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Thursday, May 16, 2013  Updated with video; From Pre-K to college; students are set to graduate high school in 2026.

Wednesday, May 15, 2013  Updated with video; The Dougherty County Board of Education building and grounds committee met Tuesday morning to go over their plans for schools that need a construction upgrade.

Monday, May 13, 2013  One of Albany High School’s standout lady basketball players is graduating and continuing her career locally.

Saturday, May 11, 2013  Updated with video; With graduation just days away, McClung isn’t the only senior worrying about the future.

Saturday, May 11, 2013  Updated with video; Dually enrolled Culinary Arts students from Lee County High School will come to Albany Tech’s Culinary Arts lab in the Logistics Education Center for a cooking competition.

Friday, May 03, 2013  Updated with video; The Thronateeska chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution have awarded two scholarships to students from Albany High School and Dougherty High School.

Thursday, May 02, 2013  According to information released by the Lowndes County Sheriff's Office, the death of Kendrick Johnson has been ruled an accident as a result of positional asphyxia.

Tuesday, April 30, 2013  Dougherty County Interim Superintendent, David Mosely, confirmed Tuesday that Westover science teacher, Bryan Haas, has been suspended for 7-days without pay.

Monday, April 29, 2013  Juliette Hu, a 9th grade student at Westover High School, recently got back the results from the 2013 National Latin Exam; and she got every single question correct. That’s right, she made a perfect score.

Friday, April 26, 2013  Updated with video; Up until now the way Dougherty County Schools kept track of how schools are performing was by using Academic Yearly Progress reports (AYP.) They are now switching to a new way of testing schools called College and Career Ready Performance Index (CCRPI.)

Thursday, April 25, 2013  Students spent the day at the Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany where they were run through the obstacle course and a combat fitness test.

Wednesday, April 24, 2013  Sylvester Police held a surprise drug search Monday morning at Worth County High School, putting the school on code yellow lockdown.

Wednesday, April 24, 2013  Updated with video; The Dougherty County School System Interim Superintendent, Dr. Butch Mosley, is living up to his no-nonsense reputation.

Monday, April 22, 2013  More than 150 students from 15 counties entered a poem in Darton State College's 13th Annual Poetry Contest for junior and senior high school students from across Southwest Georgia.

Monday, April 15, 2013  Updated with RAW video; It is confirmed that two people were killed and over 100 people are injured after multiple explosives detonated near the finish line of the Boston Marathon on Monday.