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Friday, April 05, 2013  Bartow County officials urge motorists and sight-seers to please avoid the area around Plant Bowen near Euharlee after Bartow County EMA reported an explosion at the plant in a press release.

Thursday, December 13, 2012  Updated with video; A Dougherty County man has been arrested after child pornography was found in his possession.

Friday, January 06, 2012  Furniture and steaks were once "luxury items" put to the wayside of budgets; a new kind of buyer is bringing sales of those items back up.

Wednesday, December 28, 2011  Updated with video; In anticipation of one of the biggest drinking nights of the year, local bars are stocking up on alcohol, food and staff.

Monday, November 07, 2011  Updated with video; The Downtown Albany Sertoma Club throws a birthday party for their one year anniversary to celebrate their accomplishments

Monday, October 31, 2011  Updated with video; A local author reads the first children's book she wrote and published to kids at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital.

Thursday, October 27, 2011  The Phoebe Pediatric unit is getting a visit from a local author.

Tuesday, August 16, 2011  Protests bring out San Francisco demonstrators, but no wireless shutdowns; ACLU backs off lawsuit threat

Wednesday, June 29, 2011 

Monday, February 14, 2011  Former Agriculture Department employee Shirley Sherrod has sued conservative blogger Andrew Breitbart over a video that led to her dismissal last summer, according to a person with knowledge of the lawsuit.

Friday, January 21, 2011  Northeast Mafia crackdown charges 127 in New York, New Jersey and New England.

Tuesday, December 07, 2010  Diana Barthelemy’s once-peaceful cul-de-sac is now home to some very unwelcome guests – vultures. Hundreds of them that have taken up residence in this tree in Barthelemy’s yard.

Friday, September 10, 2010  A tire company will add 200 workers to its plant in Bartow County, Georgia, reported the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Wednesday, August 18, 2010  Police want to know how an extremely rare drug common in parts of Africa showed up in Georgia, reported the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Saturday, July 24, 2010  More than 100 people attended a memorial service where a new monument to honor three local heroes who died in the accident.