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

Saturday, March 30, 2013  Updated with video; In our Facebook story of the day, you wanted to know how local farmers feel about the severe drought being over.

Friday, February 08, 2013  Updated with video; Thursday may have been a rainy day, but 23 counties across Georgia have been designated as natural disaster areas due to the recent drought.

Wednesday, May 16, 2012  Updated with video; In today's Facebook story of the day, you wanted to know what would bring southwest Georgia out of a drought.

Wednesday, August 31, 2011  Officials ask Dept. of Agriculture for help.

Thursday, August 04, 2011  Although southwest Georgia is getting a steady flow of rainfall, water examiners say the area is still under severe drought.

Monday, July 04, 2011  They're a pest...but a pest we've been lucky enough not to have seen lately!

Saturday, June 25, 2011  Farmers all across Georgia are suffering, not getting enough rain to grow their crops.

Monday, June 20, 2011 

Thursday, June 16, 2011 

Wednesday, June 15, 2011  Southwest Georgia has been going without rain for some time and the effects of it have trickled down from the farmers to the homeowners.

Wednesday, June 15, 2011  One man in a Lee County neighborhood says the drought has caused him to suffer damage to his appliances.

Thursday, August 12, 2010  After more than a year of drought-free conditions, parts of the state have slipped back into drought.

Wednesday, June 10, 2009  Georgia's drought is over - that on Wednesday from the state's top environmental official.