Westover Boys Golf Team to Compete at State Tournament
Tweet The Westover Comprehensive High School golf team finished the 2012 season as runners-up for the Region 1-AAA Boys Golf Championship. Their finish qualifies the team to compete in the state golf championship on May 7 in Augusta. Boys golf team members are Sterling Bowles, Jerrell Hubbard, Craig Jones, Dualton Luttrell and [...]
Read More →Key Club, Kiwanis ‘Stash the Trash’
Tweet The Southwest Georgia Home School Key Club and several members of the Kiwanis Club of Dougherty County pitched in to help with Keep Albany-Dougherty Beautiful’s “Stash the Trash” event on Saturday, April 21. The Key Club and Kiwanians undertook the effort as a “Kiwanis One Day” project, part of an international Kiwanis [...]
Read More →Obituaries
Tweet Ricky Jay Bowden, 54 Ricky Jay Bowden, 54 of Lovers Lane Road in Dawson died May 3, 2012 at his residence. Funeral services will be Saturday 4 p.m. at Sasser United Methodist Church, Rev. Wesley Kaylor officiating. Interment will follow in Eastview Cemetery in Cuthbert, Ga. A native of Albany, Mr. Bowden [...]
Read More →Conversations with Ed
Tweet Joe: Welcome to the card game, Ed. Ed: Sorry I’m late, guys. I was just going over some of the changes the Georgia state legislature made this year in HB 386, the tax reform bill. Bob: I heard about that. That was something they came up with during the final days of [...]
Read More →New License Plates
Tweet As the Sheriff of Dougherty County, and as a 30-year veteran of law enforcement, I feel a certain anxiety every time I see a law enforcement officer conducting a traffic stop. I know that citizens often ask why we in law enforcement spend so much time catching speeders rather than chasing the [...]
Read More →Alice Coachman Student Receives Young Citizenship Award
Tweet Sha’Camryn Malone, a fifth grade student at Alice Coachman Elementary School, received the 2012 Young Citizenship Award from the Exchange Club of Albany on April 19 at a special luncheon at the Club. Members of Sha’Camryn’s family, Alice Coachman principal Pat Victor, and her teacher, Jordan Cambron, watched as Exchange Club [...]
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