Fans who turned out to see Merle Haggard last night at the Macon City Auditorium were turned away. The 74-year old country music star was taken to the hospital and is being treated for pneumonia. He's cancelled all of this…
Macon Police are on the hunt for two men who robbed the Family Dollar on Bloomfield Road. According to police, two men entered the store Tuesday night wearing purple bandanas. One of the suspects hit an employee and stole several…
Mayor John Howard is barely one month into his service, and he's already making big promises to the residents of Forsyth. At tonight's council meeting, Howard pledged that within 30 days there will be a decision made about the long-debated…
As gold prices sky rocket, the Monroe County Sheriff's Office says, so do the number of jewelry thefts. Tonight, Investigator Travis White, brought an ordinance to the Monroe County Commission that would help the Sheriff's office track down stolen metals…
Workers at Macon's Municipal Court have been working overtime and a lot of it. Tuesday night Macon City Council approved $39-thousand of overtime pay for two assistants in the municipal court. Two years ago, the department lost two positions because…
Macon Police have arrested a suspect in Macon's first murder of the year. Police announced that 17-year old Krystal Almaraz is charged with felony murder in the case. She was arrested by the U.S. Marshal's Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force…
Macon-Bibb County Department of Family and Children's Services building was closed this afternoon after a bomb threat. Macon Police Sergeant Reginald Washington told 41 NBC's Dustin Wilson that police were called to the building around 2 o'clock this afternoon when…
According to Investigator Thomas Stubbs with the Wilcox County Sheriff's Department, a woman was shot twice by her on again off again boyfriend Monday night. Authorities found her conscious in a home on Tippettville Road. Her boyfriend was found dead…
The Middle Georgia Community Food Bank relies heavily on the support of holiday donations. Today Kroger announced their "Can Hunger" campaign will bring food to those who need it most and support a cause that lasts beyond Thanksgiving and Christmas.…
Tonight, one Bibb County leader is encouraging criminals who have served their time, to take back their lives. Pastor and Bibb County Commissioner, Lonzy Edwards, held a workshop aimed at ex-convicts who are ready to cash in on the pursuit…
The MLK day celebration continued Monday at The Tubman African American Museum. Elementary students from Burdell-Hunt and LH Williams Elementary school spent the day learning about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the struggles of African Americans during the civil rights…
Hundreds marched into downtown Macon to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Residents from North, East, South, and West Macon flooded to City Hall to honor a legacy. Patricia Fraley was one participant. she says, "This is our movement still…
Macon Police were called to the Golden Corral restaurant on Presidential Parkway early Saturday morning, after three men were approached by two men, one of whom demanded money. The three victims were working to try to start their car, when…
The Bibb County Sheriff's Office is investigating a robbery incident that took place at the Murphy's USA convenience store on Zebulon Road. It happened Sunday, just around 7:00 am. According to the news release, a male dressed in all black,…
Macon police are on the lookout for a 1999 gold Dodge Stratus belonging to Ignacio Gabriel Armenta Contreras. The tag number is BYT 8223. The body of 23-year-old Contreras was found Saturday around 4:10AM on Mead Road, near the Allied…
Monroe County will soon see Sunday alcohol sales on the ballot. Currently, the unincorporated areas of the county aren't allowed to sell packaged alcohol on Sundays. Chairman James Vaughn of the Monroe County Commission says, Commissioner Joe Proctor brought the…
The city of Warner Robins officially opened Willie Lee Parkway today. The mayor of Warner Robins, the Mayor of Centerville, and construction workers were all at a news conference today to announce the opening. The road took about 8 months…
There's a certain smell in the air when you walk through the doors of the Macon Centreplex this weekend. It's a smell only a wrestler can appreciate, when all others try to cover their nose. 72 teams from across the…
Verizon Wireless customers across Middle Georgia are experiencing a delay in service this morning. Cell towers are down not only in Macon, but also in Milledgeville, Chester, and Evans. According to a Verizon representative, a ticket was filed just before…
A meeting held at Warner Robins City Hall violates the open meetings law. According to city attorney, Jim Elliot, Mayor Chuck Shaheen held the meeting yesterday morning. He invited two members of the Warner Robins Building Authority to hear a…
Three bids were presented tonight at Warner Robins pre-council to restore the buffer at Bay Gall Creek. In 2011, the city was fined $50,000 by the Environmental Protection Division for permit violations. City purchasing agent, Mark Baker, says the project…
Tonight at Warner Robins pre-council, Mayor Chuck Shaheen set the record straight. The city will not buy Landings Golf Club. Talks of the sale surfaced yesterday after the Mayor met with members of the Warner Robins Building Authority, and representation…
Supermarket chain Delhaize is closing more than a hundred Food Lion grocery stores nationwide. Four of those closings will be in middle Georgia. According to Food Lion's website, the stores on Thomaston Road, Moody Road, Watson Boulevard, and Houston Road will be closing as…
One Macon neighborhood's plea to stop the violence is coming true. In the past year, the number a of homicides, burglaries, and assaults in the Village Green area have all dropped. "It's shaped up quite a bit, and I hope…
BEAUMONT, Texas- The ashes of a 13-year-old girl whose remains were found two years after she disappeared in Georgia in the 1970s are finally in the hands of her mother in Texas. Investigators believe Ima Jean Sanders was raped and…
