President Obama recognizes a local college. Monday Fort Valley State University celebrates the schools Vice President of Career and Collaborative Programs for his “Developmental Energy Program.” The President awarded Dr. Isaac Crumbly with the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science,…
Bibb County has a new spelling bee champ! 7th grader Jeremy Watts wins the District Spelling Bee over the weekend. Watts attends Howard Middle School. The 2nd place winner, Junus Searcy, and third place winner, Takirra Roberts, are both 5th…
The Compact Tractor Assembly Plant in Dublin will soon close it's doors. Management made the announcement Monday. According to a news release, the facility will close during the first quarter of this year. Employees may be eligible for benefits and…
Albert Billingslea was a longtime leader in Macon and Bibb County. On Sunday, Billingslea passed away. He was one of the first African-American men to serve on the Bibb County Board of Commissioners after being elected in 1980. He served…
The South Central Health district says teenagers made up 25 percent of new HIV and AIDS cases reported last year. Robbie Bowman, the HIV coordinator, says the new cases include males and females. HIV was contracted through teenage males having…
A shake-up in Macon's city administration could be right around the corner. According to the spokesman for the mayor's office, Andrew Blascovich, current Director of Macon's Public Works, Richard Powell, was placed on paid administrative leave and is pending termination.…
The body of missing Centerville woman, 38 year old Kimberly McKenzie, was found in a field near Feagin Road in south Bibb County around 1 pm Sunday afternoon. Evidence indicates that Ms. McKenzie is a victim of a shooting. Bibb…
Sergeant Sean DeFoe from the Bibb County Sheriff's Office reports 38 year old Margaret Angela Haver of Macon has died from injuries sustained in a single vehicle accident around 10 am Saturday morning near the 1500 block of Tucker Road…
Macon Police responded early Saturday evening to a home burglary in progress at 2462 Napier Avenue and found 40 year-old Kenneth Wilson of Blackmon Avenue in the driveway carrying several stolen items. After being handcuffed and advised of his Miranda…
New Town Macon Inc. closed on the purchase of the former Capricorn Records Building on the 400 block of Martin Luther King Blvd. in downtown Macon. On Friday, New Town Macon purchased the building with a 300-thousand dollar grant from Peyton Anderson.…
http://wmgtweatherondeman.blip.tv/file/4689252/ January 2011 KidsCast Winner is 12 year old Carly Wanna from Stratford Academy in Macon.
Law enforcement is investigating an apparent bomb threat at Rutland High School Friday. According to a school spokesperson, Campus Police searched the school this morning after someone reported bomb threats on facebook geared toward Rutland students. Capt. Mike Smallwood with…
Next week, Marines will be training at Robins Air Force Base. The Marine helicopter squadron will begin training Monday. Base officials want to let those of you living on or near the base to expect noise due to increased helicopter…
Eighth-grader, Autumn Jones, is the top speller in Houston County! Today, Autumn won the Houston County School System 2011 Spelling Bee. She attends Warner Robins Middle School. The winning word was "juncture.” William Crouch is the runner up! He’s an…
The arrival of Atlanta-based Vision Airlines was officially introduced today to the Middle Georgia Regional Airport(MCN). Company officials announced their plan to create a low-rate, high-class air carrier for Middle Georgia travelers to get to Florida. The introduction to MCN…
Neighbors in the Unionville area in Macon are fed up with their streets piling up with trash. They call the area, a "Forgotten Neighborhood," and they want City and Country leaders to step in to help. According to neighbors there…
Today Macon Police release the latest crime statistics. Overall numbers show crime is up from 2009 to 2010 by 142 incidents. However, Police Chief Mike Burns is optimistic the department will crack down on more crime this year. “My property…
It's that time of year again and local Girl Scout troupes are gearing up for the annual cookie sale. The popular cookie that has been around for decades, originated in Savannah, Georgia in 1912. The founder, Juliette Low wanted to…
State representative Allen Peake is introducing legislation that would create a new, consolidated government for Macon and Bibb County. In a letter to local elected officials, Peake says, "this bill should provide us with a smaller, more efficient local government,…
The family of a missing Centerville woman is speaking out in hopes of having their loved one return home safely. 38 year old Kimberly McKenzie was reported missing Wednesday night. Her family's nightmare started at 6:47pm when her sister last talked…
Students at Alexander II Magnet School are taking a trip around the world. The school is celebrating "International Week." Students from Mercer University have been visiting classrooms this week to teach kids about various cultures. Thursday was "International Dress Up…
A pound of marijuana is off Middle Georgia streets tonight. 20-year-old Kevin Dennard of Macon was arrested Wednesday on Wericoba Drive. Macon Police served a search warrant and then found the drugs and some cash. Dennard is charged with intent…
?A new center aimed at providing better patient care and education is now open at the Medical Center of Central Georgia. Thursday a ribbon cutting officially unveiled the Center for Innovative Learning. The new building consists of five rooms, including…
Metal workers from building 169 say it's typical for new employees to have health issues their first couple of weeks, until their body adapts to the environment. After OSHA found high exposure levels of cancer causing agents like Chromium (VI),…
His name is Ricardo Lockette and he wants to be a professional football player. Like almost every boy, he grew up dreaming of the day when he would be able to step on the field and catch the winning touchdown.…
