Sunday, a woman living on Bentley Road told police that someone had poisoned…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Two Bibb County deputies are facing reprimands and unpaid suspension after failing to follow procedure during a traffic check point last month. Bibb County Sheriff Jerry Modena says Captain Alden Washington will receive five days of…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A 14 year-old female Bloomfield Middle School student is arrested and charged with felony possession of a weapon on school grounds. According to a news release from the school district, the incident happened this morning around…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Warner Robins Mayor Chuck Shaheen, and Police Chief Brett Evans are excited about the progress at the new state-of-the-art law enforcement complex. Even though there's a lot of work left to do, contractors say they're…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Some Warner Robins residents said a new dog park will bring unwanted noise and traffic to their neighborhood. The new park is expected to be built near Wellston Trail on Spruce Street. Joe Taylor and…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Macon police are still trying to piece together what happened during a shooting that injured a young man Tuesday afternoon. Investigators aren't saying much, but the police report says it is gang related. "It happened right…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The Macon-Bibb Consolidation Task Force Finance Committee says it's time to bring in outside agencies to help with this transition. The group met this morning, and although Chair Pearlie Tolliver says their heading in the right…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Plans to install homeless donation meters in Macon are getting off the ground. On Tuesday, the Macon Leadership class announced the nine places they will be located downtown. You won't see these donation stations popping up…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A hometown hero was honored today at city hall with a Congressional Gold Medal, more than half a century after he was one of the first African American Marines to fight in World War II. 85-year-old…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A Macon teenager is recovering after being shot this afternoon on Lamont Street. Macon Police spokesperson Jami Gaudet says Precinct 3 officers responded to a person shot at 1174 Lamont Street and made contact with the…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)-A new study found that more people are switching to credit unions to save money, and they're collectively saving millions of dollars.More than 1.9 million people in the state of Georgia are members of a credit union. According to a study conducted by the…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A man visiting Macon for a relative's funeral was struck by a vehicle and killed Monday night on Gray Highway. According to Bibb County Coroner Leon Jones, 51 year old Theorian Rainey from Detroit, Michigan was…
MILLEDGEVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Emergency crews had to pull a car out of a pond after a woman hydroplaned off the road with her two children in the vehicle. It happened on Laying Farm Rd. in Milledgeville early Monday evening.…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The City of Warner Robins is cracking down on businesses that have electronic gaming machines. Warner Robins City Council wants to enforce the strictest rules the state allows on businesses throughout the city that have…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A tax agreement between Macon and Bibb County has to be re-negotiated every ten years, and Monday night, the Appropriations Committee got the ball rolling on the process. The tax is called the "LOST" tax, which…
MACON, Georgia(41NBC/WMGT)-The Macon Police Department is riding in style! It received more than a dozen new cars today thanks to the local penny tax. The new cars, Ford Interceptors, are a little smaller than the previous Crown Victoria model, which was discontinued last year. The Ford Interceptor gets about 19…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A Mercer University professor is hoping to make medical historywith a big chunk of change and a 3D printer. The School of Engineering received the machine as a gift from the YKK USA Inc. It prints…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Macon-Bibb Animal Welfare's new director spent the first day on the job listening. Sarah Tenon had a meet and greet at the Bibb County Courthouse Monday. She wanted to hear community concerns and answer questions before…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The Bibb County Sheriff's Office has determined deputies did not follow procedure after allowing a superior court judge to drive home who was allegedly under the influence. Judge Howard Simms was stopped last Saturday night, September 22nd, at a safety…
ATLANTA, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Due to my constant headache after riding a roller coaster 101 times without stopping, and my voice being hoarse after screaming like a little girl driving a race car 130 miles per hour, I thought it…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- Bibb County students are becoming bilingual with the help of 25 teachers from China. Jinhua Dai is one of the instructors who came to Macon to teach Mandarin Chinese, but she is also gaining insight on…