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Tuesday, June 11, 2013  After having back-to-back weeks in which the PIFL named Co-Offensive Players of the Week, the Professional Indoor Football League has announced that for the first time in league history, a pair of players has been named the Co-Defensive Players of the Week.

Monday, June 10, 2013  According to the Cordele Police Department, they have made an arrest regarding a purse snatching that happened at a local McDonalds last Monday.

Friday, May 31, 2013  Updated with video; McDonald's restaurants across South Georgia and North Florida may run out of food today after a fire destroyed two of their delivery trucks.

Thursday, May 23, 2013  Teen birth rates dip in all but 2 states, national figure at record low, CDC report says

Tuesday, May 14, 2013  Idaho spud giant bets on biotech potatoes 12 years after similar Monsanto push failed

Friday, April 19, 2013  Updated with video; The Colquitt County District Attorney’s office kicked off this year’s National Crime Victims’ Rights week with a ceremony Friday morning.

Friday, February 22, 2013  A coroner has confirmed the identity of a fourth person who died when a business jet collided with a 60-foot utility pole and caught fire after aborting its landing at an east Georgia airport.

Tuesday, February 12, 2013  Faith-based organizations around Southwest Georgia have received mini-grants to help in the "Prevention Strategies That Work" campaign to help those they serve make healthier choices.

Monday, January 07, 2013  Months after robbing a McDonald's, the suspected robber returns to eat, but the staff recognize him.

Friday, December 28, 2012  Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf died Thursday in Tampa, Fla., at age 78 of complications from pneumonia.

Monday, December 03, 2012  Authorities say at least 12 students and five adults have been taken to Atlanta hospitals after they were evacuated from an elementary school amid concerns about carbon monoxide in the building.

Thursday, November 29, 2012  Updated with video; Students from Monroe Comprehensive High School got to learn firsthand what it's like to work in the military during a job-shadowing day at the Marine Corps Logistics Base.

Tuesday, November 20, 2012  Nine days before Christmas in 2009, Alex Sorohan's family was told her brother, Caleb, was killed instantly in a head-on collision. It wasn't until five days later they were told the crash was Caleb's fault because he was texting.

Monday, November 19, 2012  The moment Southwest Georgia has been waiting for is here with the official CD release of American Idol Season 11 Winner and Leesburg's own, Phillip Phillips.

Wednesday, October 24, 2012  Updated with video; Phoebe Putney held a press conference Wednesday afternoon to announce that they had acquired some products from the New England Compounding Center (NEEC).