Centerville's police chief says a missing woman's 1995 Honda Accord was discovered abandoned near the intersection of Key Street and Eisenhower Parkway in Macon. "Finding her car was alarming," Chief Sidney Andrews said. According to police, 38-year-old Kimberly McKenzie last…
Warner Robins Middle School started a program called Sources of Strength just last year. Principal Dr. Donald Warren says," From time to time kids would come to the counseling office and make the statement they wanted to hurt themselves and…
A house in the Bloomfield neighborhood was targeted by vandals overnight. The vandals spray-painted racial slurs like '"N-word" Lovers' across the front and sides of the house. The victims boat was also painted with lines up and down the sides.…
The Bibb County Sheriff's Office announced nearly 2600 crimes were reported in 2010, which is 130 more than 2009. However, last years figure was lower than five of the previous eight years. Comparing the last two years: Homicides were down…
There's nothing like a little competition to get your heart rate going. Mercer University is encouraging employees to get moving for a good cause. Whether it's to lose weight, become more active, or just have some fun Mercer faculty and…
Macon native Scottye Jones had this to say about the Music Authority Board's decision to decline a recommendation to accept Macon's bid, “ I don't think it's fair." It's been a long process trying to keep the Music Hall of…
Major General Robert McMahon met with the media earlier this afternoon to address the second round of OSHA citations handed out last week. McMahon says he wants safety improvements for employees and more efficient processes to ensure the highest standard…
The future of the Georgia Music Hall of Fame remains in limbo. Evaluations of the four bid proposals were unveiled at a teleconference Wednesday. Board members ranked Macon's offer as the best. But, in a 6-3 vote, they decided not…
Have you ever heard of the website Spokeo.com? It is a site which gives your personal information, shows a picture of your house, and tells others how much money you make, for free. It may sound like a scam, but…
LINK: State of the Union Text 8th District Congressman Austin Scott's biggest concern is creating private jobs to help the Country's economy get back on track."Jobs, jobs, jobs, private sector jobs. You know over the last couple of years they…
The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration handed out a second round of citations to Robins Air Force Base last week and employees are voicing their concerns about the work environment In May of last year OSHA…
Georgia Military College is accused of racial discrimination. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is suing the school for subjecting an African-American groundskeeper to a racially hostile work environment for four years. The EEOC filed the lawsuit Monday. The agency is…
The armed robberies from Saturday night hit too close to home for Kacie Niemann. She was unfortunate enough to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. Niemann was at the Carriage Hills Apartment Complex to visit with friends,…
More than 13 million senior citizens in the United States are without cell phones, despite the safety benefits of having the service. The high cost and multiple fuctions of a mobile phone, doesn't have to be the reason a senior…
Daniel Cosme, 48, died from head injuries sustained in a Monday morning crash around 6:00 am. The Georgia State Patrol says Cosme was trying to make a lefthand turn into the Autozone parking lot on North Columbia Street when he…
The NAACP Chapter in Macon and BibbCounty is now under new leadership. The president, David Booker, was sworn in Monday at the NAACP headquarters, along with several officers. The new president wants to promote peace throughout the community. “We're gonna…
The Atlanta Braves kicked off the first day of the 2011 Braves Country Caravan in Middle Georgia on Monday. Braves players Freddie Freeman, Brandon Hicks, Lee Hyde and Matt Young; along with their coaches Brian Snitker and Larry Parrish and…
Cursive handwriting may be a thing of the past for some elementary students. With computers, smart boards and dry erase boards - cursive just isn't taught how it once was. But a school in Houston County disagrees. They say cursive…
Macon police are investigating an armed robbery at El Carnaval on Pio Nono Avenue. According to police, Friday night two suspects entered the business and forced two clerks to open the cash registers at gun point. The suspects took money from…
19-year-old Robert Kendrick Chambers, of Warner Robins, has been identified as the suspect shot and killed by a Houston County Sheriff's deputy Monday morning. According to a news release from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, Chambers died from a single…
The Bibb County Sheriff's Department is investigating three seperate mugging incidents that happened Saturday night. Deputies responded to a mugging in the parking lot of the Porter Ellis Community Center on Houston Rd Saturday evening. According to the victims, a…
A postcard that's more than 50 years old finally got delivered on Wednesday. Wilmer Bragg Jr., an active marine at the time, was headed back to his military base when he wrote the 5 cent postcard. It's postmarked November…
According to police, Michael Walton of Perry drove off of highway 41 North, and crashed into The Genesis House, a group home for young boys in Perry. It happened Thursday night around 8:30. The car drove into the front of…
Community Health Works and the American Cancer Society partnered for a “breathe easy” meeting today. The group hopes to create more smoke-free areas in Macon. They want to cut down on the inhalation of second hand smoke. A surgeon general's…
Bibb County Drug Investigators seize $12,000 worth of marijuana and put two people behind bars. 26-year-old Anthony Wilcher and 28-year-old Jacqueline Gossett are arrested for various drug and firearm charges. Investigators received information that Wilcher was suspected of dealing drugs…