Latest news, weather and high school sports for Albany and Southwest Georgia

1 hour, 32 minutes ago  Updated with video; Hope Ministries held their annual, "Benefit Cookout" this afternoon raising money and awareness for those that are less fortunate.

1 hour, 32 minutes ago  Updated with video; After a 40-hour work week most Americans come home, kick off their shoes and relax. However it isn't long before their putting on those high heels and tightening up that tie to head back to the daily grind.

1 hour, 37 minutes ago  Updated with video; Officials in Tifton held a health fair this morning promoting better eating habits, and overall exercise routines.

Today at 8:40 PM  The Powerball rolled, and all of America let out a disappointed exhale as the winner was announced in Florida.

Today at 8:33 PM  With summer just around the corner, farmers in Southwest Georgia are staying busy. However this season is a bit different, as officials in Washington have stolen the farming community's attention.

Today at 6:00 PM  On Saturday, 7-year-old Jason Sisk, from Fayetteville, Tennessee, made the biggest kill of his life in the Hog Hunters for Hope event in Douglas, Georgia.

Today at 12:00 PM  Mission MCLB: One-on-one with the Commanding Officer at Parris Island

Yesterday at 8:25 PM  Thomasville Police are currently investigating an armed robbery that took place late Friday.

Friday, May 17, 2013  Updated with video; Travel experts predict more Georgia families will travel this year.

Friday, May 17, 2013  Organic industry's political clout grows on Capitol Hill as consumers demand organic foods

Thursday, May 16, 2013  UPDATE: Mumford has been found. The Americus Police Department and Georgia Bureau of Investigation need your help finding an abducted Americus child.

Thursday, May 16, 2013  Tifton Police responded to the 1100 block of South Park Ave. for a report of a shooting.

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; 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

Thursday, May 16, 2013  Updated with video; From Pre-K to college; students are set to graduate high school in 2026.