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Tuesday, April 02, 2013  The Sumter County Sheriff’s Office with assistance from the Drug Enforcement Agency, Lee County Sheriff’s Office and Taylor County Sheriff’s Office initiated a narcotics investigation in a mult-county area targetting a  drug trafficking network Tuesday.

Thursday, March 14, 2013  Updated with video; Officials with the Lee County Sheriff's Office say that things are a mess after a semi-trailer hauling logs turned over Wednesday afternoon.

Tuesday, March 12, 2013  An accident took place Tuesday afternoon at the intersection of Ledo Road and US-19 involving three vehicles.

Tuesday, March 12, 2013  A routine traffic stop on U.S. Highway 19 in Lee County turned into a drug bust Monday evening.

Saturday, March 09, 2013  Updated with video; A swerving driver on the Liberty Expressway leads to multiple charges spread out across Dougherty and Lee County.

Thursday, February 21, 2013  Updated with video; In our Facebook story of the day, you wanted to know how big of a problem drug overdoses are locally.

Sunday, February 10, 2013  Updated with video; The Exchange Club of Albany continued a 50+ year tradition on Friday by naming an officer of the year from each of the surrounding local law enforcement agencies.

Wednesday, January 16, 2013  Updated with video; Deputies with the Lee County Sheriff's Office made three arrests Wednesday morning at the Fairfax Motel when responding to a loud noise and drug activity complaint around 4:24 AM.

Friday, January 04, 2013  Updated with video; Lee County Sheriff's Office has announced at a Friday afternoon press conference their bust of a grow house on Graves Springs Road.

Monday, December 31, 2012  Drinking and driving and discharging your gun into the air are the top two acts that will cause you to start 2013 in a jail cell.

Monday, December 03, 2012  Local law enforcement agencies are chipping to help fulfill a Christmas wish made by a Virginia child battling cancer.

Thursday, July 26, 2012  It started like any other potential sale: three people - two black males and a black female - entered Bonnie's Boutique on Route 19 South.

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, July 13, 2012  Updated with video; The Lee County Sheriff's Office has made a sizeable marijuana bust after a traffic stop Friday.

Tuesday, July 03, 2012  Updated with video; The Lee County Sheriffs Office has captured two men involved in a string of weekend car break-ins.