MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The Meals on Wheels of Macon and Bibb county, took some time Wednesday, to thank its volunteers with a luncheon. In Bibb county alone, more than 1,000 people are served food through the organization. Executive Director…

MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - More drugs are off the streets as Macon Police arrest 4 people for possession of Marijuana. The search was done by the City of Macon Narcotics Unit and the MPD K-9 Unit on Tuesday night around…

MILLEDGEVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Milledgeville Interim Police Chief Dray Swicord is supporting an officer's decision to handcuff a six year old child who reportedly acted out at school. According to this the incident report, early Friday morning a six year…

Art outreach programs that connect with the community and help children could be on the chopping block in Bibb County. The Arts for Services Grant funding, slipped through the cracks during the service delivery strategy last year, and now the…

Macon,Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)- Georgia's Emergency Management Agency held its Annual Mobile Communications Vehicle Exercise today. Emergency response agencies from all over the state participated in the training exercise aimed at testing communications capabilities. Mobile communications vehicles can be used during a…

ATLANTA, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The State Board of Pardons and Paroles issued a stay not to exceed 90 days in the murder case of Daniel Greene, who was scheduled to die by lethal injection on Thursday.  This comes after the…

MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Members of the Macon City Council Appropriations Committee threw out ideas tonight to further promote the use of the new equal opportunity law in regards to city projects. The change to the city code went into…

MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Environmental Protection Division fines are putting a $35,000 hole in the city of Macon's pocket. The big bill comes after two inspections of the Macon land-fill resulted in low scores for environmental violations. Public Works Director…

MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Macon City Council and Mayor Robert Reichert are working to make sure local contractors and businesses are given a little extra preference when it comes to city projects. The current city law stipulates when a bid…

Former Macon Police and Firemen filled city hall Monday afternoon, seeking answers about the proposed changes to their pension plan. After nearly three hours of debate, the pension board tabled the changes until all parties can get on the same…

MACON.Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)-Georgia's Attorney General Sam Olens was in Macon today to promote a statewide food drive he's leading. Olens was at the Middle Georgia Community Food Bank. He is teaming up with the State Bar President, the Young Lawyers Division…

MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - He was killed in Vietnam almost 45 years ago, but comrades of Sgt. Rodney Davis are coming from around the U.S. with plans to set his legacy in stone Randy Leedom journeyed all the way from…

WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A burglary suspect in Warner Robins in now off the streets.  Police found 43-year-old David Rogers, of Warner Robins, walking along Foy Evans Drive.  He is charged with two counts of burglary, after breaking into…

MACON, Georgia (WMGT/41NBC) - Monday the President of Central Georgia Technical College announced he is stepping down next month.  Dr. Mike Moye plans to retire on May 31, after 37 years of service in education.  Moye has been the president…

MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - There are plenty of reasons to dread April 17th this year. It may be several hundred reasons, or maybe even several thousand reasons, but there is a silver lining; you can get free food and giveaways…

MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- Sunday, Macon police arrested a man for attempting to steal from the Walmart on Gray Highway. John Paul Jones, Jr. of Columbus, Georgia was found hiding in the back of the store with shopping carts filled…

PERRY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The body of an unknown man was found Sunday in the Ocmulgee River. Houston County Investigators are working diligently to identify the man's body. According to a news release, witnesses led officers to Knowles Landing on…

MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Police arrested 32-year old Joseph Moore Sunday morning, after getting a call that a man had been beaten with a baseball bat. When police arrived to Hillcrest and Hillyer they found the victim laying face down…

FORSYTH, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Local law enforcement began the strike yesterday, dubbing it operation flush 'em out. 31 people were targeted in this investigation that began in May of last year.At that time, investigators were given information about a drug…

MACON,Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)- The deadline to file your federal tax return is getting closer, but you have two extra days to get the job done this year. Each year millions of Americans file their federal tax returns. This year, the deadline for filing is Tuesday,…

Volunteers and vendors spent the better part of this evening prepping for the Dogwood Festival in Perry. With an expected crowd of around 5-thousand, and only a day to get ready, those transforming Perry's downtown have their work cut out…

MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)- Attorneys for accused murderer Stephen McDaniel filed a motion for reconsideration of bond Friday afternoon. Attorney Franklin Hogue says, " In our case we were in a position to not only ask for it, but be entitled…

MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The historic Round Building in Central City Park is full of pottery and clay sculptures from around the southeast, for the 7th Fired Works Exhibit. Artists spent Friday morning setting up their displays to be sold…

It's not something that we see very often, but the Storm Prediction Center has issued a "High" Risk of severe weather on Saturday for our friends in the center of the country. They've also issued a "Moderate" Risk in surrounding…

MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- Thursday, Macon police responded to a call in reference to a person shot at 297 Pansy Avenue, just before 8P.M. Upon arrival, the victim was laying in the front yard where residents stood. According to a…

I don't know about you but I've been singing "Take Me Out To The Ballgame" for weeks now! With a gorgeous weekend ahead weather-wise, what else would you want to do, besides head to the ballpark?! The Braves kick off…

