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Thursday, May 16, 2013  Updated with video; Local law enforcement officials wore aprons instead of uniforms to put their cooking skills to the test.

Thursday, May 09, 2013  Lee County can finally "Eat Mor Chikin" as the newest location of Chick-fil-A is now open for business in the Lee Crossings Plaza.

Thursday, May 09, 2013  Updated with video; The owner of Maryland Fried Chicken on Slappey Boulevard is offering a $500 reward to anyone who provides information that leads to the arrest and conviction of a burglary suspect.

Sunday, March 17, 2013  Updated with video; The, "All-Pro Dad's" from the Tift Center, on Tift Avenue in Albany held a community cookout on Saturday for the senior citizens of, "Golden Age public housing."

Thursday, January 10, 2013  Updated with video; Southwest Georgians can eat more chicken now that the Chick-fil-A of Cordele is open for business.

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

Monday, December 03, 2012  Congress and the White House are engaged in a high-stakes game of political chess over the looming fiscal cliff

Friday, November 30, 2012  After a ribbon cutting ceremony, Tift County Chamber of Commerce members got the chance to dig their claws into some Bojangles’ chicken.

Wednesday, October 10, 2012  The Albany Chick-fil-a locations are honoring our local heroes by offering free lunch to anyone in uniform.

Monday, September 03, 2012  For the 15th year in a row Ed's Truck Stop in Poulan invited southwest Georgians out to the Annual Labor Day Fish Fry.

Friday, August 03, 2012  Gay rights activists answer 'Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day' with national 'Kiss In'

Tuesday, July 24, 2012  Updated with video; One southwest Georgia community is the home to White Oak Pastures, the largest USDA-certified organic farm in Georgia and the only farm in the United States that has both a USDA-inspected beef and poultry abattoir.

Tuesday, July 10, 2012  Updated with video; 32 individuals were arrested Sunday for their part in a Chicken Fighting ring outside of Moultrie, Georgia.

Thursday, June 07, 2012  Updated with video; Last year, nearly 1 million Americans experienced herpes zoster, or shingles, a disease that causes a painful skin rash.

Thursday, May 17, 2012  Updated with video; Members of law enforcement took time off from fighting crime to compete against one another in a cookoff.