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Yesterday at 8:15 PM  Updated with video; Dollar General will be hosting a career fair Saturday from 10-2pm.

Yesterday at 8:05 PM  Updated with video; After multiple complaints that students thought they were being charged by Albany Technical College for items they shouldn't have, FOX 31 reached out to the college to see how their financial aid system works.

Tuesday, May 14, 2013  Pentagon poised to trim number of civilian furlough days, expand pool of exempt workers

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, May 07, 2013  Sumter County Sheriff Pete Smith has advised that an inmate from the Sumter County Correctional Institute walked off a work detail Tuesday afternoon.

Tuesday, May 07, 2013  In an email released Tuesday afternoon by Albany Recreation and Parks Director Suzanne Davis, the fireworks are back on for Albany.

Monday, May 06, 2013  Supporters of the immigration bill brought forward last month by a group of four Republican and four Democratic senators have been cautiously optimistic.

Sunday, May 05, 2013  Updated with video; A Dangerous Youth Trend workshop was held today in Crisp County.

Thursday, May 02, 2013  Updated with video; After a 22-year-old Macon woman was hit and killed by a street sweeper early Monday morning, FOX 31 reached out to the Albany Public Works Department to see what training their employees go through to operate special vehicles in our Facebook Story of the Day.

Wednesday, May 01, 2013  The Food and Drug Administration has announced that its approved the availability of the Plan B contraception pill (also known as the morning after pill) for women 15 and older without a prescription.

Monday, April 22, 2013  Six people with almost a century and a half of work at Albany State University were honored during a retirement ceremony Monday afternoon on the campus.

Monday, April 22, 2013  Benham talked about decreasing the financial strain the Department of Corrections is putting on tax payers.

Monday, April 22, 2013  Moultrie officials are asking citizens to help with the spring cleaning by offering a free trash pickup during the week.

Monday, April 22, 2013  Mournful silence, return to work: Boston marks week from Marathon bombings

Friday, April 19, 2013  Updated with video; The Colquitt County District Attorney’s office kicked off this year’s National Crime Victims’ Rights week with a ceremony Friday morning.