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

Saturday, May 18, 2013  Updated with video; Dollar General will be hosting a career fair Saturday from 10-2pm.

Friday, May 10, 2013  Updated with video; Turner students participate in a career fair

Tuesday, May 07, 2013  Updated with video; With Dougherty County releasing their testing scores for 2011-2012, many parents are concerned that the low numbers mean poor teaching inside the system. However that may not be entirely true.

Saturday, May 04, 2013  Updated with video; Students at West Town Elementary School participated in a career fair Friday.

Monday, April 29, 2013  Updated with video; Terrell County’s Carver Elementary School hosts a career day.

Friday, April 26, 2013  Updated with video; Up until now the way Dougherty County Schools kept track of how schools are performing was by using Academic Yearly Progress reports (AYP.) They are now switching to a new way of testing schools called College and Career Ready Performance Index (CCRPI.)

Friday, April 26, 2013  Twenty juniors and seniors representing ten high schools across Georgia will meet in Atlanta  on Friday at NAPA Genuine Parts to face off in the Ford/AAA Student Auto Skills competition.

Thursday, April 18, 2013  There was over 300 jobs up for grabs at Albany Tech's Career Fair.

Wednesday, April 10, 2013  Darton State College held a job fair for students Wednesday morning with 50 local employers from around the community.

Saturday, March 30, 2013  Updated with video; Lee County High School held their annual Career Fair Friday.

Sunday, March 24, 2013  Officials with Southwest Georgia Regional Airport confirmed on Friday that the Albany air traffic control tower has been placed on the FAA closure list due to the sequestration.

Saturday, March 23, 2013  Saturday was day 2 of Albany State University's Aviation Awareness Days.

Friday, March 22, 2013  Career Day inspires students to dream big.

Friday, March 22, 2013  The Georgia Department of Education now have a more rigorous accountability platform to rate its schools on.

Tuesday, March 05, 2013  Georgia Southwestern has announced the retirement of Etrat Fathi who retired last week the university’s director of Career Services.