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ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) - The Albany-Dougherty Drug Unit (ADDU) found several drugs during a traffic stop after the driver escaped on Monday in the 1200 block of Dawson Road. Law enforcement said the driver was stopped for distracted driving. During the stop, law enforcement said the driver was agitated and...

ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) - Several areas in Albany have been affected by Tuesday’s thunderstorms. As of 8:30 p.m., there are several flooded roads, downed trees and power outages around the city. Flooded streets:. 2500 block of Whispering Pines. 1100 block of Don Cutler Sr. Drive. 100 block of Collins Street.

SYLVESTER, GA – Worth County Sheriff Don Whitaker says nearly two months of intensive detective work leads to the arrest of four individuals suspected of engineering a local auto theft ring. Sheriff Whitaker says over the course of two days, July 19-20, 2021, The Worth County Sheriff’s Office obtained nearly...

ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) - Two women were arrested and a man is wanted in connection to an attempted burglary turned into an assault at an Albany store. It happened at JCPenny on July 9. Police said the victim told them that a man grabbed several clothing items and then walked...

AMERICUS, GA. (WRBL) – Some local high school students and teachers will now have to wait a little while longer before school begins in their brand-new high school. Sumter County Schools Superintendent Dr. Torrance Choates said due to labor shortages caused by the pandemic, the new Sumter County High School will not open to students until September 7, instead of the original start date of August 9.

ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) - Residents are complaining about raw sewage at East Lake Apartments at 500 Pinson Road in Albany. City code enforcement is aware of the issue and it is considered a code violation. WALB News 10 is working to find out if any citations have been given. The...

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - Attention parents of kids attending Sumter County Schools. The school system will provide school supplies for all students in the school system. This includes all grades, Pre-k through 12th grade. Sumter County School District will start school on August 9th.

Dawson police need your help finding a teen missing July 8. Officers say they are searching for 17-year-old Phebe Weeks, who has brown eyes and hair. She is 5'10" and weighs 180 pounds. She might be in Calhoun County according to officers. If you have any information on Weeks whereabouts,...

SUMTER COUNTY, Ga. (WTVM) - Sumter County High School students will be taught virtually until September 7. Sumter County Schools posted the following on Facebook:. The Sumter County High School students will be taught virtual until Tuesday, September 7, 2021. This is the projected date for the students to enter the new high school. Due to the pandemic the new high school is not quite complete. Please check the Distrct and SCHS’s Facebook pages for updates.

Twenty-five years ago, on July 27, 1996, Alice Hawthorne, 44, of Albany, Georgia, and her daughter were at the Summer Olympics in Atlanta. The teenager wanted to see the basketball competition, according to published newspaper reports. Early on that Saturday, they were at Centennial Olympic Park where Jack Mack and...

Albany police say that two out of three people wanted for an assault at a local store have been arrested. 20-year-old Tiarah Sutton and 17-year-old Nytoria Morman have been arrested and charged with party to a crime of criminal attempt-armed robbery and party to the crime-aggravated assault. Investigators say that...

ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) - If you live in Dougherty County, you might pay more for property taxes. The county reevaluated property values, proposing a countywide increase and one for the Special Services District. Special Services refers to the county’s unincorporated communities, like Putney. This affects residential and commercial properties. “If...

ALBANY, GA – Albany Police have identified the man killed in a fatal moped collision Saturday night. APD’s Public Information Officer Phyllis Whitley-Banks identifies the deceased as 48 year old Antwan Henderson of Albany. Police say their initial investigation suggests Henderson was driving a Gator 50 S3 Moped on Tremont...

AMERICUS – The inaugural M.J. Lusane Scholarship was awarded recently to Ms. Kennedy Williams, a 2021 graduate of Americus Sumter High School. This scholarship was the brainchild of Marcus Lusane II, an up and coming rapper and ASHS alumnus who has a passion for music, especially rap music. Marcus Lusane...

PERRY, GA – A Sumter County man and a Houston County woman are accused of killing a 77 year old man Saturday night at an apartment complex in Perry. Police say they’ve arrested and charged 19 year old Cornelius Reyshawn Wallace Murray of Americus and 18 year old Natasha Sincere Culpepper of Centerville in the Saturday slaying of Willie Jacox.