Chambliss Supports Bill Targeting $45 Billion In Unspent Money
Tweet Special to the Journal Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-GA) co-sponsored S.379, the Decrease Spending Now Act, which would require the Obama administration to cut $45 billion in unused taxpayer dollars sitting in federal coffers. If enacted, this legislation would require the director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) [...]
Read More →Darton wins at Doublegate, Taylor Martin swings back into action
Tweet Written by David Mann ALBANY – Darton State College won the Doublegate Collegiate Invitational, today, and Cavalier freshman Taylor Martin beat everyone by at least five shots to become the tournament medalist.
Read More →Powerball advances to $123M for Wednesday’s drawing
Tweet Special to the Journal Atlanta, Ga – The Powerball jackpot has advanced to $123 million to a single annuity winner for Wednesday’s drawing after no one matched all six winning numbers Saturday.
Read More →New changes at the Journal
Tweet Staff Reports Albany, Ga – For readers of The Albany Journal, you may have noticed a few slight changes. Following the new initiative to open up journalistic opportunities, Journal publisher Tom Knighton announced new measures meant to keep the 74 year old Journal moving strong.
Read More →Bynum to present lecture-recital
Tweet Written by Pearly Bowser Albany, Ga – Music and history will blend when Albany State University’s Leroy E. Bynum Jr., dean of the College of Arts and Humanities, presents a lecture and recital about Germany’s most celebrated art song composer. The T. Marshall Jones Fine Arts and Lyceum Performance Series features Franz Schubert’s “The [...]
Read More →DARTON’S CONTINUING ED ANNOUNCES TO NEW COURSES
Tweet Special to the Journal ALBANY – Darton State College’s Continuing Ed and Economic Development department recently announced two new courses that it will offer. The courses are a Georgia Prescribed Burn Manager, and a White Tailed Deer Ecology and Management course.
Read More →Civil Air Patrol speaks to DoCo Kiwanis
Tweet Written by David Shivers The Albany-based unit of the Civil Air Patrol is the oldest in Georgia and is still flying high. CAP squadron commander Fred Broome spoke to the Kiwanis Club of Dougherty County on March 4 about the CAP’s history and objectives. He related that the national CAP was chartered in 1942 [...]
Read More →YMCA Annual Dinner Set for March 5th
Tweet Special to the Journal Albany, Ga – The Albany Area YMCA will celebrate 103 years of serving the community at the YMCA Annual Dinner on Tuesday, March 5, at 7 p.m. at Merry Acres Conference Center. At the banquet, the YMCA will highlight achievements of the past year and honor the accomplishments of volunteers [...]
Read More →From DeKalb County Schools…Some Good News
Tweet Often the best lessons are found when on a journey to an unrelated event. Such was the case last Friday evening when I visited WXIA in Atlanta to discuss Sequestration on their 11pm Newscast. The format is now somewhat familiar. I was to be asked a couple of questions from anchor Melissa Long as [...]
Read More →Are guns in schools a good idea? What about other places?
Tweet As WALB reported, there are a couple of bills in the General Assembly that would permit guns in new places, including college campuses. Clearly, these are going to be hotly contested bills, as all gun legislation tends to be, even without the current political climate. As WALB reported:
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