MACON, Georgia (WMGT/41NBC) - Paddlers and Boaters alike tested the waters of Lake Tobesofkee Thursday to prepare for the Heart of the Dragon Festival race that benefits Macon's Big Brothers Big Sisters. The calm waters of Lake Tobesofkee quickly transform…

WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The Warner Robins Redevelopment Agency is working to get business tax dollars pumped back into the city. Council heard a proposal from the Middle Georgia Regional Commission, the group helping create Tax Allocation Districts for…

WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Warner Robins is throwing their name in the running to host the Special Olympics Masters Bowling Tournament for the next three years. The middle Georgia city won the great honor in the past. They hosted…

MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - 50 postal service workers took to the streets in downtown Macon today to peacefully protest a Senate Bill that they say is threatening the future of their business. State President of the Georgia Association of Letter…

MACON,Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)- A Macon woman is thankful to have her property back after someone stole it from her daughter's grave.  According to Macon Police, a number of items were stolen from various graves at Riverside Cemetery. Police say the woman found out…

BUTLER, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)- Law enforcement agencies across Middle Georgia are lending a hand to one of their own, who's been diagnosed with an incurable disease. Deputy Alton Young was diagnosed with Pulmonary Fibrosis more than 6 months ago. He's dedicated…

MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A man staying in a Bibb County hotel is accused of kidnapping the owner, stealing his van, and attempting to rob him. 27-year-old Frezer Fernandez was staying at the Villager Lodge on Harrison Road. According to…

MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Bibb County deputies seize more than a thousand dollars worth of cocaine and nearly 3 thousand in cash at the home of a Macon man. 26-year-old Samuel Deontae Watson, III was arrested and charged with schedule…

MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A Macon man is arrested for possession of crack cocaine and stealing a car. 55-year-old Philip Thomas Dressel was pulled over on Eisenhower Parkway in Macon Thursday afternoon. That's when Bibb County Deputies found the crack,…

Have the busy sounds of life in a city put a damper on your way of living? How about trying something different? Located in Crawfordville, Georgia, A.H. Stephens State Park is showing those who are unfamiliar with the beauty of…

GRAY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The campus of Jones County High School looked like something out of a crime scene. Juniors and seniors got to see firsthand how a dazzling night could turn tragic if they engage in careless activities. Students…

MACON,Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)- Today, several buildings in the Unionville Neighborhood were demolished as part of the City's clean up and revitalization plan. The city's Department of Public Works has been working all day to clean parts of the Unionville Neighborhood. Several…

WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A joint effort by local law enforcement lands 8 people behind bars on drug charges. Michael Hammond, Kenneth O'Neal, Cassandra Hearn, Laura Hill, Trevor Jefferson, Larry Dover,and Kelsey and Zachary Kitchens are all charged with…

MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)- Judge Phillip Brown has set bond at $850,000 in the murder case against Stephen McDaniel. McDaniel's attorneys asked Judge Brown to consider setting the bond at $100,000. The defense cited that figure as a reasonable amount McDaniel's…

MACON,Georgia(41NBC/WMGT)-Metal theft costs local businesses thousands of dollars in repairs eachyear, but a new law aims to curb that trend. Business leaders and investigators met Tuesday at a luncheon to discuss how the new law will work and the best ways…

MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Spring came early in middle Georgia, and with the warm weather came unwanted pests. Carpenter bees started appearing about a month earlier than usual. "They're like dive bombers, you know, they just zoom, zoom right down…

Macon Mayor Robert Reichert says he wants the city to work smarter, not harder in the budgeting process. The mayor and CAO Dale Walker were joined by Albany's Budget Officer, Larry Johnson, to discuss changing how the city restrains spending…

PERRY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)- Houston County School Board members voted to increase school lunches by 25 cents to meet federal requirements. The Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 requires schools that have lunches for less than $2.51 to gradually raise prices to…

PERRY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)- Elementary students in Houston County will participate in a new sex education program next school year. At a school board meeting on Tuesday, board members unanimously approved two programs after a special sex education committee made up…

PERRY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- Kody Lucas passed away early Tuesday morning after battling with cancer for more than four years. In 2007 Lucas was diagnosed with a brain tumor and at the time was given a 20 percent chance to…

GRAY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The Jones County Sheriff's Office is searching for a missing teenager. According to investigators, 15-year old Charity Cameron ran away from her home, in the Stagecoach Road and Upper River Road area of Jones County.  They…

MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A Macon man faces charges for attacking someone who tried to help him.  A woman told police that Arthur Jordan attacked her Monday as she and another man tried to help him into his house on…

MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Macon Police are investigating a shooting incident that occurred in East Macon. According to a news release, 44-year-old Enrique Stallworth was walking on Emery Highway near Jeffersonville Road when he heard shots fired. Stallworth dropped to…

WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) The long-awaited Warner Robins Law Enforcement Center could be up and running in less than a year if city council approves a bond for nearly 4.5 million dollars. The Redevelopment Agency looked at bids for a…