Dougherty County Jail Inmate List June 17-23, 2011
Tweet Allen, Mary Catherine, June 21, burglary Anderson, Derrick Damon, June 20, prob violation Anthony, Latasha Lashond, June 17, no insurance (1st off), open container alcohol-in poss of driver, prob violation, suspended/revoked license (4th) Bailey, Calvin, June 21, prob violation Barney, Terence Avery, June 17, civ contempt (child sup) Blankenship, Ronald Wayne, June 22, headlights [...]
Read More →DNA STUDY: ASU CLAIMS NO SLIP-UPS
Tweet By Kevin Hogencamp Albany State University is refuting allegations that it botched a federally funded 2010 DNA study involving 21 undergraduate students by failing to obtain approval for the project beforehand and by not following privacy regulations, training requirements and other protocol, public records show.
Read More →Waynesboro Man Sentenced for Stealing Federal Funds Intended to Pay for Meals for Low-Income Children
Tweet AUGUSTA, GA—BERNARD WALKER, 44, of Waynesboro, Georgia was sentenced yesterday by United States District Court Judge Dudley H. Bowen, Jr. to 33 months’ imprisonment for fraudulently obtaining checks worth tens of thousands of dollars from a federally-funded, not- for-profit organization located in Augusta, Georgia and then laundering that money through businesses located in Waynesboro, [...]
Read More →Easom named Rosalynn Carter Institute executive director
Tweet Former interim director continues caregiving advocacy awareness AMERICUS, Ga. (June 23, 2011)—-Leisa Easom, Ph.D., has been appointed executive director of Georgia Southwestern State University’s Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregiving (RCI). Easom was appointed as the RCI’s interim executive director in August 2010. Since that time, she has worked closely with agencies and representatives at [...]
Read More →Should We Let Hypocrisy Shake Our Faith?
Tweet Activist Explains Why Public Figure Scandals Should Not Shape Our Views Hypocrisy season looks to be in full swing, but one expert says we shouldn’t let it get in the way of our own faith. Between Weiner-Gate, John Edwards being indicted on charges he used campaign funds to cover up the affair that destroyed [...]
Read More →Vintage Albany
Tweet This undated post card is of the Broad Avenue Memorial Bridge in Albany. This concrete and steel bridge spanning the Flint River was built in 1931 as a memorial to Dougherty County veterans of World War I. It contains two brass plaques imbedded in the seating areas on the bridge. One plaque was the [...]
Read More →Bishop Statement on Legislation to End Election Assistance Commission
Tweet WASHINGTON – Representative Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02) released the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives passed a misguided piece of legislation to abolish the Election Assistance Commission (EAC), Congress created the commission in the aftermath of the 2000 election to upgrade voting systems across the country as part of the Help [...]
Read More →Albany Marathon
Tweet Albany Marathon board members and sponsors gathered Tuesday at Willson Hospice House for a check presentation. The marathon, held in March, raised another $20,000 this year and has generated nearly $100,000 for the hospice facility — which opened last year — over the five-year history of the race. PHOTO BY KEVIN HOGENCAMP.
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