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

Monday, November 19, 2012  Learning how to fly a plane may not be on the top of everyone's priority list, but it was on FOX 31's Matt Prichard's this week in our exclusive, "Learning to Fly."

Sunday, May 27, 2012  Updated with video; Three children, seven grandchildren, five great-grandchildren and extended family members surrounded Freda Cochran as she cut the cake celebrating her 103rd birthday this afternoon.

Saturday, May 12, 2012  Updated with video; The Dougherty County Police arrested a couple Friday night after a fight turned violent.

Friday, February 17, 2012  Updated with video; A Blue Angel Naval Aviator from Pelham visited two schools in Albany on Thursday.

Monday, August 08, 2011  GBI along with local law enforcement executed search warrants in the Albany area.

Tuesday, November 09, 2010  According to a recent study, men in Georgia have been more adversely affected by the economic downturn than other groups in other areas - and Southwest Georgia has been hit especially hard.

Thursday, February 04, 2010  Dougherty County Police and the Albany-Dougherty Drug Unit put two suspected drug dealers behind bars.

Tuesday, August 11, 2009  The Georgia Bureau of Investigation says it and the FBI are investigating allegations of misconduct involving Cochran police officers.

Tuesday, March 10, 2009  Former Cochran aide pleads guilty to swapping legislative favors for concert, hockey tickets.