MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A new, first of its kind report released Tuesday shows Georgians are lacking when it comes to civic health. According to the Georgia Civic Health Index, the Peach State's rate of civic engagement is among the…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- Stephen McDaniel's lawyers argue his bond is too high in the case where McDaniel is accused of killing Mercer Law graduate Lauren Giddings in June 2011. In a motion filed Monday, McDaniel's defense team asked that…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A Warner Robins woman is recovering after investigators say her vehicle was hit by a train when she failed to stop while crossing the railroad tracks at Elberta Road and Highway 247. Houston County Sheriff…
MILLEDGEVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The Milledgeville Ethics Committee found parts of the complaint filed against a city councilman are valid and they are opening an investigation. The board met Tuesday night. It took them almost two hours to review the…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Only one Warner Robins citizen spoke up Monday in a public hearing about the fiscal year 2014 budget. That citizen told Mayor Chuck Shaheen and council he hadn't seen a copy of the budget. Shaheen…
ROCHELLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A lawsuit may force the city of Rochelle to rethink its sewage system. Residents on the north side of town say every time it rains, raw sewage flows from the pipes getting into their homes and…
REYNOLDS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A Reynolds man is dead after he was hit by a car over the weekend. Richard "Buddy" Bell, 58, was run over by a vehicle late Saturday night or early Sunday morning according to the GBI.…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- Hugs, hand shakes, and standing ovations greeted Dr. E. Steven Smith at the Bibb County Board of Education Monday afternoon. Dr. Smith took his oath of office as the interim superintendent of Bibb Schools in front…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Every day, 25,000 people die from hunger and related illnesses. On Monday, hundreds of people packed bags of food. They say it is a small thing they can do to help combat this worldwide problem. "It's…
BUTLER, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- The daughter of the Butler Police Chief who disappeared Friday afternoon was found safe in Macon Monday night. Butler Chief Jimmy Towns says 16-year-old Jimesha Towns texted her mother at 12:10pm saying she was leaving home.…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- Stephen McDaniel's lawyers filed a motion asking the court to prohibit wearing the color pink during trial. McDaniel is accused of killing Mercer Law graduate Lauren Giddings in June 2011. After filing 17 new motions late…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A Warner Robins man is dead after being shot once in the chest by a home-owner Sunday morning. In a news release by Warner Robins police, 36 year old Ronald Lewis Burnett was found unconscious…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- Severe thunderstorms ripped through middle Georgia Sunday afternoon causing at least seven car accidents across Bibb County. Our cameras caught the aftermath of a wreck that happened near exit 2 on I-16 West. An officer with…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Instead of wrecking havoc, local computer techs spent the weekend "hacking" for a cause. Due to the negative connotation now associated with the term "hacking", local engineers, computer techs and forward thinkers met to change that…
BYRON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – From the eastern part of the state to the most eastern part of the world; people from all walks of life traveled to get a taste of the state's sweet treat at the 27th annual Georgia…
EASTMAN, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Authorities are investigating a suspicious death in Eastman after a body was found near the dumpsters on Harry Hargrove Road. Dodge County coroner Joe Smith said the body of a local painter Jimmy Gay was discovered…
Kids and families gathered at Javors Lucas Lake beginning at 5:30 a.m. to participate in the 7th annual Macon Water Authorities Kid's Fishing Derby. This annual event brings children of all ages together with their families for some outdoor fun,…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)- At least one car struck and killed a woman on Riverside Drive around 11 Friday night. Bibb County Coroner Leon Jones identified the victim as 46-year-old Vanessa Rozier of Culloden. Jones told 41NBC Rozier thought she left…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Deputy Chief Mike Carswell has been named interim Police Chief for the Macon Police Department. Macon Mayor Robert Reichert introduced Chief Carswell. He's taking over after former chief Mike Burns stepped down earlier this year. Friday…
TOOMSBORO, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A young man in Toomsboro suffering from a chronic illness got the surprise of a lifetime on Friday. Cutting Edge Landscaping has chosen a patient at the Children's Hospital for its 2nd Annual Backyard Makeover project.…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Robins Air Force Base announced Friday the base's commissary will be closed on Tuesdays starting July 9. The store is already closed on Mondays. According to a release from the base, the furlough days are…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Macon Police have arrested and charged a man with involuntary manslaughter in the death of Charles Skipper. 51 year-old Terry Bernard Cason has been arrested and charged after an autopsy on Skipper revealed he died from…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The owner of two pit bulls that attacked a Macon woman Thursday could face charges. Cara Cotton with the Bibb County Sheriff's Office says the district attorney will review the case before determining what charges may…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- Stephen McDaniel's lawyers filed 17 new motions Thursday. McDaniel is accused of killing Mercer Law graduate Lauren Giddings, and dumping her dismembered torso in a trash can in June 2011. The motions filed on Thursday are…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Macon Police are on the lookout for those responsible for shooting at a man driving his car early Friday morning. Police say the man was driving near Walmart on Gray Highway in Macon around 1:40a.m., when…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- Community members and leaders from around middle Georgia went to jail Thursday. The Muscular Dystrophy Association Lock Up is an annual fundraiser that puts participants 'behind bars' to raise money for 43 different neuromuscular diseases. The…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - After hearing a 70-page proposed budget for the 2014 fiscal year, Bibb County school board members decided to hold off on approving it. Thursday interim Chief Financial Officer Sharon Roberts presented the tentative budget, which would…
