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

Saturday, October 27, 2012  A hit and run leaves one man dead in Cairo.

Wednesday, June 06, 2012  Updated with video; T-SPLOST is set to raise over $530 million for our region

Monday, December 05, 2011  Updated with video; Three south Georgia agencies dedicated to helping those in need have been selected as 2011 recipients of the Southwest Georgia Cancer Coalition Cancer Care Grants.

Friday, August 06, 2010  Investigators say they got to the scene on Temple Terrace Circle to find the bodies of 29-year-old Marketh Simpson and 31-year-old Lucretia Simpson.

Sunday, July 25, 2010  The Southwest Georgia Department of Public Health has confirmed that we have 17 cases of pertussis.

Monday, July 12, 2010  Southwest Health Director Dr. Jacqueline Grant says 12 children and two adults have symptoms of whooping cough - a runny nose, sneezing and fever, and a cough that slowly gets worse. After a couple weeks, the cough develops into spasms or fits followed in children or infants by a whooping sound as they try to catch their breath.

Monday, July 13, 2009  The Southwest Health District confims that a horse in Grady County has tested positive for Eastern Equine Encephalitis, a disease that can cause severe illness in humans.