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

Monday, April 15, 2013  Updated with RAW video; It is confirmed that two people were killed and over 100 people are injured after multiple explosives detonated near the finish line of the Boston Marathon on Monday.

Monday, March 25, 2013  With the first curriculum of its kind to be taught in a Georgia high school, Tift County’s Mechatronics Partnership is already producing promising results and statewide acclaim according to the press release issued by the school.

Wednesday, March 13, 2013  Updated with video; In February, the Tift County Board of Education asked a committee for some information to be presented on possibly implementing school uniforms, now the board has to decide whether or not to adopt the new dress code based off of feedback.

Sunday, February 24, 2013  Updated with video; 44 first responders and nurses experienced a very realistic training course simulating how to react to a bomb-in-a-theatre situation in Tifton on Friday.

Wednesday, November 14, 2012  Updated with video; The former principal of Tift County High School, Dr. Ryan Gravitt, has been placed on administrative leave.

Friday, October 12, 2012  Updated with video; A Tift County High School student has been arrested for allegedly threatening another student with a knife.