MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Weaver Middle School is at the center of a Bibb County Sheriff's Office investigation, after a report surfaced involving alleged inappropriate conduct between a student and teacher. Director of Risk Management for the Bibb County School…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)-Several business leaders in Macon came together today to discuss the design of the Second Street Corridor downtown. Sixty invited representatives from Macon businesses, organizations, and agencies were present at the Terminal Station to give their feedback on…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – 250 teens are expected to participate in the 84th Georgia Future Farmers of America State Convention in Macon. During the day, the teens will work with Rebuilding Macon and the Georgia Future Farmers of Macon to…
If you're looking for something to do this weekend, and you happen to love airplanes, or you just want to see something pretty cool, you should head to the air force base for the blue angels! Lieutenant Colonel Dwayne Gray…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - On July 1st, when Bibb County takes over several city employees and their departments, responsibility for Macon-Bibb Animal Control will also fall on their shoulders. "We need to look at everything including staffing, management, direction, mission,…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A federal jury has found former Warner Robins City Councilman John Williams guilty on all three counts: extortion, witness tampering, and making false statements. The jury listened to closing arguments from both attorneys'. The U.S Attorney's…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Armed with toolboxes full of toys, Sarah Birmingham and her sister Megan Tochterman, along with their mom Cris Birmingham, are spending the morning in Hartley Elementary School's kindergarten class. The trio are getting the kids involved…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - This morning, attorneys on both sides wrapped up their closing arguments in the John Williams' federal trial. Williams is a former Warner Robins City Councilman. Williams' attorney, Christina Hunt, told jurors that what Williams is accused…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Macon Police are investigating a robbery incident at Rocky's Liquor Store on Eisenhower Parkway. It happened Tuesday night just before 7. According to a news release, the owner says he was robbed at gunpoint by two…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Hundreds of children in Middle Georgia are expected to participate in a day full of fun, and literacy during the Adventure Reading Festival. The event, put on by Mercer University's Service Scholars Program, is a way…
COCHRAN, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- Doug Kitchens became the owner of Scott's BBQ in 1998. The restaurant opened in 1952 by Kitchens' father-in-law's uncle, Scott Mullis. "I grew up on a farm and had no idea that I'd ever have a…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - People growing up in a multimedia world may find it hard to have a love of both classical music and contemporary culture, but a famous violinist is working to change that here in Macon and around…
WARNER ROBINS, Ga. - Closing statements are expected Wednesday in the trial of a former Warner Robins city councilman accused of trying to solicit a payment from a car dealer in exchange for arranging the sale of a truck to…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Two Macon residents were chosen to represent the whole state of Georgia at the Democratic National Convention. Paul Bronson and Sarah Hunt, both local activists, hope their role as delegates for the 8th Congressional District, will…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - An annual 4th of July tradition is returning to Warner Robins this year with a favorite country star as the headliner. Josh Turner will take the stage on July 2nd at the Independence Day Celebration. …
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Amerson Water Works Park in Macon is getting a new name and a new look. Nearly $6 million dollars in federal funds and grants will help with the re-design. The new park named, Amerson River Park,…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)- The Federal Court Case involving former Warner Robins City Councilman John Williams resumed today. The prosecution and defense rested their cases just after 3:30 this afternoon. Attorneys for the federal government presented video and phone evidence of…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Macon Police are searching for the two men who robbed a cab driver early Sunday morning. According to a news release, the driver picked the suspects up on the 700 block of Woodard Avenue and took…
ROBERTA, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The Crawford County Sheriff's Office, and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, are investigating a decomposed body found at 'Camp Benjamin Hawkins Boy Scout Reservation' over the weekend. The body was found wrapped in bed linens. In…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A man is in stable condition after he was shot by a woman, he and another man were trying to rob. The victim says she was dropping someone off on English Avenue in Macon, when she…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Friday, a group based out of Nevada explained to 41NBC why they chose Bibb County school officials to go to Belgium for an international conference next week. Bibb County superintendent Dr. Romain Dallemand will travel with…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Valor candles, is getting national recognition at this year's Sports Emmy awards in New York. The downtown Macon business was chosen as one of 30 from around the country to send its product as part of…
MACON,Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)-Today at a meeting in Atlanta, the Mercer University's Board of Trustees approved a 200 million dollar operating budget and authorized establishment of the Mercer University Health Sciences Center. The Center will enroll more than 17 hundred students, employ…
MILLEDGEVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Today, the family of the 6-year old girl who was handcuffed at a Milledgeville school met in Atlanta with leaders of Al Sharpton's National Action Network. President of the NAN Atlanta chapter, Marcus Coleman, tells 41…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A group of young adults in middle Georgia are working to spread awareness today in honor of the Kony 2012 mission known as "Cover the Night." The event is calling for people to do more than…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Faculty and Campus Police found a gun in a student's car today at Rutland High School. According to a news release from the school district, the car was searched after the four students inside were attempting…
ATLANTA (AP) - The Georgia pardons board has granted clemency to a former high school football player who was set to die this week for killing an ex-classmate in 1991. The Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles said Friday it…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - At Thursday night's Bibb County School Board meeting, Dr. Dallemand outlined how the Macon Miracle will be put into practice. The 85 page plan provides a budget that will go above and beyond the allotted $340,000…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - In honor of Earth Day, a group of students at Sonny Carter Elementary will hold a celebration. Parents and the entire school will see exactly what the 4th graders learned about ecosystems. Students will also show…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - At Thursday's Bibb County School board meeting, there was both passionate opposition, and support for Superintendent Dr. Romain Dallemand's planned trip to Belgium. There, the leader plans to share the Macon miracle internationally. While some say…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A Macon business is soaking up the sun to reduce the cities carbon footprint. Thursday Damaste Real Estate and Main Street Macon unveiled a new solar panel project that generates on-site power. On top of the…
MACON,Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)- Georgia's unemployment rate has dropped for eight straight months, and the state's Labor Commissioner says that's a sign more people are getting back to work. The state's long term unemployed number also declined to just under two hundred forty thousand. Looking for…
IRWINTON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The attorney for the Irwinton City Clerk who faces felony theft charges, says his client has no knowledge of the missing city money. City employee Roger Ford, and Irwinton City Clerk Lisa Brooks, were released on…
MACON,Georiga (41NBC/WMGT)-The Miss Music City Scholarship Association is getting a name change. The name will be changed back to the Miss Macon Scholarship. The name change was announced this afternoon at a news conference. The Executive Director of the Miss…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The Air Force has announced who will take over as commander of the new Air Logistics Complex at Robins Air Force Base. He's Brigadier General (sel.) Cedric George. George is currently the Commander of the…
PERRY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Houston County investigators are releasing new details into what led to the death of a man pulled from the Ocmulgee River Sunday afternoon. They say Mathew Pike, Daniel Slaton, and William Slaton beat and strangled Justin…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Macon Police remain on the hunt for two men wanted for a Tuesday evening armed robbery. Investigators released photos and descriptions of the suspects today. Police say one man stood as a lookout, as the other…
COCHRAN, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- Virginia Hallett was born and raised in Cochran, Georgia. Hallett says, "I couldn't have been blessed better." She was born on April 19th, 1909. A century and three years later, Hallett is still counting her blessings.…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Police in Macon are investigating tonight after two men tried to rob a gas station, and one of them shot the cashier. It happened at the Sunrise Store Citgo on Mercer University Drive. Police say the…
MACON, Ga. - Three men have been sentenced in the connection to the shooting death of a U.S. Forest Service ranger in Jasper County. U.S. Attorney Michael Moore says 48-year-old Timothy Grant, 35-year-old Roberto Flores and 69-year-old Michael Moscardelli were…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)- Houston County deputies are looking for clues at a house in Warner Robins, after a man's body was found floating in the Ocmulgee River. The Sheriff's Office says they are treating the case as a homicide.…
ATLANTA, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A petition surrounding the execution of a Taylor County man who was scheduled to die by lethal injection Thursday was delayed, and a petition explains the Board of Pardons and Paroles decision to grant stay. Some…
MILLEDGEVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The Baldwin County School System is remaining tight-lipped in their response to the handcuffing of a six year old kindergarten student at Creekside Elementary. Superintendent Geneva Braziel was not available for comment today, but she did…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)- Writer, poet, and self proclaimed Internet Visionary, Irving Martinez announced he's running for the State Senate District 26 seat. The seat is currently held by Miriam Paris. This afternoon Martinez told supports why he's running for the…
MACON,Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)- The National park service is looking into whether certain lands in and around Ocmulgee National Monument Park are appropriate to be included in a boundary expansion to the monument. The park sits on 702 acres and is on…
IRWINTON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Two Irwinton city employees were arrested today for taking money from the city, according to the GBI. Lisa Brooks, the Irwinton city clerk, and Roger Ford, who worked with street maintenance, turned themselves in to the…
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…