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Thursday, May 30, 2013  Around 3:00 PM Thursday afternoon, Albany firefighters were called to the scene of a fire at Cedar Avenue apartments.

Thursday, February 28, 2013  Updated with video; Albany firefighters responded to a structure fire Wednesday morning at the Cedar Avenue Apartments.

Thursday, January 24, 2013  Updated with video; Heavy police activity in 400 block of Cedar Avenue blocks off the entire street.

Friday, December 14, 2012  Officials in Arlington say a house fire started early Friday morning at the corner of Cedar and Dogwood.

Thursday, November 15, 2012  Updated with video; A man charged in 2011 armed robbery has been convicted for his crimes.

Tuesday, September 25, 2012  One business owner was disappointed after the Albany Board of Commissioners struck down his request to rezone a section of a residential neighborhood.

Monday, September 03, 2012  An early Sunday armed robbery was reported - the second to happen in the same day.

Tuesday, May 15, 2012  Updated with video; An Albany woman was struck by stray bullets fired randomly early Monday morning.

Monday, May 07, 2012  Updated with video; 17-year-old Devontavious Bernard Bryant is wanted for questioning in a robbery by force/aggravated battery incident.

Wednesday, November 30, 2011  Updated with video; The Christmas tree that will light up downtown Albany during the holiday season arrived Tuesday morning.

Tuesday, October 05, 2010  The Pakistani immigrant who tried to set off a car bomb in Times Square was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison, a mandatory penalty that left him defiant as ever.

Monday, May 03, 2010  A mattress caught fire at 1030 Cedar Avenue Apartment 7-C around 10:30 Sunday night.

Tuesday, April 20, 2010  Albany firefighters responded to a vacant house fire Monday night that quickly spread to a shed in the backyard.

Thursday, April 01, 2010  Hospital officials say 56-year-old John Johnson is listed in good condition after an early morning shooting Thursday.

Tuesday, October 06, 2009  The Georgia State Patrol says a collision between a school bus and a garbage truck on Georgia Highway 100 in Polk County left the two drivers with cuts and bruises, but none of the 15 children on the bus appeared to be seriously hurt.