Powerball jackpot swells to $253M
Tweet ATLANTA – The Powerball jackpot continues to climb. Saturday’s jackpot has jumped to $253 million after no one matched all the winning numbers in Wednesday’s drawing. Two Georgia Lottery players each won $1 million in Wednesday’s drawing. The lucky tickets were purchased in Ellenwood and Lawrenceville.
Read More →Hilda Ragan Engram
Tweet Hilda Ragan Engram, 98, of Dawson, GA passed away August 1, 2012 in Mission Viejo, CA of natural causes. A graveside service will be held at the Cedar Hill Cemetery in Dawson on August 18, 2012 at 10 a.m. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be donated to the Gordon Engram Memorial Fund at [...]
Read More →Mildred Reynolds Pickron
Tweet Mildred Reynolds Pickron, 97, of Albany, GA, died Monday August 6, 2012 at her residence. Funeral services will be held Saturday, August 11, 2011 at 10:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. June Johnson will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.
Read More →Georgia Ranks Among 20 Worst States for Toxic Air Pollution from Power Plants
Tweet Power Plants Are Huge Factor in Georgias Overall Pollution Picture, Including Toxic Mercury Emissions ATLANTA, GA (August 9, 2012) Georgia is the 9th worst state in the nation when it comes to exposing residents to toxic air pollution from coal-fired power plants, according to an analysis released today in Georgia by the Natural [...]
Read More →Democratic National Convention Committee Invites Americans to Sign Up for Community Credentials
Tweet Public Can Sign Up For the Opportunity To Attend President Obama and Vice President Biden’s Nomination Acceptance Speeches on Thursday, September 6 CHARLOTTE – The Democratic National Convention Committee (DNCC) and Obama for America today announced that the public can sign up for the opportunity to attend President Obama and Vice President Biden’s acceptance [...]
Read More →UGA public health researcher receives $2.5 million grant to combat childhood obesity
Tweet Athens, Ga. – Marsha Davis, an associate professor in the University of Georgia College of Public Health’s department of health promotion and behavior, recently received a $2.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture. The five-year grant will support a community-based childhood obesity prevention program in Colquitt [...]
Read More →Monday arrest should serve as a warning to caretakers
Tweet Written by Tom Knighton Monday’s arrest of 40 year old Susan Taylor, a branch manager and former branch team leader of Regions Bank, shook many Albanians to their core. The victim was 95 year old Greta Rogers. Taylor was allegedly funneling money from a CD into a checking account where she would then withdraw [...]
Read More →Workforce Development on the minds of Federal, State, Local Legislators and Community Leaders at Turner Job Corps Center
Tweet Special to the Journal (Albany, GA) –On Tuesday August 14th at 12 noon the Turner Job Corps Center will open its doors to federal, state, and local legislators as well as local community & business leaders to discuss collaborative efforts to increase workforce development in Southwest Georgia at their annual Legislative Affairs Day & [...]
Read More →Letter to the editor: Thanks for your support
Tweet We, at the Rick Allen for Congress Campaign, want to thank all the voters who came out in support of us and voted for us in the Primary on July 31. As we have traveled throughout the District from Bibb County in the north, to Grady and Decatur counties in the south, and all [...]
Read More →FSU gets through first full practice in fine form; set to go again before sunrise
Tweet TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – It’s been a few years since the Florida State football slogan was Carpe Diem – Seize the Day – but Jimbo Fisher did exactly that Tuesday, when he saw a break in the weather. After Monday’s camp-opening practice was wiped out by foul weather, Fisher was anxious to see the Seminoles get [...]
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