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Friday, May 17, 2013  Updated with video; Radium Springs Middle Magnet School of the Arts held a 7th grade Honors Day Convocation on Thursday morning.

Thursday, May 16, 2013  A jackpot of $475 million ranks as the second largest in Powerball history and third biggest overall.

Wednesday, May 15, 2013  Connecticut chef planning to feast on cicadas

Monday, April 22, 2013  Six people with almost a century and a half of work at Albany State University were honored during a retirement ceremony Monday afternoon on the campus.

Sunday, April 07, 2013  Sherwood Baptist Church held their groundbreaking ceremony for a new expansion project Sunday evening.

Thursday, April 04, 2013  Updated with video; Officials say 54-year-old Antonio Hornsby is the man caught on multiple surveillance cameras throughout businesses in Georgia posing as a handyman in order to steal money.

Monday, April 01, 2013  Albany police are investigating a break-in at Applejax Sports Bar and Lounge on East Broad that left the owners with a $1700 repair bill and missing cash.

Tuesday, March 26, 2013  If you love to shop at the GAP store, soon you'll have to travel farther than the Albany Mall in order to shop there.

Monday, March 25, 2013  Officials with Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital announced via press release that a reenactment of a Ben Hill County plane crash is being featured on the Christian Broadcasting Network’s “700 Club” on Tuesday, March 26.

Wednesday, March 20, 2013  According to Dougherty County Sheriff's Office, Michael Fenton who works at Your Travel Connection on Dawson Road has scammed a couple who booked a cruise.

Wednesday, March 20, 2013  Colquitt County grand jury members indicted former high school band director, Paul Guilbeau on Tuesday.

Thursday, March 14, 2013  Find out who was recently booked into the Dougherty County Jail.

Thursday, March 14, 2013  Albany has $107 million dollars in its pension fund.

Friday, March 08, 2013  Updated with video; Eddie Loud, a 44-year-old man from Albany, has been missing since late January according to his relatives. Loud was last seen at his home on 7th Avenue in Albany.

Friday, March 01, 2013  Updated with video; Four people charged in connection with a 2009 salmonella outbreak that killed nine people and sickened hundreds are set to appear in federal court in south Georgia.