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

Friday, February 08, 2013  Updated with video; Thursday may have been a rainy day, but 23 counties across Georgia have been designated as natural disaster areas due to the recent drought.

Thursday, January 10, 2013  Updated with video; The Rural Domestic Prepardness Consortium was held Thursday morning at Phoebe Northwest.

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.

Thursday, November 08, 2012  Guatemalans huddle in cold streets, search rubble for survivors after quake kills at least 48

Thursday, April 26, 2012  Updated with video; The Salvation Army  conducted a disaster training workshop.

Tuesday, February 15, 2011  Ninteen people were killed by the tornado and many homes were completely destroyed.

Tuesday, August 10, 2010  UPDATED with video. The death toll from landslides in northwestern China more than doubled Tuesday to 702, as crews in three countries across Asia struggled to reach survivors from flooding that has afflicted millions of people.

Monday, August 09, 2010  Rescuers lifted muddy bodies into trucks, and aid convoys choked the road into the remote Chinese town where hundreds died and more than 1,100 were missing Monday from landslides caused by heavy rain.

Wednesday, June 23, 2010  Luckily, in Albany there is little concern over wildfires because of all that humid weather.