Lee County News

More than 40 pounds of marijuana and 15 thousand dollars in cash have been seized from a home and car in Lee County.

Police say all the cars were left unlocked in people's driveways. Investigators in Albany and Lee County say they're also seeing their share of thieves stealing items out of unlocked cars.

Southwest Georgia Humane Societies are overcrowded and officials across the region are calling for people to spay and neuter their pets.

Rain fell on Steve Stocks' wheat fields again today, and he is not sure when he will be able to finish harvesting the crop.

Additional charges of DUI child endangerment are filed against an Albany woman charged in a fatal motorcycle crash Tuesday evening.

An Albany woman is charged with Vehicular Homicide and Driving Under the Influence after pulling into the path of a motorcyclist along Ledo Road.

It was a big mess along Highway 195 in Lee County when a grain truck split causing several other cars to collide.

There was a sea of green at the Dental Partners of Southwest Georgia parking lot, all to raise money for 3-year-old Ward Wright and his family.

We finally know more about the death of a woman found in the Walmart parking lot in Lee County back in January.

The three representatives and one senator talked about struggles they had during and after the session over consolidation and losing money for South Georgia projects.

The Hughston Clinic, a renowned orthopaedic practice, is pleased to announce the recent opening of a new clinic in Albany, Ga.

The Hughston Clinic opened a new 8,000 square foot building on Oakland Parkway in Lee County Thursday.

America's cold war with Russia produced some relics of national defense that remain part of South Georgia's landscape, if you know where to look.

Lorenzo Williams was charged with murder just days after Cox's body was found floating in the Flint River.

Dismuke Insurance has been in its building on North Monroe Street for 62 years, but eight months of constant problems, the most recent an attempted break-in, has frustrated owners.

A customer at Leesburg Pawn found 48-year old Kathryn Hollis slumped over in her car.

Employees from the Lee County Sheriff's Office took part in the Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics.

The jury started deliberations in Kasaem Toomer's trial about 2:00 Thursday afternoon and ended about three hours later.

The jury was picked, and testimony will begin tomorrow. Before his trial began, 21-year-old Kaseem Toomer pleaded guilty to an arson charge for setting a fire in the Albany Police Interview Room shortly after his arrest.

Kasaem Toomer will stand trial for the murder of 19 year old Justin Cox. Cox' body was found in the Flint River water near the Turner Boat Landing in October 2007.