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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 03, 2013  The powerful gun rights lobby gathers in Houston this weekend for its annual convention and organizers anticipate a rollicking, Texas-sized party.

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

Friday, April 19, 2013  Updated with video; In our Facebook story of the day you wanted to know how to protect yourself and your family from food-borne illnesses.

Monday, April 08, 2013  In a country where at least a third of households have firearms, it's hard to impose stricter arms rules without support from gun owners.

Thursday, April 04, 2013  With  warm weather and vacation season just around the corner, experts say now is the time bedbugs start hitching rides into your home.

Monday, April 01, 2013  Albany police need your help finding a suspect in an entering auto case that led to financial transaction card fraud.

Thursday, March 28, 2013  The Moultrie Police Department is asking for your help locating 25-year-old Darryll Wayne Burks.

Friday, March 22, 2013  Albany will soon have a new place to dine and hangout.

Friday, March 08, 2013  Moultrie police have arrested Antonio Dewayne Williams for the Sunday night shooting in Moultrie.

Saturday, February 23, 2013  Residents using private wells that have been flooded by the recent severe weather should take precautions against waterborne illnesses by boiling well water for two minutes and then straining it before consumption, Southwest Health District Environmental Health Director Dewayne Tanner warned this evening.

Thursday, January 10, 2013  Vice President Joe Biden to meet with NRA as gun violence taskforce nears deadline.

Wednesday, December 26, 2012  16 individuals were busted in Tift County for operating a rooster fighting ring.

Friday, December 21, 2012  Story updated with video: The group's top lobbyist, Wayne LaPierre, said at a Washington news conference that, quote, "The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun."

Monday, November 19, 2012  Georgia State Patrol needs your help finding a hit and run driver from Talbot County that left a man seriously injured.