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Wednesday, May 08, 2013  Jodi Arias has been convicted of first-degree murder in the brutal stabbing and shooting death of her one-time boyfriend in Arizona.

Friday, February 22, 2013  The Support Services Bureau has received several calls this morning from citizens in the Northwest Albany area stating that individuals are knocking on their doors asking for gas money or some sort of assistance for a family member.

Wednesday, January 30, 2013  Police do not know the shooter's whereabouts.

Friday, December 21, 2012  Updated with video; The Second Harvest Food Bank has been busy this holiday season giving out food to the needy.

Saturday, September 29, 2012  Updated with video; Dougherty County Police are still on the lookout for one person after three people participated in an armed home invasion Friday morning.

Wednesday, July 18, 2012  Updated with video; The families of those injured in July 2012 wreck with an Albany police officer have retained a lawyer.

Thursday, May 24, 2012  Updated with video; The Albany Police Department has sent out an alert that they have located 23-year-old Henry Nix III.

Wednesday, May 23, 2012  Updated with video; An early morning home entry attempt leaves an Albany woman in the hospital after being stabbed with a screwdriver.

Tuesday, May 01, 2012  Updated with video; Meet Phillip Burns, Teacher of the Year for Lamar Reese.

Monday, April 23, 2012  Updated with video; Joshua Melton and Talemicus Nix are the first students to graduate from the Dougherty County GED program with their diploma.

Tuesday, April 17, 2012  Updated with video; Nearly 25 cars have been broken into in just a few weeks in Albany, according to Albany Police Department detectives.

Thursday, January 12, 2012  Updated with video; Criminals, crashes, closings – The Lee County Sheriff’s Office can now inform citizens of such incidents through the Nixle alert system.

Tuesday, September 13, 2011  The Parisian Bar and Lounge faced an uphill battle for an alcohol license.

Tuesday, July 19, 2011  Story updated with video: The dust wall was about 3,000 feet high and created winds of 25 to 30 mph, with gusts of up to 40 mph.

Monday, June 13, 2011  40 years after explosive leak of Pentagon Papers, secret Vietnam war study coming out in whole