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

Today at 12:50 PM  Death toll was corrected and lowered to 24 people, including 7 children.

Today at 8:33 AM  Associated Press photographer's first-person account of efforts to rescue chidlren and staff in a collapsed school.

Yesterday at 9:05 PM  Updated with new photos (Caution, graphic images), new video added; death toll now at 51.

Thursday, April 11, 2013  Updated with video: Severe storms hit Midwest with snow, ice and damaging winds

Monday, March 25, 2013  What spring? Storm dumps foot or more of snow across several central US states, pushes east

Wednesday, January 23, 2013  Among the coldest temperatures recorded Tuesday was 35 below at Crane Lake, Minn., a National Weather Service forecaster said early Wednesday.

Friday, December 21, 2012  The storm, part of a system that began in the Rockies earlier in the week, led airlines to cancel more than 1,000 flights Thursday

Thursday, December 20, 2012  Forecasters warned that heavy snow coupled with strong winds could create blizzard conditions from Kansas to Wisconsin.

Tuesday, October 30, 2012  Superstorm Sandy rolls inland as East Coast assesses havoc that monstrous hybrid wrought

Friday, October 26, 2012  Pre-Halloween 'Frankenstorm' threatens East with flooding, high winds; damage could reach $1 billion

Thursday, October 25, 2012  Trick, no treat: Forecasters predict pre-Halloween freak hurricane-winter storm mix for East