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

Yesterday at 6:03 PM  Investigators with the Tift County Sheriff’s Office along with members of the US Marshall’s Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force say they have arrested 36-year-old Charlie Frank Branner Junior of Vidalia along with 31-year-old Kristen Caprie Johnson of Reidsville.

Thursday, May 09, 2013  The Lowndes County Sheriff's Office and Valdosta Police Department have responded to numerous residential burglaries that have occurred primarily in the southwest portion of the county.

Saturday, April 20, 2013  Residents of Texas town ready to start recovery from plant blast as soon as authorities allow

Friday, April 19, 2013  Lee County Narcotics investigators busted a operational meth lab Thursday night.

Monday, March 11, 2013  Investigators are working to determine what caused a fire that killed two adults and five children in rural Kentucky.

Thursday, January 17, 2013  Updated with video; Albany investigators are asking for the public’s help in locating an armed robbery suspect who fired several rounds into his victim's car trunk.

Monday, December 03, 2012  Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher and his girlfriend, 22-year-old Kasandra M. Perkins, had lived apart briefly earlier in the year but had gotten back together by Thanksgiving, according to a friend.

Monday, September 17, 2012  Albany police are looking into a shooting that happened Monday night in the 100 block of Westcott Lane.

Monday, September 10, 2012  Updated with video; A man wanted on several charges--including child cruelty--was arrested Friday.

Tuesday, September 04, 2012  A 26-year-old man is facing jail time in connection to a business fire on Ledo Road.

Tuesday, August 14, 2012  A Sylvester man is facing aggravated assault charges in connection to a stabbing.

Wednesday, August 08, 2012  A nail salon worker is facing charges after a fire breaks out at her place of employment.

Tuesday, August 07, 2012  Officials with the Dougherty County Sheriff's Office have arrested a former Regions bank branch team leader who admitted to taking over $30,000 dollars from the account of an elderly woman in Albany.

Thursday, August 02, 2012  Albany police investigators are asking for the public’s help locating and identifying suspects who've been passing around counterfeit bills in Albany.

Thursday, May 24, 2012  Albany police are asking for the public's help in locating a man who's been missing for over a month.