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Tuesday, June 04, 2013  An educational firm, hired by the Dougherty County School System, is suing school officials for unpaid funds.

Monday, June 03, 2013  A Colquitt County man accused of kidnapping and murdering a woman in November is starting trial this week.

Sunday, June 02, 2013  Updated with video; Officials have charged a Worth County man in connection to the 'puppy mill' that was discovered Thursday.

Wednesday, May 22, 2013  According to the Moultrie Observer, law enforcement has a man in custody and charged for a murder committed on April 28th.

Wednesday, May 22, 2013  The 18-year-old cheerleader was also expelled from school because her girlfriend is 14.

Wednesday, May 15, 2013  For the second time in a week, Colquitt County court officials have sentenced a defendant for a 2004 quintuple murder.

Friday, May 10, 2013  A Moultrie man is found guilty in the deaths of five people.

Friday, May 03, 2013  Updated with video; Dougherty County District Attorney Greg Edwards says that Tracey Smith has been found guilty during the retrial of a felony murder charge for the 2011 beating death of Jerome Walden.

Wednesday, May 01, 2013  Tift County Sheriff Gene Scarbrough reports that investigators with the department’s criminal investigation division and agents with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation are continuing their investigation into a homicide which occurred on Friday, April 26 on Short Street in Tift County.

Thursday, April 25, 2013  The Moultrie Observer is reporting that 53-year-old Craig Lee Adams Sr. has pled guilty to one count of involuntary manslaughter.

Friday, March 29, 2013  Updated with video; A Dougherty County Grand Jury indicted 25-year-old Sade Britt on five different charges Wednesday morning in the 2012 murder of Albert Westbrook.

Thursday, March 28, 2013  The Georgia Bureau of Investigation and Dawson Police Department have made an arrest in a murder case that just passed it's fifth anniversary.

Wednesday, March 20, 2013  According to Dougherty County Sheriff's Office, Michael Fenton who works at Your Travel Connection on Dawson Road has scammed a couple who booked a cruise.

Wednesday, March 20, 2013  A Colquitt County grand jury indicted two men last week believed to be responsible for two 2012 murders.

Tuesday, February 05, 2013  Detective Schemika Foster with the Albany Police Department along with the Gang Unit and the Dougherty County Police arrested a man wanted by the U.S. Marshal in Minnesota.