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Today at 6:35 AM  Updated with video; Reverend James Bush, a member of the Dougherty County School Board, proposed to the other members yesterday that they request their stipends to be increased.

Wednesday, June 12, 2013  Updated with video; Officials with the Coffee County Fire Department say they are on scene after gas explosions occurred in Douglas.

Friday, June 07, 2013  Updated with video; After two Coffee County paramedics and their patient were killed when a car going the opposite direction hit the brakes and the truck behind it slid into the front of the ambulance, EMS officials are asking residents to follow specific protocol when they see those flashing lights on the road in order to prevent more accidents.

Friday, June 07, 2013  Updated with video; UPDATED: Officials responded to a fatal accident along Highway 32 East around 5am near Irving Road at the Ben Hill-Irwin County line.

Tuesday, May 28, 2013  Coffee County officials say they responded to a call regarding a possible drowning around 7 p.m. Sunday night.

Sunday, April 07, 2013  Updated with video; Aaron Hatten, a 19-year-old Coffee County High School student, is getting to go to prom tonight for the first time, and it's all being made possible by the community he lives in.

Wednesday, February 27, 2013  Updated with video; All the coffee lovers in Albany will be happy to know a new Starbucks is coming to town.

Friday, February 08, 2013  Travel writer Glenn Kaufmann has reflected on his Albany experience in a new article for Points North Atlanta magazine.

Friday, February 01, 2013  The Coffee County Sheriff's Office has announced that 60-year-old Ted Adams has been personated for impersonating a law enforcement officer.

Thursday, January 31, 2013  Wiregrass Georgia Technical College and the Technical College System of Georgia have been approved as a Georgia Teacher Academy for Preparation and Pedagogy (GaTAPP) provider.

Tuesday, January 22, 2013  Updated with video; The Georgia Bureau of Investigations has announced that 49-year-old Edith Carol Sheffield died as a result of homicide.

Saturday, January 19, 2013  Updated with video; UPDATE: Reports from family members at the scene are that rescue teams extracted Delgado around 6:00 AM Sunday morning, however Delgado had already died at some point during the night.

Sunday, January 06, 2013  A Douglas woman says she is lucky to be alive after two masked men robbed her and her boyfriend at gunpoint at the Dollar General on Route 441 late Saturday night.

Saturday, January 05, 2013  Updated with video; Elements Coffee welcomed the Red Cross this afternoon from noon to four, in hopes of raising the blood reserves in Southwest Georgia.

Monday, December 31, 2012  Elements Coffee on Ledo Road is known for giving local musicians around Albany the chance to show their stuff with a live audience.