The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) says Atlanta, Macon and Savannah are expected to be three major travel hotspots across Georgia. Read More

A crash on I-75 in Crisp County sent one person to the hospital and temporarily closed the interstate.According to the Crisp County Sheriff's Office (CCSO), th ... Read More

Of the many towns that lie off Interstate 75 between Atlanta and Macon, the most underrated might be Griffin - a small city of under 24,000 whose charming downtown is full of turn-of-the-century ... Read More

After years of detours and lane shifts, GDOT says Macon's Second Street Bridge is expected to fully reopen this fall with wider lanes and new traffic patterns. Read More

An accident has closed all lanes on I-16 west in Laurens County, according to the Georgia Department of Transportation 511GA. Read More

The Georgia Department of Transportation has announced it will pause all interstate lane closures ahead of Memorial Day Weekend. Read More

Traffic is backed up in downtown Macon Sunday afternoon following a vehicle collision on Interstate 75 southbound at the Interstate 16 interchange.First respond ... Read More

It was a busy week in Middle Georgia. A major interstate pileup sent a dozen people to the hospital, a Macon attorney landed behind bars on drug charges, and a long-running vehicular manslaughter case ... Read More

The crash has left to a lane closure Thursday morning, according to 511. Read More

A Macon man died when his car flipped Wednesday night in Forsyth, according to the Monroe County Sheriff's Office. A Honda Accord overturned before midnight Thursday in a rural area on the Interstate ... Read More

A crash on I-75 South briefly caused massive congestion in Macon, according to a report from the Bibb County Sheriff's Office. The report said that the backup was initially caused by a four-car ... Read More

GDOT's 511GA map shows that a crash on I-75 Northbound near Pierce Avenue has caused a left lane to be blocked. It's also causing heavy traffic back onto I-16. Read More

Robinson said one person died after a tractor trailer veered off of I-75 South near the Riverside Drive exit in North Macon on Monday night ... Read More

Drivers in Macon should be alert Monday morning as a crash closed two lanes on I-75. Here's what we know ... Read More

Explore a Georgia highway where Mennonite farms, country markets, local bakeries, and fresh seasonal produce shape the journey. Read More

Two people died in a fatal accident on Interstate 75 South near Sardis Church Road on Wednesday afternoon, Bibb County Coroner Leon Jones says. Read More

Two people died in a fatal accident on Interstate 75 South near Sardis Church Road, according to Bibb County Coroner Leon Jones ... Read More

Two people died in a fatal accident on Interstate 75 South near Sardis Church Road on Wednesday afternoon, Bibb County Coroner Leon Jones says. Read More

PUTNAM COUNTY, Ga. (WGXA) - An elderly couple was killed after a man driving a Georgia Power truck struck their vehicle in Putnam County on Wednesday afternoon. Read More

The victim of a car crash at a Columbus intersection Tuesday morning has been identified, according to Muscogee County Coroner Buddy Bryan. Bryan identified the victim of the collision at the ... Read More

MACON, Ga. - A crash on Interstate 75 in Macon has caused all southbound lanes to close. According Georgia's Department of Transportation's 511 website, a crash just before 7 a.m. has closed all ... Read More

MACON, Ga. - Emergency repairs are underway after a water main break in Houston County. Houston County Emergency Services says it happened early Saturday morning near Highway 41 North. The department ... Read More

Concerns after a fatal crash in the I-16 / I-75 construction zone prompted 41NBC to question GDOT about work zone lighting, signage and inspection policies. Read More

A 24-year-old man died in a crash on a highway in Macon Friday night, according to the Bibb County Coroner's Office. The crash happened around 11 p.m. on Interstate 75 Southbound between Eisenhower ... Read More

A vehicle swerved off road, skidded on a guardrail then flipped and landed upside down on Friday, July 25, 2025, on Interstate 75 in Macon, Ga., according to a graphic in a crash report from Georgia ... Read More

A 24-year-old man is dead after a crash Friday night on I-75 in Macon.According to Coroner Leon Jones, Joseph Fulton Portis died after the 2003 Lexus LS 430 he was driving crashed between Eisenhower ... Read More

A three-car crash in Macon-Bibb County sent three people to the hospital and caused significant congestion ahead of the Interstate 75 / Interstate 16 split Thursday afternoon, according to the Bibb ... Read More

