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Friday, April 26, 2013  Ben Hill County Sheriff's Office is currently in the middle of a murder investigation.

Monday, March 04, 2013  60-year-old Debra Pilkinton of Turner County is behind bars after authorities say she allegedly shot and killed her husband on Friday evening.

Friday, January 18, 2013  Updated with video; 38-year-old Angelo Bolden faces up to 21 years in jail after a law change that began in the beginning of the year required his wife to testify against him in court.

Thursday, January 17, 2013  Updated with video; On Wednesday afternoon, President Barack Obama issued 23 executive orders pertaining to guns and also asked congress to increase bans on assault rifles and limit magazines to 10 rounds, but what does that mean for our local counties?

Monday, December 31, 2012  Since the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary in Connecticut and with the President's new term just around the corner, gun sales have spiked locally according to pawn shops around town.

Wednesday, July 18, 2012  Updated with video; Law enforcement and gun experts speak about the various ways you can ensure your gun doesn't go off at the wrong moment.

Monday, July 02, 2012  'Unreal': Residents tour neighborhoods most devastated by Colo. Springs wildfire

Wednesday, May 16, 2012  Judy Randle, Owner and President of Central Monitoring, Inc. of Albany, Georgia has been named the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) 2012 Women in Business Champion of the Year for both Georgia and SBA’s Southeast Region IV.

Sunday, April 29, 2012  Update with video; Bishop J.L. Litman was a leader of the Cathedral House of God Saints and Christ and today his congregation was inspired to give back in his honor.

Friday, December 16, 2011  The Marines will deactivate the Albany Marine Band in 2012.

Wednesday, October 12, 2011  A fourth grade teacher at Lamar Reese Magnet School of the Arts won a turn-key fitness franchise valued at $250,000.

Wednesday, September 28, 2011  Gay couples living together nearly double in decade; over 130,000 of them say husband or wife

Thursday, July 14, 2011  Prosecutors say an argument over houseguests led a Southern California woman to cut off her estranged husband's penis and put it down a garbage disposal.

Monday, May 30, 2011  Two medical students say they have to dig deep to find enough time in the day to study, support their families and work at their clinical rotations.

Monday, May 16, 2011