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Saturday, April 20, 2013  The Kiwanis Club of Dougherty County and the Southwest Georgia Home School partnered with the Southwest Georgia Master Gardener Extension to plant a butterfly garden.

Tuesday, April 09, 2013  Sherwood Baptist Church has announced the future of their production company and Sherwood Pictures via a press release issued Tuesday afternoon.

Saturday, March 23, 2013  Saturday was day 2 of Albany State University's Aviation Awareness Days.

Saturday, March 16, 2013  Updated with video; If a new proposal goes through, people who fly may not have anywhere to smoke at the Southwest Georgia Regional Airport.

Monday, December 31, 2012  As the ball drops in Times Square tonight, local attractions here in albany have reason to celebrate the end of 2012 and the beginning of 2013.

Monday, November 19, 2012  Learning how to fly a plane may not be on the top of everyone's priority list, but it was on FOX 31's Matt Prichard's this week in our exclusive, "Learning to Fly."

Tuesday, October 30, 2012  Wednesday is the last day of the Purple Ribbon campaign. It's an awareness movement to shed light on domestic violence.

Wednesday, October 24, 2012  The Butterfly Gardens at Radium Springs was named a certified Monarch Butterfly Pollinator Garden during a ceremony filled with community leaders on Tuesday.

Monday, October 01, 2012  A flag that once hid underneath Riley Stephen's uniform now flies at half-staff in front of the Gyieric family home after the soldier was killed in the line of duty on Friday.

Friday, July 13, 2012  Traci Henry is doing "what's right" in Southwest GA.

Friday, June 08, 2012  Updated with video; As a part of Governor Nathan Deal's sweeping criminal justice reform bill, new guidelines concerning who should report child abuse will go into effect in July.

Tuesday, May 15, 2012  Updated with video; American Idol finalist Phillip Phillips returned to Leesburg for his hometown celebration.  FOX 31 was there for just about his every move.

Saturday, March 24, 2012  Updated with video; The Darton College Science Club teamed up with local Boy Scouts and Middle Schoolers for a rocket competition.

Friday, March 23, 2012  Updated with video; Rick Allen, candidate for the 2nd Congressional District, stopped by Gieryic's to discuss the flag debate as well as regulation overall.

Thursday, March 15, 2012  Updated with video; City officials are called unpatriotic after Gieyric's American flag outside his business got national attention. The city says it's not 'an American flag issue.'