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Yesterday at 1:16 PM  College campuses in Albany are quiet this time of year.  Many students have gone home for the summer and the Class of 2013 has accepted its diplomas. But now that those grads out in the working world, will they stay here in Albany?

Sunday, May 19, 2013  It's that time of the year again! Time to start thinking about and registering for summer classes.

Saturday, May 18, 2013  Updated with video; The Albany Police Department said goodbye to patrol office Marvin Jennings in February as he left for training camp, and now the officer is set to deploy to Afghanistan in June

Saturday, May 18, 2013  Updated with video; Cox Elementary School from Moultrie paid a visit to the campus of Albany State University Friday morning.

Friday, May 17, 2013  Updated with video; Officials say dog bites continue to be a serious health and safety issue across the nation.

Friday, May 17, 2013  United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia Michael Moore has announced via press release that 34-year-old Lowndes County resident Devasko Dewayne Lewis has indicted by a Federal Grand Jury on May 16th.

Friday, May 17, 2013  United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia Michael Moore has announced via press release that 52-year-old Josh Ensley has entered a plea of guilty to one count of an Indictment charging him with receipt of child pornography.

Friday, May 17, 2013  UPDATE: The Dougherty County District Attorney Greg Edwards spoke to the media Wednesday in reference to Sheryl Phillips' arrest.

Thursday, May 16, 2013  A jackpot of $475 million ranks as the second largest in Powerball history and third biggest overall.

Thursday, May 16, 2013  U.S. Senators Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., and Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., today praised the Senate passage of the Water Resources Development Act of 2013, which contained a key provision to allow the Savannah Harbor Expansion Project to move forward.

Thursday, May 16, 2013  The Georgia Department of Labor announced today that Georgia’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate declined to 8.2 percent in April.

Thursday, May 16, 2013  Updated with video; The National Transportation Safety Board made 19 recommendations Tuesday to combat the drunk driving problem in the United States.

Thursday, May 16, 2013  Updated with video; For seven years, no one has entered the historic H. H. Tift Building on the University of Georgia's Tifton Campus while officials waited for the money to renovate it, but that wait is over now that $4.7 million dollars of the state's budget was allotted towards the project

Wednesday, May 15, 2013  Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany has issued a statement in response to the Secretary of Defense's press conference on furloughs.

Tuesday, May 14, 2013  Albany State University Associate Professor of English Dr. Jeffery Mack was announced as one of 25 recipients of a National Endowment for the Humanities award Tuesday morning