The DA's Office says each of the men previously pleaded guilty to drug-related charges on March 24. There is no parole in the federal system. Read More

Mercer University moves its graduation to Macon Coliseum due to rain concerns, but there's potential traffic challenges. Read More

MACON, Ga. - The Bibb County Sheriff's Office says a pedestrian is dead after he was struck by a vehicle on Interstate 75 northbound near the Pio Nono Ave on ramp. According to a press release ... Read More

A driver was hurt on Wednesday afternoon in a single-vehicle crash on I-75 South, temporarily closing the southbound lanes of the highway, according to the Bibb County Sheriff's Office. Their office ... Read More

OGLETHORPE, Ga. - A person died Monday after a log truck ran into a train at an Oglethorpe train crossing, according to Macon County Coroner Eddie Hosley. He says it happened at around 11 a.m. at ... Read More

As I pulled off Interstate 16 and headed into town, I cranked up a piece by another Georgia songwriter, Blind Willie McTell's '?Statesboro Blues,'? recorded live by my hometown boys, Macon, Ga.'s own ... Read More

MACON, Ga. - A truck driver learned his sentence in the death of a 70-year-old pastor during a 2020 crash on I-75, according to a press release from the Macon District Attorney's Office. They say ... Read More

MACON, Georgia (41NBC / WMGT) - Severe weather brought a tornado to Bibb and Twiggs Counties Sunday evening. The tornado touched down just to the west of US Highway 23 in eastern Bibb County. It then ... Read More

MACON, Ga. - Riverside Drive at the 2nd Street Bridge is closed indefinitely due to crash damage, according to a press release from the Georgia Department of Transportation. The release says an ... Read More

The family of a woman who was recently killed in a hit-and-run in Macon says the Bibb County Sheriff's Office ... Victoria Otto was hit by at least one vehicle while standing on Interstate 75 in the ... Read More

Dominic Haines, a Jefferson High School senior, suffered a broken neck in the final seconds of his quarterfinal match of the GHSA Traditional Wrestling State Championships in Macon, Georgia ... Read More

The Ocmulgee River flows underneath Gray Highway on Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024, in Macon, Georgia. Macon and Milledgeville received a $1.5 million EPA grant last spring to to conduct environmental ... Read More

Emergency management officials from across Central Georgia are urging residents to avoid the roads as icy conditions cause wrecks across the area. "Stay off the roads - go home," Houston County EMA ... Read More

The winter storm has put Georgia State Patrol to work, responding to crashes and calls from across the state, department data shows. Read More

Potential winter weather forecasted for Central Georgia on Tuesday and Wednesday has placed the entire area under a winter weather watch, according to the National Weather Service.13WMAZ issued a ... Read More

A crash on I-16 Eastbound at SR 87 / US 80 / MLK Jr. Blvd. in Macon has shut down all lanes, according to information from 511ga.org. Read More

The Georgia Department of Transportation reported 152 road closures across the state Friday. Interstate 16 in Laurens County and Interstate 20 outside of Augusta were closed. '?Crews are actively ... Read More

MACON, Ga. - All lanes are closed on I-16 East due to a tractor trailer crash, according to Georgia 511. The tractor trailer was turned over and blocked all lanes on the interstate between the ... Read More

MACON, Ga. - A main water break on Zebulon Road has left Macon ... that the Macon Water Authority contacted them that Monroe County water customers along Highway 41 South near Macon-Bibb County may be ... Read More

Emergency water main repair at Gray Highway and Clinton Road in Macon causes water outages and low pressure. Estimated repair time is 6-8 hours. Stay updated with MWA. Read More

Hundreds of thousands of drivers navigate the roads without any form of insurance every day in the state of Georgia. Although that seems like an issue of financial risks, much more serious ... Read More

O ne person is in custody and a trooper is hospitalized after a chase and crash in Telfair County, according to the Georgia State Patrol (GSP). They say it happened on Saturday when a trooper from ... Read More

MACON, Ga. - One person was injured and another is in critical condition after a Tuesday night crash on I-75, according to Sgt. Christopher Williams with the Bibb County Sheriff's Office. He says it ... Read More

We have this morning the name of the construction worker who was killed in last Friday's accident at UGA: Trevor Wilkie was 36 years old, from Athens. Wilkie was working on steam lines between the ... Read More