GRAY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- Jones County investigators arrested and charged a Monroe County man for selling meth. A news release from Jones County Lieutenant Jimmy Black says 52-year-old Roy Roger Rivers of High Falls was arrested and charged with trafficking…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- Residents in a Warner Robins community don't want a low-income apartment complex going up in their neighborhood. Keith Keen takes a lot of pride in his home because he says it took him a long…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Bullying is a problem sweeping the nation, and middle Georgians are doing something about it. The Mentors Project has signed on to give kids a voice. They teamed up for an anti-bullying rally to show young…
JEFFERSONVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- Twiggs County Sheriff Darren Mitchum fired two jail guards after he says they weren't properly checking on inmates when one escaped Sunday morning. Early Sunday morning, 45-year-old Troy Criswell escaped from the jail after pulling a…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMFT) -- Former State Senator Miriam Paris is getting back on the campaign trail. At a news conference on Coleman Hill with family, friends, and community leaders by her side, Paris announced she wants her seat back in…
BIBB COUNTY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Bibb County Sheriff's Deputies are investigating a dog attack that happened Thursday in a mobile home park. According to Cara Cotton with the sheriff's office, a woman in her 50s was in her yard at…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A driver has crashed into a McDonald's on Rocky Creek Road early Thursday morning. The car hit the side of the building away from where patrons order their food. Macon police officers that responded to the…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A woman is dead after a traffic accident in North Bibb County. That's according to Bibb County Coroner, Leon Jones. The single car accident happened early Thursday morning on Tucker Road and IdleWay Drive. The car…
DRY BRANCH, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- Twiggs County Sheriff Darren Mitchum launched an internal investigation after an inmate escaped from jail Sunday. At a news conference Wednesday morning, Mitchum thanked the Bleckley County deputies who found 45-year-old Troy Criswell. Criswell escaped…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Demolition crews have been steady at work, knocking down blighted houses in neighborhoods in Macon. Its part of the city's efforts to get rid of run down abandoned structures in the area. Since April 25, the…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The U.S. Department of Justice's decision to delay the Macon-Bibb County consolidated government election is both a blessing and a curse for candidates running for office. They say they will be working hard to win your…
ROCHELLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - When Mariesha Rucker leaves her home in Abbeville for college, she will leave behind a long lasting legacy. Next year, for the first time ever, Wilcox County schools officials will sponsor a prom, leaving the tradition…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - When you have a whole lot of cats in one place, it might cause a bit of a smell at times, no matter how hard you try to stop it. The renters of the space next…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- Voters won't cast any ballots on July 16th, and now the federal government will decide when Macon and Bibb County's local elections will happen. "I can't tell you what's going to happen right now," said State…
DUBLIN, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – An East Dublin woman has been charged with the murder of her husband. Carlette Stafford is in the Laurens County Jail after police found her on the scene. The Laurens County Sheriff's Office sent a news…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A Houston County Sergeant resigned after allegations of unnecessary force. According to a news release from the Houston County Sheriff's Office, Sergeant Kenneth Beck arrested Patrick Asselin on May 17 near Maulk Circle for an…
MILLEDGEVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Milledgeville City Council heard from skateboarders about their push for a skate spot to call their own for the first time Tuesday night. It has been two years in the making. Skateboarders and Milledgeville leaders are…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The US Department of Justice says it needs more information on the push to make local elections nonpartisan before they can approve it. The call for more clarification comes less than two months before a scheduled…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The pilot of a small plane that crashed in south Bibb County may have reported engine oil pressure problems before it went down, according to authorities. On Tuesday afternoon, crews with the National Transportation Safety Board…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A music teacher in Houston County has been nominated for a Grammy. Faye Boyer is one of over 200 quarter-finalists for the first ever Music Educator Award. The award recognizes kindergarten through college educators…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The Macon Bomb Squad detonated a World War II artillery round on Tuesday after recovering it a few days ago. Two brothers were clearing out a shed that belongs to their grandmother off Jeffersonville Road. What…
PERRY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- 9-year-old Bailey Arnold says there's nothing better than getting lost in a good book. "I love like when you're reading and you get into the book, and once you get like deep into the book it…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The U.S. Department of Justice returned a decision regarding the Macon-Bibb County non-partisan elections for the consolidated government, according to Bibb County attorney Virgil Adams. Adams responded to 41NBC by text. He could not elaborate or…