Marching Rams Set to “Battle it Out” at Macon Band Festival
Tweet byPearlie M. Bowser The show-stopping Marching Rams Show Band will be at it again Sunday, Nov. 2, for the 2013 Original Battle of the Bands Macon Marching Festival at the Mercer University football stadium in Macon, Ga. The 3 p.m. event, sponsored by the Cherry Blossom Festival and GEICO, will feature three high school [...]
Read More →Hometown Heroes
Tweet Army Pfc. Christopher C. Whitlock has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C. During the nine weeks of training, the soldier studied the Army mission, history, tradition and core values, physical fitness, and received instruction and practice in basic combat skills, military weapons, chemical warfare and bayonet training, drill and ceremony, [...]
Read More →Michelle Moulton Joins YMCA as Indoor Cycling Instructor
Tweet Michelle Moulton joins the Albany Area YMCA as an Indoor Cycling Instructor. Her classes will begin November 1st at the Central Facility, 1701 Gillionville Road. Moulton is an Albany native, who has taught group fitness for 24 years. She has been certified as a Spinning instructor for almost ten years. Moulton is Albany’s only [...]
Read More →SENS. SIMS, TIPPINS, CROSBY AND BURKE TO HOLD EDUCATIONAL SUMMIT
Tweet Speliam to theJournal ATLANTA (Oct. 29, 2013) –Sens. Freddie Powell Sims (D-Dawson), Lindsey Tippins (R-Marietta) John Crosby (R-Tifton) and Dean Burke (R-Bainbridge) will hold an educational summit,Thursday, November 7, 2013, to discuss the educational challenges facing Southwest Georgians. The summit, entitled The Future of Public Education in Southwest Georgia: The Role of Parents, Students, Schools, Community, [...]
Read More →CENTRAL MONITORING, SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK WARMING ALBANY … ONE COAT AT A TIME
Tweet Kickoff November 1st Albany, Ga. Nov 1, 2013 – Winter is approaching – and no one should have to go without such a basic necessity as a coat! Once again Central Monitoring is teaming up with the Second Harvest Food Bank of Southwest Georgia to collect new and gently used coats to distribute – [...]
Read More →The Sheriff Speaks: Helpful tips from Dougherty County Sheriff Kevin Sproul
Tweet Thanksgiving Thoughts Last month, the Dougherty County Sheriff’s Office held our annual Unity in the Community Barbeque. This was our fourth annual event which is designed to strengthen community bonds and allow the citizens of Dougherty County to socialize with and get to know the members of the Sheriff’s Office. It is an opportunity [...]
Read More →Senate Intelligence Committee Approves FISA Improvements Act
Tweet Increases privacy protections, oversight, transparency of critical intelligence programs Imposes criminal penalties for unauthorized access to call-records data Washington—The Senate Intelligence Committee today approved the FISA Improvements Act by a vote of 11 to 4. The bipartisan legislation increases privacy protections and public transparency of the National Security Agency call-records program in several ways, [...]
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