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

Wednesday, May 08, 2013  Officials with the Georgia Bureau of Investigations and Clay County Sheriff's Office confirm that a Pataula Charter Academy school bus was traveling along Highway 93, between Fort Gaines and Blakely, around 4:15 Thursday afternoon.

Thursday, October 18, 2012  Updated with video; Find out how Southwest Georgia is connected to the allegations.

Thursday, August 09, 2012  Updated with video; Several ounces of marijuana and cocaine were taken in a drug bust in Sylvester over the weekend.

Thursday, August 02, 2012  Updated with video; The last week of summer vacation has begun, and parents everywhere are getting their kids ready for the upcoming school year.

Monday, February 27, 2012  Albany police investigators are looking into a hit and run that happened early Sunday morning.

Saturday, January 28, 2012  Updated with video; The Georgia Bureau of Investigation and the Early County Sheriff’s Office need the public’s help.  Both law enforcement agencies are asking if anyone has information regarding the death of Tracy Blocker.

Saturday, June 25, 2011  Early County will create hundreds of jobs with new business.

Saturday, July 17, 2010  A father shoots his wife, children, then himself.

Thursday, May 06, 2010  Charles Grant and three other men stand trial for the death of 23-year-old Korynda Reed and her unborn child.

Thursday, April 23, 2009  An attorney representing victims of the salmonella outbreak is set to tour the Peanut Corp. of America processing plant in Blakely, Georgia, today linked to the nationwide salmonella outbreak.

Tuesday, March 24, 2009  Georgia's top agriculture officials are defending the state's inspection process at a legislative hearing called to address the salmonella outbreak traced to a Blakely, Georgia, peanut processing plant.

Sunday, March 22, 2009  An estimated 2,000 people poured into Blakely's court square to boost the image of the peanut.

Friday, March 20, 2009  Representatives from the peanut industry plan to gather in Blakely, Georgia, to boost the image of the peanut that has suffered a bout of bad publicity lately.

Wednesday, March 18, 2009  Georgia could be the first state to adopt strict new food safety requirements in the aftermath of the salmonella outbreak at a peant plant in Blakely, Georgia.

Tuesday, March 10, 2009  The Georgia House unanimously adopted changes to the state's food safety guidelines in the wake of a deadly salmonella outbreak to a Blakely, Georgia, plant.