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Sunday, May 19, 2013  Student athletes from Dougherty, Mitchell, and Terrell counties made a trip to Phoebe Northwest this weekend to get cleared to play school sports in the fall.

Tuesday, February 12, 2013  UPDATE: Mr. Kicklighter was found Wednesday morning around 7 A.M. by a Lee County Sheriff's deputy wandering around in the Publix parking lot.

Thursday, January 31, 2013  Updated with video; Albany police are investigating an aggravated assault after a man walked into Phoebe North Sunday morning with a knife wound to the head.

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

Tuesday, October 30, 2012  The American Cancer Society is looking for healthy adults to participate in a study that could possibly help find a cure for cancer.

Wednesday, October 03, 2012  Phoebe Putney held a breakfast Wednesday morning at Phoebe Northwest to get the word out about enrollment for The American Cancer Society's National Cancer Prevention Study.

Thursday, September 06, 2012  Updated with video; After announcing the plan in July to put a freestanding women's and children's hospital at Phoebe North, the first broad concept was released.

Thursday, July 12, 2012  Updated with video; Phoebe Putney's Board of Directors announced the plan to develop a free-standing women's and children's hospital at Phoebe North during Wednesday's meeting.

Thursday, May 24, 2012  The Hospital Authority Board invited the public to meet at the Government Center this afternoon to voice their opinions on the possible leasing of Phoebe North, formerly known as Palmyra Medical Center.

Friday, May 18, 2012  Updated with video; One of Phoebe's nurses is claiming a title that she never imagined having.

Sunday, May 13, 2012  Local students receive free athletic screenings to participate in next school year's sports and learn the importance of preventing injuries

Friday, May 11, 2012  Updated with video; As part of “National Nurses Week,” Phoebe North offered its nurses a chance to have their hands blessed as an extra way to keep the quality of work up.

Friday, April 13, 2012  Updated with video; After 41 years with Palmyra Hospital, a food service employee is setting aside her apron.

Tuesday, February 28, 2012  Updated with video; The Hospital Authority and Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital learn that the Federal Trade Commission is challenging Phoebe-Palmyra merger in U.S. Supreme Court.

Friday, February 03, 2012  Updated with video; In our Facebook Story of the Day, you wanted to know how much sugar was too much.