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

Thursday, July 26, 2012  Updated with video; Some consider it art and others consider it vandalism - either way, graffiti is the defacement of public property.

Friday, November 18, 2011  Updated with video; The Gang Unit breaks down colors and signs of local gangs and what it al means for the Gang Task Force.

Friday, May 27, 2011  One Southwest Georgian is $500 richer thanks to a phone call.

Friday, May 20, 2011  Albany police arrest two men in connection with recent graffiti tagging in Northwest Albany, charging the roommates with numerous counts of trespassing.

Tuesday, May 10, 2011  The Albany Police Department (APD) is asking for the public's help in finding some unknown graffiti artists.

Tuesday, April 05, 2011  The city commission has tentatively approved a new graffiti ordinance that would help get rid of graffiti quicker.

Tuesday, March 15, 2011  City officials want graffiti around Albany to be taken down in a timelier manner

Tuesday, January 18, 2011  Albany City Commissioner Christopher Pike wants parents to be held more accountable.

Sunday, October 03, 2010  Police officers responded to an active alarm and find bullet holes.

Wednesday, April 07, 2010  Maintenance workers at the Martin Luther King Jr. Center spent Wednesday cleaning graffiti off one of the buildings at the site, where the slain civil rights leader and his wife are buried.

Tuesday, February 02, 2010  President of Ohio college moves into dorm where graffiti threatened racial carnage

Thursday, October 22, 2009  New neighborhood gangs are spray painting their logo's all over Albany.

Monday, October 19, 2009  Albany fire investigators say local gangs are to blame for torching a vacant house on Moultrie Road.

Saturday, May 02, 2009  Graffiti artist Anthony Brown hopes others will be as excited as he is about his graffiti art.

Sunday, March 22, 2009  Police reports say Albany officers targeting 611 West First Avenue Friday night led to the arrest of a wanted person.