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

Wednesday, April 17, 2013  Pelham city schools were locked down Tuesday after a slight physical altercation took place between an elementary school teacher and principal.

Thursday, January 24, 2013  Updated with video; "Horrid" living conditions has led an Albany woman to be charged and arrested for multiple counts of cruelty to children after Dougherty County Sheriff deputies served an eviction notice on January 9th.

Thursday, October 04, 2012  Updated with video; A 38-year-old man dubbed as the “Pirate” has been captured after evading police and skipping out on his bond.

Wednesday, May 30, 2012  The Georgia Supreme Court has upheld the murder conviction and life prison sentence of a Dougherty County man for killing his girlfriend’s 13-month-old baby boy by shaking him and slamming his head against a hard surface.

Monday, January 09, 2012  Updated with video; Albany police have arrested a man for aggravated assault and cruelty to children.

Tuesday, October 04, 2011  The Georgia Supreme Court unanimously upheld the murder conviction and life prison sentence given to a man for beating his girlfriend’s three-year-old son to death after the child soiled himself.

Monday, June 13, 2011  Police say after an argument, a woman stabbed a man fatally with a stainless steel kitchen knife at an Albany home.

Wednesday, February 02, 2011  Court records state that a 4-year-old girl who died of alcohol poisoning had a blood alcohol level of .272.

Friday, November 19, 2010  Police arrest a Moultrie man for reportedly hitting a woman on the head with a stick during what the alleged victim calls, “an attempted rape.”

Monday, October 18, 2010  A Southwest Georgia man charged with attacking an Army reservist outside a Clayton County Cracker Barrel restaurant goes on trial Monday, reported the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Wednesday, October 06, 2010  A Houston County couple is accused of starving their 2-year-old son to death and has been indicted by a Houston County grand jury.

Friday, September 24, 2010  An ex-assistant principal who was sentenced to 22 years in prison after pleading guilty to shooting his estranged wife six times and later had his conviction reversed has been sentenced to 35 years in prison.

Wednesday, September 15, 2010  A Macon area couple is facing charges after authorities discovered their 2-year-old son weighed just 12 pounds, 6 ounces at his death.

Thursday, August 12, 2010  Prosecutors said White broke into his girlfriend's house last September and cut her with a knife while her two children watched.

Monday, February 08, 2010  Two men charged with kidnapping a 4-year-old boy in an alleged ransom attempt are scheduled to face a court hearing.