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Tuesday, March 26, 2013  Turner Elementary School is making history after opening the first school based health clinic in Dougherty County.

Sunday, February 24, 2013  Updated with video; The Georgia Department of Education approved a Turnaround/Race to the Top Division recommendation to release, on a reimbursement basis, $2.7 million in Race To The Top (RT3) funds and $400,000.00 in School Improvement Grant (SIG) funds.

Monday, January 07, 2013  Results from the Georgia Department of Education's new school rating system shows that teacher scores have been skewed to the positive.

Tuesday, December 11, 2012  During Tuesday night's Lee County Board of Commissioners meeting board members approved a grant application for the Lee County Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) program.

Friday, December 07, 2012  Georgia is one of seven states to earn a “B” grade in a national study of state human trafficking laws.

Tuesday, November 20, 2012  US builders start construction on new homes at fastest pace in more than 4 years last month

Wednesday, October 24, 2012  The Dougherty County Board of Education met on Wednesday to tie up some loose ends from this summer.

Friday, October 12, 2012  Worth County Middle School held its 2nd annual science fair Thursday with over 140 entries.

Monday, October 08, 2012  The Dougherty County Board of Education met Monday night and went over several issues that are facing the school system.

Friday, September 14, 2012  Updated with video; Starting next Monday, Albany High School's school day will be a little bit longer.

Thursday, July 19, 2012  The Georgia Department of Education has confirmed that they are freezing Title 1 funds for Dougherty County schools.

Thursday, July 19, 2012  The city of Albany has developed a list of proposed T-SPLOST projects.

Wednesday, July 11, 2012  Updated with video; A group of Jacksonville teens made their way up to Albany this week to help clean up the city.

Thursday, June 07, 2012  Updated with video; The Kiwanis Club welcome the "Strive to thrive" organization Wednesday as part of its efforts to end poverty in Albany.

Monday, April 23, 2012  For years people across the world have been celebrating Earth Day.