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Friday, May 10, 2013  Updated with video; Turner students participate in a career fair

Monday, May 06, 2013  Local Southwest Georgia leaders offer some advice to recent college grads.

Sunday, May 05, 2013  Updated with video; Forty of Albany’s top leaders under the age of 40 were honored by the Albany Herald and Emerge Albany at a special luncheon.

Sunday, May 05, 2013  Updated with video; A group of ministers and church leaders in Moultrie held a meeting Saturday morning to come up with strategies to stop the violence.

Friday, April 26, 2013  Updated with video; This week is Georgia Cities Week and to commemorate this time, state representatives and senators dined with Sylvester city leaders to catch-up.

Monday, April 01, 2013  Leaders in Ben Hill County gathered on Monday evening for an education summit on how to better prepare students to enter the workforce.

Tuesday, March 26, 2013  In latest bellicose statement, North Korea puts artillery forces at highest combat posture

Wednesday, March 20, 2013  Dignitaries representing countries from around the world took a tour though southwest Georgia and made a stop in Albany.

Friday, March 15, 2013  Updated with video; Dougherty County school officials held a retreat Thursday to review how the school system will move forward.

Friday, February 15, 2013  The Georgia Department of Education (GaDOE) and the Georgia Parent Teacher Association (GA PTA) are recognizing six parents from across the state with the 2013 Georgia Parent Leadership Award.

Wednesday, February 13, 2013  The of Albany's local leaders of the United States have issued their responses to President Obama's State of the Union Speech held Tuesday night.

Friday, February 01, 2013  Albany Technical College will hold the annual awards banquet for nominees selected for the Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership (GOAL) and the Rick Perkins Award (Instructor of the Year) for this calendar year this Thursday evening, January 24, 2013, at 6pm in the Kirkland Conference Center on the Albany Tech campus.

Thursday, January 31, 2013  Updated with video; Emerge Albany held their first meeting of the year on Wednesday to welcome back both old members and new members and tell them about any changes made.

Tuesday, January 29, 2013  If approved by the Scouts' national executive board, possibly as soon as next week, the change would be another momentous milestone for America's gay-rights movement.

Saturday, January 26, 2013  Updated with video; Albany State University hosted a Toastmasters Leadership Institute Saturday morning.