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

Monday, August 13, 2012  Shirley Sherrod and Daaiyah Salaam with the Southwest Georgia Project approached the Dougherty County Commission about land for a local processing center.

Monday, February 13, 2012  Updated with video; A decision to close the Albany postal processing plant may come sooner than expected.

Thursday, December 15, 2011  The EDC is aiming to keep mail processing in Albany.

Monday, December 05, 2011  Updated with video; Residents rally to protect the Albany mail processing facility.

Tuesday, November 22, 2011  Updated with video; A local industry is giving back to the community by allowing students to have easier access to financial aid.

Thursday, April 23, 2009  An attorney representing victims of the salmonella outbreak is set to tour the Peanut Corp. of America processing plant in Blakely, Georgia, today linked to the nationwide salmonella outbreak.

Wednesday, April 15, 2009  Pilgrim's Pride will start the procedures for selling a Georgia processing plant and one in Arkansas that are slated to shut down.

Saturday, February 28, 2009  Pilgrim's Pride Corp. says 900 Georgia jobs are among the 3,000 it will cut as it shuts down operations at three of its 32 chicken processing plants.