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

Sunday, June 16, 2013  Could Southwest Georgia see wildfires in the near future?

Saturday, June 15, 2013  Updated with video; Friday students in the Dougherty County's CTAE Homeland Security and Law & Justice program presented a mock trial.

Saturday, June 15, 2013  Updated with video; Contractors began demolition on the dilapidated and unoccupied blue homes located in the corner of West Residence Avenue and Madison Street Friday.

Thursday, June 13, 2013  The Dawson Police and Dawson Fire Department responded to a fire early this morning at 877 Crawford Rd.

Wednesday, June 12, 2013  After a woman was left out of the will of Handy Flemming, a  Moultrie man who won more than $7 million in the lottery during the 1990’s and items went missing from his home, she’s now become the suspect in a burglary case according to the Moultrie Observer

Wednesday, June 12, 2013  A state program called "HomeSafe Georgia" is set up to help with mortgage payments that are in default.

Wednesday, June 12, 2013  Instructors at Albany Technical College are giving students a taste of the real world.

Tuesday, June 11, 2013  Updated with video; Albany police need your help finding the owners of items recovered after a search warrant executed in Lee County yielded multiple items.

Friday, June 07, 2013  Updated with video; As Albany commissioners work on next year's budget, one of their concerns is making sure funding to the City Attorney's Office will stretch far enough to address a few of their biggest issues.

Thursday, June 06, 2013  Updated with video; Sylvester police officers are trying to figure who fired bullets into a man's home last month.

Wednesday, June 05, 2013  Official say adults and older siblings are bringing home the whooping cough to younger children that have not been immunized yet.

Monday, June 03, 2013  A 17-year-old was arrested in Crisp County on May 29th just hours after he allegedly broke into a home

Friday, May 31, 2013  Updated with video; School is out in Southwest Georgia and although many kids will spend their days in camp, there are plenty who will stay at home alone.

Thursday, May 30, 2013  Updated with video; Though many find relief from the hot South Georgia days indoors, our homeless population is at risk with nowhere to go, and local EMS officials say they've already had one death after a woman was found outside with a temperature of 107.

Wednesday, May 29, 2013  Gov. Nathan Deal announced today the reaccreditation of the Georgia Emergency Management Agency/Homeland Security by the National Emergency Management Accreditation Program