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

Friday, May 10, 2013  Before the summer kicks in, Georgia officials are reminding parents to make sure children aren't left in hot cars.

Friday, May 10, 2013  Updated with video; FOX 31 looks into several cases in southwest Georgia where children have fallen victim at the hands of their caretakers.

Tuesday, April 09, 2013  Darton’s Paralegal Student Association celebrated Law day Tuesday afternoon with a round table discussion.

Saturday, April 06, 2013  Updated with video; Firefighters were called out to a residential structure fire early Friday morning at 1323 E. Society Avenue.

Tuesday, April 02, 2013  The sequestration has forced another Southwest Georgia entity to enforce strict budget cuts.

Tuesday, April 02, 2013  North Korea vows to restart nuke facilities in latest escalation on already tense peninsula

Tuesday, March 26, 2013  Georgia Agriculture Commissioner, Gary W. Black, announced Tuesday that the official “Shipping Date” for the Vidalia onion season is April 15th.

Friday, March 08, 2013  Updated with video; In our Facebook story of the day you wanted to know what some tips are to help you start preparing for Spring gardening.

Friday, February 22, 2013  Updated with video; The Tift Head Start Center in Albany held a Black History Month program Thursday morning entitled “A Journey Through Black History Through the Eyes of a Child.”

Wednesday, January 30, 2013  Updated with video; Tax season is here and people who would like to file for free can do so online through the Internal Revenue Service.

Monday, January 21, 2013  President Obama previewed an ambitious second-term agenda, devoting several sentences to the threat of global climate change and saying that failure to confront it "would betray our children and future generations."

Wednesday, January 16, 2013  Updated with video; The Lee County Budget Committee held their first budget meeting of 2013 Wednesday morning.

Friday, January 04, 2013  Students, teachers and administrators were met by a large police presence outside their new school in the neighboring town of Monroe.

Thursday, January 03, 2013  Two bullets struck Patsy Sanders home, shortly after midnight on New Year's Day.

Thursday, January 03, 2013  In a span of only five hours, the Albany Dougherty Drug Unit recovered a .22 caliber Bryco handgun containing 37 rounds of ammunition, 337 grams of marijuana, digital scales, and more than 1,000 grams of cocaine in two separate cases on Monday.