PRESIDENT OBAMA SIGNS LOUISIANA EMERGENCY DECLARATION
Tweet WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency announced that federal emergency aid has been made available to the state of Louisiana to supplement state and local response efforts due to the emergency conditions resulting from Tropical Storm Isaac beginning on August 26, 2012, and continuing.
Read More →Voter registration drive to be held

Tweet Staff Reports Hear Voice 2012 is hosting a voter registration drive on August 30 from 11 am to 7 pm at the Athlete’s Foot. “We are having a voter registration drive to register first time registrants, people who are registered and need to change their address, people who need absentee ballot applications,” said Haryl [...]
Read More →Billy B. Cox

Tweet Billy B. Cox, 79, died Saturday, August 25, 2012 at Wynfield Park Health and Rehabilitation. His funeral service will be Tuesday 11 AM at Cedar Hill Cemetery in Dawson. The family will receive friends Monday 6 to 8 PM at Kimbrell-Stern.
Read More →Hometown Heroes
Tweet (FHTNC)–Navy Seaman Darien L. Davis, son of Revonn and stepson of James E. Miller of Climax, Ga., and brother of Justin L. Timpson of Albany, Ga., recently completed U.S. Navy basic training at Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Ill, with honors and was promoted to his current rank.
Read More →United Way of Southwest Georgia Distributes Funds for Health & Wellness Community Programs/Projects

Tweet (ALBANY, GA) The United Way of Southwest Georgia are distributing funds for specific community programs/projects in our local community. The funds were received from a grant funded by Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital and Phoebe Community Visions to support the health and wellness impact area of the United Way’s community impact model. The agency has [...]
Read More →MCLB Albany assists personnel displaced by Tropical Storm Isaac

Tweet MARINE CORPS LOGISTICS BASE Albany, Ga. – At approximately 7 p.m. today, buses carrying Marines and Sailors from the Naval Air Station Pensacola, Fla., are expected to arrive here to escape the threat of Tropical Storm Isaac’s arrival.
Read More →“Know Your Rights!” – An Elder Rights Event
Tweet There will be a Lunch & Learn Seminar on Thursday, September 20 at Phoebe East (2410 Sylvester Road). This event is FREE to the public and anyone interested in learning more about how to protect themselves or a loved-one from Medicare/Medicaid fraud, financial exploitation, and health care fraud. Speakers from SOWEGA Council on Aging, [...]
Read More →The GSW Chehaw Collaboration

Tweet GSW teams up with Chehaw to benefit students Albany, Ga.- Chehaw Park’s Education and Animal Care Department and Georgia Southwestern State University (GSW) Biology Department are to begin a new partnership in Conservation Biology. For the first time during Fall Semester 2012, the University and the Zoo will collaborate in teaching a class in [...]
Read More →William Marshall Raughton, Sr

Tweet William Marshall Raughton, Sr., 79, of Albany, GA, died August 26, 2012 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Thursday, August 30, 2012 at 11:00 AM at Gillionville Baptist Church. Rev. Tony Haefs and Rev. Roy Cook will officiate. Interment will follow in Morris Baptist Church Cemetery in Quitman County.
Read More →Braves prevent Giants’ sweep

Tweet Staff Reports San Francisco, Ca. – The Braves needed a win, down 2-0 in their series against the San Francisco Giants. Boy, did they get it. Atlanta’s Jason Heyward, Freddie Freeman, and Juan Francisco all homered to give the Braves a 7-1 win. Martin Prado and Brian McCann picked up RBI’s to help with [...]
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