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Friday, June 07, 2013  Updated with video; The Moultrie Technical College Campus in Tifton teamed up with Tift County High School to hold what they're calling the S.T.E.M (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) Camp.

Tuesday, May 28, 2013  Thanks to the Dawson Police Department's tag readers, a man wanted for the last year by the United States Marshals Service has been caught.

Thursday, April 18, 2013  DCSS Teacher of the Year Finalist Mrs. Zatambra Jones.

Wednesday, April 17, 2013  The Sumter County branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People has decided to leave the NAACP after 56 years and form what they are calling God’s Army for the Advancement of All People (GAAAP.)

Tuesday, April 16, 2013  Meet Dr. Marcus Washington from Sherwood Acres Elementary

Sunday, April 14, 2013  Updated with video; Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church in Albany held a health fair for the community Saturday morning.

Saturday, April 13, 2013  Updated with video; Eve Schroeder teaches at Lincoln Elementary and is nominated for the Dougherty County School System Teacher of the Year.

Tuesday, March 26, 2013  Dougherty County Commissioners met Monday to hear a presentation from Public Work Assistant Director, Chucky Mathis.

Monday, February 25, 2013  For our Facebook story of the day people wanted to know how to get rid of mosquitoes in their yard.

Thursday, February 21, 2013  Updated with video; The National Weather Service is predicting six inches of rain to fall over the weekend.

Saturday, February 16, 2013  Updated with video; Dougherty County Public Works officials have closed the Radium Gardens until Tuesday as a result of flooding from this week's rainfall.

Wednesday, February 06, 2013  As part of a 10 year, $8.4 million initiative funded by the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, the Albany State University Research Infrastructure in Minority Institutions project builds capacity through facilities renovations, biomedical analysis instrumentation, student STEM training and junior investigators’ research.

Tuesday, January 29, 2013  A high school math competition held at Georgia Southwestern State University on Friday drew 422 students from 45 high schools to the campus to put their math skills to the test according to a release issued by the school.

Wednesday, January 16, 2013  Updated with video; Although winter is here, officials say southwest Georgians are not cleared from catching the west nile virus.

Tuesday, December 11, 2012  By eighth grade, American students have fallen behind their Russian, Japanese and Taiwanese counterparts in math, and trail students from Hong Kong, Slovenia and South Korea in science.