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Saturday, May 11, 2013  Updated with video; Dually enrolled Culinary Arts students from Lee County High School will come to Albany Tech’s Culinary Arts lab in the Logistics Education Center for a cooking competition.

Friday, May 03, 2013  Updated with video; Representatives from the office of Congressman Sanford D. Bishop Jr. presented students from the region with awards for the 2013 Congressional Art Competition on Thursday.

Monday, April 15, 2013  Four contestants vied for the prize as the Exchange Club of Albany held their annual speech contest Monday morning at the fairgrounds.

Sunday, March 17, 2013  Updated with video; People from all over the community headed out to the third annual Wing Festival at the Exchange Club Fairgrounds on Saturday.

Tuesday, March 12, 2013  Albany State University has announced the winners of the 2013 Southwest Georgia Regional Model Bridge Building competition held in February in recognition of National Engineers Week.

Sunday, February 24, 2013  Updated with video; Albany State University hosted the eleventh annual Southwest Georgia Model Bridge-building Competition Saturday.

Monday, February 18, 2013  Updated with video; When you hear the words fake eyelashes, spray tans and hair pieces what comes to mind? Most likely, not a child, but in the world of glitz pageants, they are a necessity.

Friday, January 25, 2013  Updated with video; Despite going up against larger colleges and universities, Albany State University’s Miss Albany State Asia Cook was named the winner of the 2012-2013 National Ultimate Reign Competition by Verizon Wireless.

Thursday, January 10, 2013  The Dougherty County School System held their Academic Decathlon competition Thursday.

Wednesday, January 02, 2013  The Albany-area YMCA has come up with a new promotion to help Southwest Georgians lose weight.

Thursday, December 20, 2012  Updated with video; During Thursday's Albany Hospitality Committee meeting members discussed bringing the Dixie Softball National Board meeting here to southwest Georgia.

Wednesday, December 12, 2012  Updated with video; Girls Incorporated of Albany has dedicated this week to giving back to the community.

Monday, December 10, 2012  Adults students competed for honors at Albany Technical College during their Exceptional Adult Georgians in Literacy Education event on Monday.

Thursday, November 29, 2012  Updated with video; Albany Technical College is hosting their fifth annual Future Farmers of America Floriculture Team Challenge Competition Thursday afternoon.

Thursday, August 30, 2012  Updated with video; A junior at Monroe High School recently won a national award.