City and County officials are working to address concerns over Macon-Bibb's service delivery strategy. The plan will transfer 142 city employees to the county and treat them as new hires. Those affected by the changes met at the courthouse today…
The Robins Regional Chamber of Commerce names it's new president. Morgan B. Law will be President and CEO of the of the organization. He'll officially take office later this month, after moving from his current position as the Executive Director…
Major General Robert McMahon announced Thursday afternoon that Robins Air Force Base will open up early retirement incentives for workers of the 402nd maintenance wing. This job reduction plan is in addition to the 600 job cuts from November handed…
GBI agents arrested Wilkinson Tax Commissioner Kevin Rauscher Wednesday. He faces felony charges for allegedly stealing public money. GBI agent, Tom Davis,says an ongoing investigation stemming from June led to the arrest. Rausher also face felony possession of a controlled…
A Lithia Springs man is dead, after a motorcycle crash in Warner Robins. It happened around 6 o'clock Wednesday evening. According to Warner Robins Police spokeswoman, Tabitha Pugh, 32 year old Brennan Delos-Santos was traveling south on Welborn Road, approaching…
4 Food Lion grocery stores in Middle Georgia are set to close. Delhaize America owns Food Lion, and they say the closures are due to underperformance. According to the company's website the grocery stores on Thomaston Road and Houston Road in Macon…
Tonight, students at Jeffersonville Elementary are putting their brains to work outside the classroom. From rocks and fossils, to learning how evaporation works, the kids had projects to prove their smarts. The second annual science fair brought children in first…
Macon City Council is encouraging the fire and police pension board to take finances into their own hands. Tonight, Councilman Ed Defore brought a resolution to the Employee Development and Compensation Committee meeting. It's a request for the pension board in…
Macon's dilapidated housing problem keeps getting worse, and city officials are trying to figure out what to do about it. Jimmy Bell, a local entrepreneur, bought a rundown property on the corner of Cowan St. in Macon 7 years ago,…
The Board of Regents' decision to merge several colleges in Georgia has leaders at Macon State College and Middle Georgia College optimistic about their futures. Middle Georgia College and Macon State College are about 47 miles away from each other, but in less than 2 years…
After months on the run, the man wanted for robbing a bank in Warner Robins is now in jail. 43-year old Jay Dennis Aultman was found in Atlanta earlier this month. He was accused of robbing the CB&T Bank on…
Public school students will soon be learning under a new set of rules. Common Core State Standards will be implemented in Georgia along with 47 other states beginning the 2012-2013 school year. Standard based instruction is nothing new for the…
WASHINGTON- The most detailed data yet on emissions of heat-trapping gases show that U.S. power plants are responsible for the bulk of the pollution blamed for global warming. Power plants released 72 percent of the greenhouse gases reported to the…
The Monroe County School Board voted Tuesday night to table the middle school consolidation plan. The move would place all 6th grade students at William Hubbard Middle School. 7th and 8th graders would relocate to Banks Stephens Middle School. Most…
Governor Nathan Deal outlined his goals to Georgia lawmakers in the state of the state address in Atlanta Tuesday night. Deal focused his speech on jobs, education, and the state's justice system. "Today, in America, with more than 13 million…
The Bibb County Sheriff's Office is looking for a purse snatcher. Around 8:40am Tuesday a male suspect stole a purse from a 54 year old woman in the Walmart parking lot on Harrison Road, knocking her to the ground and…
Georgia College gets national recognition for its online Master's program. U.S. News and World Report ranked The J. Whitney Bunting College of Business at Georgia College 44th among the 160 online MBA programs. Georgia College is one of only two…
If you're the parent of a Jones County middle school student, your child may have to change schools next year. Tonight, the Jones County Board of Education discussed a proposed map that redraws middle school attendance zones. Board members say…
Monday night, some Bibb County Residents spent the night at Saint Paul AME church hoping to be one of the first 250 people to get help with their power bill. Hundreds of people showed up this morning at Saint Paul…
Students of agriculture at Fort valley state university got a chance to experience a hands on farming exhibit Tuesday. The America's farmers Mobile Experience exhibit tours the country courtesy of Monsanto agriculture biotech company, and today it stopped right here…
Governor Nathan Deal echoed one goal at the annual Georgia Chamber of Commerce Eggs and Issues Breakfast-to make Georgia the number one place in the country to do business. Tax cuts for the construction industry, rewards for small businesses, and…
36-year old Tyrone Bernard Green was arrested in Macon this morning. He was wanted for a New Year's Day rape and assault of woman in Douglas, Georgia. Douglas detectives found out that Green could be hiding at a home in…
A new road connecting Warner Robins and Centerville is helping bring the sister cities together. Willie Lee Parkway was extended past Kroger on Watson Boulevard into Centerville. Warner Robins Mayor Chuck Shaheen says talks about expanding the road began years…
Tonight, hundreds of Bibb County residents are already at Saint Paul AME Church hoping to ease some financial burdens this winter. Starting at 7:30 tomorrow morning, the Equal Opportunity Council is taking applications for energy bill assistance, but only 250…
A name change is unlikely for Rosa Parks Square after Macon City Council shunned the idea. Monday night Macon City Council strongly opposed re-naming the park and tabled an ordinance requested by the mayor. Members of the appropriations committee say…