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Thursday, May 16, 2013  Albany Technical College is pleased to announce the appointment of a new Vice President of Institutional Effectiveness.

Saturday, May 11, 2013  Updated with video; The Albany-Dougherty Metro SWAT Team successfully completed “Level 2 Advance SWAT Training.”

Thursday, May 09, 2013  Updated with video; The Albany-Dougherty Metro SWAT team is currently going through extensive training to take their knowledge to the next level, and on Wednesday the team participated in an active-shooter situation in an abandoned school.

Thursday, April 25, 2013  Winners go the extra mile and endure less-than-perfect conditions to rise to the top according to information released by Albany State University.

Sunday, April 21, 2013  Updated with video; First Baptist Putney Church held an all day event Saturday to help raise money for their Mission Team.

Tuesday, April 16, 2013 

Thursday, April 11, 2013  Rick Hoyt has run, biked and swum with his father in 1,092 races — including 252 triathlons, 70 marathons and 95 half-marathons — over the past 34 years, including a wartime race in El Salvador in which they had to be escorted by armed men.

Sunday, April 07, 2013  Sherwood Baptist Church held their groundbreaking ceremony for a new expansion project Sunday evening.

Monday, March 18, 2013  Rape trial ended, Ohio city and storied football program remain under investigators' scrutiny

Saturday, March 16, 2013  Updated with video; The Albany Fire Department Hazardous Materials Response Team and Albany State University police officials are on scene at a hazmat situation on the Albany State University campus Friday afternoon.

Sunday, February 24, 2013  UPDATE: Officials have announced that Worth County Schools are closed Monday, February 25th due to potential flooding.

Saturday, February 23, 2013  Albany Recreation and Parks and Liz Dennis from the Georgia Association of Blind Athletes joined forces Saturday morning to teach others about a game called “Goalball.”

Wednesday, February 20, 2013  In response to a letter sent by Congressman Sanford D. Bishop Jr. (GA-02), Ranking Member of the U.S. House of Representatives’ Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies, the Army has granted an extension of 30 days to the public comment period for their Programmatic Environmental Assessment (PEA) for Army 2020 Force Structure Realignment.

Sunday, February 17, 2013  Updated with video; Saturday was the last day people in the community could participate in the Flint Riverquarium and Thoronateeska's "Sweetheart Deal."

Sunday, February 10, 2013  Updated with video; The 14 and under girls fastpitch softball team, the Extreme Whippets, held a Corn Hole Classic on Saturday to raise money for a trip to the World Series.