Dougherty County News

Authorities took three into custody and seized guns, marijuana and cash at about 6 a.m. Friday at 910 Riley Street.

In a change of pace, Dougherty County Police Department personnel used their paddy wagon to deliver goods to a local charity instead of jail.

Russ has been charged with two armed robbery counts, two aggravated assault counts and a burglary count all stemming from a Terrell County incident.

Local gangs send juvenile members to burglarize homes and the stolen television is not the purpose of the robbery, a juvenile judge said.

Dougherty District Attorney Greg Edwards confirmed on Albanyherald.com Wednesday that he will ask Dougherty County Coroner Emma Quimbley to call a coroner's inquest to discuss issues associated with the death of Sarah Riggins - a woman shot to death by police.

ALBANY, GA Law enforcement officers work on weapons training. Drilling how to shoot, and when not to.

After spending considerable time last week debating the role of the Albany Water, Gas & Light Commission under a proposed unified government, county commissioners decided Monday to ask the city for clarification on their request to restrict assets of the entity to the urban area.

Former downtown manager Don Buie, right, looks at his attorney Johnnie Graham during a bond hearing last month.

The most sweeping option for the renovation of Dougherty Comprehensive High School was recommended by the Building & Grounds Committee in its meeting Monday morning at the Administration Building.

The Census Count Committee in Lee County held a meeting Monday to encourage church pastors to reach out to congregations and remind them of the importance of being counted.

Monday will be proclaimed as Neighborhood watch day in the city and county. "If we across our county had active neighborhood watch programs, what a partnership that would be for law enforcement in helping us, perhaps not eradicating crime, but certainly to lessen the rash of burglaries and other kinds of crimes that we're seeing throughout the ...

Mug shot of Antwan Smith. Smith was charged with two counts of aggravated assault, armed robbery and a probation violation and booked into the Dougherty County Jail early Thursday morning, officials say.

The Albany Fire Department has worked to make sure that fire services are available as quickly as possible to all parts of Dougherty County.

Dougherty County Commissioner Jack Stone listens as Commissioner Lamar Hudgins speaks about a referendum on merging the city and county Monday.

We all remember when more than a dozen inches of rain fell across parts of South Georgia in the spring.

29 year old Girish Doss was sentenced to five years in prison. That sentence is suspended on the condition he leave the country.

ALBANY a ' Both the city and county commissions are currently mulling a resolution that would send a proposed charter for a new, unified government to Atlanta for consideration of a public, countywide referendum that could completely reshape local government in Albany and Dougherty County.

After an ongoing legal battle between Palmyra Medical Center and Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital, the hearing officer with the Certificate of Need Appeal Panel affirmed last month the original Department of Community Health decision to grant a CON to Palmyra to begin delivering babies.

Pembroke's country charm lured Boston-area native Cindy Milloy to the east Georgia city of about 2,300 people, and kept her there even after a muscular disease left her housebound in a region so rural it lacks a regular taxi service.

Health officials in Dougherty County stocked their refrigerator with hundreds of doses of the H1-N1 shot vaccine Tuesday in anticipation of Wednesday morning's clinic.