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

Monday, May 20, 2013  Updated with new photos (Caution, graphic images), new video added; death toll now at 51.

Monday, May 20, 2013  In survey, economists say consumers are poised to boost spending, offset government cuts

Saturday, May 11, 2013  Updated with video; The Cordele Police Department is searching for an arsonist who set a woman’s 15th Avenue house on fire Sunday morning while she was away on vacation.

Thursday, May 09, 2013  Top Boston cop to tell Congress he's OK with more cameras, not 'police state,' after bombings

Wednesday, May 08, 2013  TransUnion: Improving housing market helps lower rate of late payments on US mortgages in first quarter

Monday, May 06, 2013  Local Southwest Georgia leaders offer some advice to recent college grads.

Friday, May 03, 2013  Updated with video; After being denied a variance of a 1,000 foot ordinance to start a group home in an Albany community, owners of that home were back in front of the Albany Dougherty Planning Commission Thursday for reconsideration.

Friday, April 26, 2013  Updated with video; The Albany Housing Authority and Department of Housing and Urban Development have been working for quite some time now on what they’re calling “The Oaks at North Intown Transformation Plan.”

Wednesday, April 24, 2013  Updated with video; Officials with the Tift County Sheriff's Office and Sheriff's Association have accepted a check of $25,000 from a generous donor. Clarence Smith, of Tift County, donated gifted the $25,000 check to help with operation costs at the Sheriff's Boys Ranch in Hahira.

Wednesday, April 24, 2013  2nd Mississippi man investigated in ricin-laced letters; charges dropped against Elvis impersonator

Monday, April 22, 2013  Wet or dry? Gardeners make plans with no certainty in forecast as cold spring follows drought

Sunday, April 21, 2013  With severe weather season on the horizon, southwest Georgians are getting prepared.

Saturday, April 20, 2013  Residents of Texas town ready to start recovery from plant blast as soon as authorities allow

Thursday, April 18, 2013  Friday afternoon thunderstorms are predicted to pass through southwest Georgia.

Monday, April 15, 2013  Fitzgerald Police found a body inside a home on Oconee Alley after nearby business owners complained of an odd smell coming from inside.