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

Yesterday at 1:30 PM  Albany police need your help finding a woman that attacked and cut her sisters after an altercation.

Yesterday at 11:38 AM  Georgia Department of Education officials have released new graduation numbers and say that the public high school graduation rate rose more than two percentage points over the previous year – from 67.4 percent in 2011 to 69.7 percent in 2012.

Monday, May 20, 2013  On Thursday evening, Smithville officials decided to cut their Police Department down to a one-man-team due to budget cuts.

Monday, May 20, 2013  Monday marked the first day of the annual 100 Days of Summer H.E.A.T campaign which also goes hand in hand with the state’s annual May campaign of Click It or Ticket.

Saturday, May 18, 2013  Updated with video; Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany officials have released a statement as an update to potential furloughs.

Friday, May 17, 2013  Law enforcement officials need your help finding an abducted child

Friday, May 17, 2013  Updated with video; Colquitt County officials held their annual service to honor fallen officers Thursday morning.

Friday, May 17, 2013  Organic industry's political clout grows on Capitol Hill as consumers demand organic foods

Thursday, May 16, 2013  UPDATE: Mumford has been found. The Americus Police Department and Georgia Bureau of Investigation need your help finding an abducted Americus child.

Thursday, May 16, 2013  Lowndes County Sheriff's Department has made an arrest after a fire was started in a Lowndes Middle School bathroom.

Thursday, May 16, 2013  Tifton Police responded to the 1100 block of South Park Ave. for a report of a shooting.

Thursday, May 16, 2013  The Albany Police Department's Criminal Investigations Bureau would like to solicit the public's assistance with locating Cedrick Butler, a black male that is 5'10 and weighs 155 pounds.

Thursday, May 16, 2013  The Georgia Department of Labor announced today that Georgia’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate declined to 8.2 percent in April.

Thursday, May 16, 2013  Updated with video; An accident involving a semi-truck and an Albany Police Department patrol car took place Wednesday morning at the intersection of Radium Springs and Oglethorpe Boulevard.

Thursday, May 16, 2013  Updated with video; Tift Regional Medical Center was recently named Regional Coordinating Hospital of the Year by the Georgia Hospital Association and the Georgia Department of Public Health for its efforts in disaster preparedness.