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Monday, May 13, 2013  Updated with video; Women in our community are taking advantage of gun safety and self defense courses.

Thursday, May 09, 2013  Updated with video; The Albany-Dougherty Metro SWAT team is currently going through extensive training to take their knowledge to the next level, and on Wednesday the team participated in an active-shooter situation in an abandoned school.

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.

Wednesday, May 01, 2013  Updated with video; Within the month of April thousands of dollars worth of firearms were stolen by gun thieves.

Wednesday, April 24, 2013  According to Sgt. Dorminey McCrae with the Tifton Police Department, an 18-year old Tift County female and a 16-year-old Berrien County female were arrested in connection to a Dairy Queen robbery.

Tuesday, April 02, 2013  The Sumter County Sheriff’s Office with assistance from the Drug Enforcement Agency, Lee County Sheriff’s Office and Taylor County Sheriff’s Office initiated a narcotics investigation in a mult-county area targetting a  drug trafficking network Tuesday.

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

Tuesday, March 12, 2013  Senate panel ready to OK Dems' bill on gun background checks, fate in full Senate less sure

Saturday, March 09, 2013  Updated with video; A swerving driver on the Liberty Expressway leads to multiple charges spread out across Dougherty and Lee County.

Thursday, March 07, 2013  Updated with video; In order to carry a gun, Albany police officers have to go through a series of tests to qualify.

Tuesday, February 12, 2013  Gun victims' families, others take opposing sides at latest Senate hearing on firearms curbs

Tuesday, January 22, 2013  Updated with video; Albany police need your help finding a man after shooting into a Cherry Avenue home Monday afternoon.

Monday, January 21, 2013  As President Barack Obama looks to another four years, the country is anticipating his next moves.

Thursday, January 17, 2013  Updated with video; Albany investigators are asking for the public’s help in locating an armed robbery suspect who fired several rounds into his victim's car trunk.

Thursday, January 17, 2013  Updated with video; Lenall Rozell Frazier, 39 is wanted for three counts of Aggravated Assault, one count of Aggravated Battery, one count of Possession of a Firearm during the Commission of a Crime, and one count of Possession of a Firearm by a convicted felon.