BYRON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The 2nd Atlanta International Pop Festival in Byron was known as the "Woodstock of the South". Now the concert is receiving historical recognition. A historical marker was placed on Highway 41 by the Middle Georgia Speedway.…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – More than 18,000 people attended this year's Ocmulgee Indian Celebration. Ocmulgee National Monument Superintendent Jim David says it's the biggest turnout in the event's history. Park officials are still working to tally the the numbers. David…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Ward Stare is the featured speaker at this week's Macon Rotary Club meeting. According to a news release, Stare will speak just days before the beginning of his inaugural season as conductor. The meeting will start…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – TLC reality star and pageant sensation Alana "Honey Boo Boo" Thompson became a celebrity over night. In the past month, ratings for the show "Here Comes Honey Boo Boo" have soared and so have rumors about…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Week 3 of The Endzone presented by SafeAuto with Bill Shanks is in the books, and we've got all the high school football scores and highlights from all around Middle Georgia! GAME OF THE WEEK presented by 41FirstAlert…
MACON/Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The longtime chairman of the Macon Water Authority has died. Frank Amerson died just after 8 this evening at the Medical Center of Central Georgia from an undisclosed illness. That's according to Bibb County Coroner Leon Jones.…
MACON, Georgia (41 NBC/WMGT) - EMTs and paramedics for Mid Georgia Ambulance are celebrating on Friday after earning a national accreditation for its quality of service. The MGA earned top honors from the Commission on Accreditation of Ambulance Services.It took…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Getting in shape doesn't just mean you have to hit the gym. In fact, improving your health habits is only a mouse click away. Using social media is a great way to connect with friends and…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Three Bibb County Schools are under a code yellow after shots were fired at a bus stop early this morning. According to a news release, the shots were fired on the corner of Mimosa and Sharon…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Warner Robins firefighters say an apartment is severely damaged after a kitchen fire started early Friday morning. According to a news released, Warner Robins Fire Department arrived at the Huntington Chase Apartments off Houston Lake…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The Warner Robins Police Department is looking for the two men who robbed the Flash Foods on Russell Parkway. It happened this morning just before 5am. According to a news release, the men demanded money…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – An outside attorney for the Macon Fire and Police Employee Pension Board gets to keep his job after one board member demanded his resignation. Board member and Macon City Councilman Larry Schlesinger asked the board to…
BYRON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The 60's were all about hippies, drugs, and rock n' roll and Middle Georgia hosted one of the biggest rock festivals ever. "It was pretty wild. It was a three day wild party." A wild party…
MACON , Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)-The 19th Annual Immunize Georgia Conference was held today at the Macon Marriott City Center. More than 400 nurses, physicians, pharmacists, and medical students attended. The conference was designed for health officials to learn about immunizationpractices, updates,…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -The non-profit organization, Disability Connections held a town hall meeting this afternoon to talk about consolidation. State Senator Cecil Staton spoke in front of a crowd of nearly 100 people about ways they can get involved in…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The Bibb County Sheriff's Office is on the lookout for a suspect in connection to an armed robbery. The XMart, located on Emory Highway, was robbed early Thursday morning at around 4:22AM. A black male reportedly…
PERRY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The 17-year-old Kathleen girl charged with murdering her 12-year-old sister, and setting her parents home on fire was denied bond today. Judge Katherine Lumsden said to the court, "there's no worse scenario for two parents," but…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A Danville city councilman is dead after shooting himself in the head. According to Bibb County Coroner Leon Jones, 42-year-old Jack Scarborough shot himself in the head Tuesday night at Macon Behavioral Health Systems off Riverside…
MACON, Georgia (41 NBC/WMGT) – Macon police are looking for a man wanted for robbing a hotel. According to a news release, the suspect entered the Ramada Inn of Chambers Road around 2 a.m. Wednesday, September 5th. The clerk and…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Today, Tom Hudson stopped by 41NBC to talk about the findings of the safety and emergency audit done by Safe-Havens International. Hudson says he hasn't spoken to the superintendent in-depth about the findings, and can only speak…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Bibb County Campus Police arrested a 14-year-old male student for bringing a small caliber handgun on campus at Weaver Middle School. According to a news release from the Bibb County School District, campus police got a…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Four Bibb County students were arrested on September 11th, after two different altercations broke out at Westside High School. According to a news release from the Bibb County School District, around 8:30 am yesterday a 16-year-old…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A new face will head the Medical Center of Central Georgia as it's Chief Executive Officer. According to a news release, Ninfa M. Saunders will take over when current CEO Don Faulk steps down. She is…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A Church in downtown Macon has a vandalism problem, but no, it doesn't involve spray paint...it involves cockroaches. Surveillance video taken of the suspect shows him throwing something out of a cup onto the door and…
SANDERSVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Texas-born singer/songwriter Chuck Hancock is as country as they come. Unlike the artists you hear on the radio every day like Luke Bryan and even Macon's own Jason Aldean, Hancock's music takes you back before that…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The search for the new Director of Animal Welfare in Bibb County is over. A citizen's committee narrowed it down to two choices. Bibb County Chairman nominated Sarah Tenon to the position. The board voted four…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Macon and Bibb County are one step closer to transitioning into consolidation. The Macon-Bibb County Consolidation Transition Task Force met on Tuesday to figure out which leaders will sit on the committees that will work out…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Retired Maj. Gen. Robert McMahon, who just recently relinquished command at Robins Air Force Base, appeared on the 41NBC News at 6 and spoke to Andrew Reeser about his personal experience at the Pentagon the day…
MCRAE , Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)-September 11th was remembered today at Telfair County Elementary School. Hundreds of students gathered in the school gym to remember those who lost their lives during the September 11th attacks in 2001. The school's chorus performed. Fire fighters, the mayor,…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The Southwest High School senior class gathered to commemorate the 11th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. Students, faculty and the community gathered at the flag pole to remember the sacrifices so many people made that…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Today, the unsung heroes of Macon and Bibb county gathered to honor the thousands of civilians who were killed on this day 11 years ago, and remember their own fallen soldiers. A gathering was held at…
EASTMAN, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A Rhine man is dead after he crossed the center line and struck a garbage truck on highway 117 in Dodge County. 39-year-old Jody Williams was pronounced dead at the scene by Dodge County coroner Joe…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The Jones County Sheriff's Office is asking for residents in Jones and East Bibb County to be on the lookout for an older black male reportedly driving a bright blue Chevrolet Astro van. The suspect in…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A student from Hutchings Career Center in Macon was arrested, for cutting another student's face with a box cutter, according to a news release from the Bibb County School District's Department of Public Relations. It happened…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A local businessman wants to bring a church to downtown Macon, but city and state laws could stand in his way. "It's one of the oldest churches of the time of Christ," Michael Rizkalla said. Rizkalla…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Macon citizens get their chance to voice concerns and opinions to the mayor--in person. Mayor Robert Reichert held his monthly "Mayor's Night In" Monday night at City Hall. Around 10 different individuals and groups met behind…
DUBLIN, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Debra Ware calls herself a single soldier in a large battle for a cure. Her weapon of choice is a nicely worn multicolored Buick. Ware drives a car hand painted with over a hundred names of…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Discipline has been the number one concern for many parents, teachers, administrators, and even school Bibb County School Board members since Superintendent Dr. Romain Dallemand rolled out his strategic plan. "He has continuously denied there are…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - After a crazy-filled summer of gathering the craziest stories I could think of, Wild With Kyle kicked off again, for another season of extreme adventures. Last year's trips were exhilarating. This year, I wanted to push…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The city of Macon and Bibb County declared this week as Gear Up Week, Monday morning. Gear Up is a federal program, aimed to get low income students into high school, and then through college. Gear…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - City officials will meet Monday to discuss turning the second floor of a real estate office into a church. Liquor licensing requirements say there must be a minimum distance of 300 feet between churches and places…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A six month controversy over a fence in downtown Macon is finally over. "The wall kind of stuck with a lot of people, it became a branding mark for Roasted," Roasted Cafe owner Nick Rizkalla said.…
MACON,Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Macon police need your help to find a man wanted for armed robbery. According to a press release, the robbery happened at the Domino's Pizza parking lot off Columbus Road around 2 a.m. Sunday. Police say a…
COCHRAN, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A Cochran man was shot and killed during an arrest in Bleckley County Friday night. According to the Bleckley County Sheriff's Office news release, two Bleckley County deputies went to arrest 31-year-old Rasheen Wright on theft…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)- Today, dozens of Middle Georgians came together to help U.S. veterans. The event called "Stand Down" was held at the VFW in Macon. State Representative Dr. James Beverly along with several other organizations and volunteers played a vital…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A consulting firm hired by the Bibb County School district released a report suggesting the school system make some big changes in safety and how it handles student discipline. The Bibb County School District requested a…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A Macon man is now charged with murder after police considered him a person of interest in the double homicide that happened last Thursday. According to the Bibb County Law Enforcement Center website, Rodney Lanier Lowery…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The middle school at First Presbyterian Day School was named a National Blue Ribbon School today by the U.S. Department of Education. According to Department of Education's website, "the National Blue Ribbon Schools Program recognizes public…
MACON , Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)- Mosquitoes are becoming a big problem nationwide, and the spread of the West Nile virus has caused officials to try to figure out ways to stop the spreadof the deadly disease. There are several places mosquitoes can breed.…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)-Representative James Beverly along with several sponsors and volunteers will be participating in a Central Georgia home front event to help make thetransition from active military duty to civilian life easier for U.S. veterans. Dr. Beverly said it is a challenge many U.S veterans deal with.…