Albany News

Benita Childs, a candidate vying to become the next Dougherty County Sheriff, sharply criticized the publisher of a local weekly newspaper Wednesday after he wrote an opinion column (complete with spelling errors) predicting her candidacy ...

Comment?

The vote by the Dougherty County Commission to require would-be Albany Motor Speedway owner Tim Pafford to erect a 25-foot berm at the track as a condition to allow the racing of vehicles other than Legends ... " ... “I’m sitting here amazed,” [Tim] Pafford said of the deal- breaking condition placed on the track by the commission. “I probably should be mad, but I’m amazed. I’m embarrassed for Dougherty County, because if this is the way they treat businessmen, this county is in trouble. " “I guess I need to pack up my saddlebags and leave town,” [local real estate heavyweight Bob Brooks] said. “To have a place like that that provides positive recreation for so many people effectively shut down by this commission just doesn’t make business sense." ...more

5 comments

“In this economy, people are struggling to find ways to pay not for their wants, but for their needs. "We could mandate cuts, but I don't think the public wants us to do so in a way where services suffer. We have to find a balance.”

After months of posturing, qualifying for local and state elections starts today. via The Albany Herald

Comment?

“Most have not completed as far as the tenth grade. Certainly it goes hand in hand with failure to be successful in society to not have a complete education”

May 1, 2008 Albany -- A staggering majority of convicted criminals in Georgia are high school drop outs. via WALB-TV Albany

Comment?

The investigation continues into the death of 66-year-old Susie Hollingsworth. Albany Police were called out to the victim's home at 202 North Mock Road just after 9 p.m. Tuesday. via WALB-TV Albany

12 comments

“There was a scuffle. The Officer was injured slightly, not serious. The subject ran, got in the pond behind the motel, and swam over the area around 21st, behind Mann's Self Storage.”

A brief but dramatic manhunt in northwest Albany Tuesday. A man running from Sheriff's Investigators jumped into a swamp and swam to get away from them. via WALB-TV Albany

1 comment

“The biggest thing they need to do is to take care of themselves, have their annual physicals and know their numbers, know their blood pressure, know their cholesterol levels and what can be done to help cholesterol if it is high”

Albany- Heart disease is the number one killer of American women and Friday women in Albany dressed in red to call attention to heart disease. via WALB-TV Albany

Comment?

“You would have time to prepare yourself, like I said for whatever disaster it may be, time is valuable, time is life.”

You now have a new level of protection from natural disasters and other emergencies in Dougherty County. via WALB-TV Albany

Comment?

“Either they beat you for joining the gang, or they beat you for not joining the gang. Either way our kids are at high risk.”

April 23, 2008 Albany -- More reports of gang fights at Dougherty High School Wednesday after a day of violence at the school Tuesday. via WALB-TV Albany

3 comments

Hundreds took part in a community clean-up Saturday morning. Albany citizens, government officials, police officers, and even Young Marines didn't let a few rain drops keep them from picking up trash throughout ... via WALB-TV Albany

Comment?