MACON, Ga. (WGXA) -- Nightly roadway closures will occur in Middle Georgia as I-16 / I-75 Interchange Improvement Project beginning ... When complete, new CD lanes, additional interstate lanes, new ... Read More

MACON, Ga. - A crash on I-475 has all northbound lanes closed at Zebulon Road in Macon, according to Georgia 511. The estimated end time is 1:45 p.m. Drivers should avoid the area and use alternative ... Read More

A tire shop employee was killed when a motor home he was working on fell, pinning him underneath, Georgia authorities said. The '?work-related accident'? happened at about 9:20 a.m. Tuesday, April 16, ... Read More

Warner Robins police say they've found a vehicle and identified a suspect in a hit and run that left someone injured last month. Police say the vehicle was found last week and it belongs to Dustin ... Read More

He's seen traffic shifts late at night, and he's not pleased about the next one. The Georgia Department of Transportation says lane closures on the Spring Street bridge in Macon will take effect ... Read More

Clifford Tyrone Browner, 42, died at 4:18 a.m. Sunday after he was shot in the 1000 block of Triple Hill Drive just off Houston Avenue near Interstate 75 in south Macon, according to a news release ... Read More

A Macon man died Monday night after a shooting in south Bibb County near Interstate 75, according to the Bibb County Sheriff's Office. The death is the second homicide of 2024, with both coming over ... Read More

61-year-old Willie Leon Jarrell Jr. of Macon was pronounced dead at 8:06 on Wednesday morning at a hospital in Augusta. Bibb Coroner Leon Jones said Jarrell was a long-time employee at Bentley And Son ... Read More

MACON, Ga. - A manhunt is underway in south Bibb after a chase that began near Centerville, according to Peach County Sheriff Terry Deese. Read More

MACON, Ga. - A manhunt is underway in south Bibb after a chase that began near Centerville, according to Peach County Sheriff Terry Deese. Read More

Three major Interstates (I-75, I-85, and I-20 ... can easily plan weekend trips to the North Georgia mountains or south to cities like Savannah and Macon, or pile into the car for a week at ... Read More

A man is in critical condition after being struck by a vehicle Sunday night on Arkwright Road, and a man is dead after a separate crash on I-75 earlier in the day. Read More

The crash left one dead and five others injured Monday afternoon, according to the Bibb County Sheriff's Office. Read More

On the heels of releasing his twelfth studio album, Highway Desperado, Jason Aldean announced that ... and wrapping up in October in Aldean's hometown of Macon, Georgia, he will have a busy few months ... Read More

MACON, Ga. - A familiar face is set to take the stage at the Macon Amphitheater next October, according to a post on its Facebook page. Jason Aldean is bringing his "Highway Desperado" tour to Macon ... Read More

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - Authorities are on the scene of a crash on Interstate 185 going north and south in Columbus. The northbound accident happened near the exit 6 Macon Road exit, while the ... Read More

Gunfire erupts during 130-mph chase on Interstate 85 in Georgia, cops say ... Video shared with The Newnan Times-Herald and other outlets shows the harrowing moments before officers caught the driver. Read More

Gunfire erupts during 130-mph chase on Interstate 85 in Georgia, cops say ... Video shared with The Newnan Times-Herald and other outlets shows the harrowing moments before officers caught the driver. Read More

An armed person on board a Greyhound bus on 1-85 in Norcross, Georgia, has been taken into custody after a SWAT standoff, Gwinnett County police said. Read More

TWIGGS COUNTY, Ga. - If you regularly travel through Twiggs County, try to avoid Highway 129. A stretch of that highway near Old Richland Church Road is currently closed and could remain closed ... Read More

If you're traveling on I-75 in Macon near the I-16 / I-75 split on Saturday ... Linda Howard with the Bibb County Sheriff's Office. She says Georgia Power crews are working on the power lines ... Read More

The Georgia State Patrol's Specialized Collision Reconstruction Team is investigating a fatal three-vehicle accident Thursday that killed Charles Lewis Posey, 69, of Cordele. Read More

JASON VORHEES / THE TELEGRAPH Macon, GA, 08 / 15 / 2015: The right two lanes ... JASON VORHEES jvorhees@macon.com All lanes of Interstate 475 North have reopened after a tractor-trailer accident closed ... Read More