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

Wednesday, April 17, 2013  USDA makes 2nd attempt with livestock ID system meant to help control spread of animal disease

Wednesday, March 27, 2013  Colquitt County is currently experiencing what health officials call a “community-wide outbreak” of Norovirus.

Friday, March 01, 2013  Updated with video; Four people charged in connection with a 2009 salmonella outbreak that killed nine people and sickened hundreds are set to appear in federal court in south Georgia.

Thursday, February 21, 2013  A federal grand jury has indicted four people in a 2009 salmonella outbreak linked to a Georgia peanut processing plant.

Wednesday, October 24, 2012  Updated with video; Phoebe Putney held a press conference Wednesday afternoon to announce that they had acquired some products from the New England Compounding Center (NEEC).

Tuesday, October 09, 2012  People in southwest Georgia want to know whether or not they should be concerned about fungal meningitis.

Tuesday, July 17, 2012  Federal food program that screens produce for contamination spared until end of 2012

Monday, April 16, 2012  Early, dire warnings credited with limiting human death toll in Midwest tornado outbreak

Tuesday, February 21, 2012  Updated with video; In Monday's Facebook Story of the Day, viewers asked if measles are still a concern in our community; local health officals say it is.

Monday, November 07, 2011  Updated with video; Shigella continues to spread across Southwest Georgia.

Tuesday, November 01, 2011  Updated with video; Worth County schools get an outbreak of Shigella.

Friday, October 28, 2011  Worth County School system plagued by an outbreak of shigella.

Thursday, October 13, 2011  Nathan Deal heads to south Georgia.

Friday, September 30, 2011  An outbreak of listeria in cantaloupe is being called the deadliest in a decade

Tuesday, August 30, 2011  Updated with video; Tifton residents contacted FOX 31 about a possible Salmonella outbreak. Health officials say there have been ten reported cases in the area.