Latest news, weather and high school sports for Albany and Southwest Georgia

Sunday, April 21, 2013  Updated with video; Chehaw Park hosted their annual, "Cheetah Chase," bright and early this morning, with particpants lacing up their shoes and zipping up their seatshirts.

Wednesday, April 17, 2013  Chehaw officials have announced that on Saturday, April 13th, the park set a new one day attendance record of 3,188 visitors.

Sunday, April 14, 2013  Updated with video; Saturday marked day two of this year’s annual Native American Festival at Chehaw Park.

Saturday, April 13, 2013  Updated with video; The 23rd annual Chehaw Park Native American Festival kicked off on Friday and officials say they've already had more than 1,000 visitors thanks to field trips from the Dougherty County School System.

Sunday, April 07, 2013  Kids grabbed their fishing poles Saturday to kick-off the first day of catfish season at Chehaw Park.

Friday, March 22, 2013  After researching and voting on a name for each of the 22 classes at Turner Elementary School, the baby winning moniker for Chehaw Wild Animal Park's baby kangaroo is Adeline.

Wednesday, March 13, 2013  Updated with video; Students at Turner Elementary School in Albany are competing in a contest to name Chehaw Wild Animal Park's baby kangaroo.

Wednesday, March 13, 2013  In our facebook story of the day you wanted to know if southwest Georgia should be worried about white-nose syndrome affecting our bat population.

Wednesday, March 13, 2013  Updated with video; Coweta Fayetta EMC, Flint Energies, Griffin Power, Crisp Power, Mitchell EMC, and Gray Stone Power are in Albany to help set up for the Georgia Linesman Rodeo.

Saturday, February 09, 2013  Updated wtih video; The Albany Convention & Visitor's Bureau held their third annual Family Reunion Workshop Saturday afternoon.

Wednesday, February 06, 2013  Updated with video; Chehaw Park Director Doug Porter addressed the Albany City Commission Tuesday morning, announcing that Chehaw will raise prices for the first time in its history.

Tuesday, February 05, 2013  Updated with video; The Parks at Chehaw planning add 50 to 70 new spots for campers by 2014 thanks to SPLOST funds.

Friday, January 25, 2013  Updated with video; In our Facebook story of the day you wanted to know how Chehaw takes care of their animals during a cold spell.

Saturday, January 12, 2013  Updated with video; Chehaw Park is traveling back in time for a few days to learn how to live just as people did in the 1800's.

Monday, January 07, 2013  Most people consider their animals to be part of their family, and at Chehaw Wild Animal park, it's no different; which is why staff says they take many steps into the process of laying one of their beloved animals to rest when it passes away.