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

Wednesday, May 08, 2013  Updated with video; The Dougherty County School System is looking into joining a program that would provide free lunches for every student.

Saturday, September 08, 2012  Updated with video; Dr. Lane Price held a press conference Friday to express her concerns of the mishandling of the Free and Reduced Lunch program, and Title 1 Grant.

Tuesday, September 04, 2012  The Dougherty County School System will be making some changes at the request of the Georgia Department of Education.

Wednesday, July 11, 2012  Updated with video; Two Dougherty County School System employees are under investigation for falsifying information in order to get their child free or reduced meals.

Wednesday, July 04, 2012  Updated with video; The Dougherty County school board has been addressing allegations of misuse of their free and reduced school lunch program.

Thursday, April 26, 2012  Three people get indicted in Dougherty County over involvement in obtaining free lunches for their children.

Monday, December 19, 2011  Updated with video; Close to 60 percent of Georgia’s public school students receive either free or reduced lunch.

Tuesday, December 13, 2011  Updated with video; In Monday’s Dougherty County School Board meeting officials decided to make provisions to start an investigation into the free-lunch scandal that has rocked the school system.

Tuesday, July 26, 2011  Updated with video; With school starting back, many are wondering whether budget cuts will affect our students.