Mega Millions jackpot stretches to $230M for drawing Friday
Tweet ATLANTA – Friday’s drawing for the Mega Millions jackpot marks an estimated $230 million to a single annuity winner. The jackpot began rolling Oct. 4 and has rolled 16 times. One winning ticket worth $5,000 was sold in Duluth from the Nov. 26 drawing. Mega Millions offers two jackpot payment options: the $230 million [...]
Read More →Southwest Georgia’s unemployment rate rises to 8.5 percent in October
Tweet ATLANTA – The Georgia Department of Labor announced today that the unemployment rate in the Southwest Georgia region increased to 8.5 percent in October, up two-tenths of a percentage point from 8.3 percent in September. The rate was 9.0 percent in October a year ago. Because of the federal government shutdown, no states were [...]
Read More →The Sheriff Speaks: Helpful tips from Dougherty County Sheriff Kevin Sproul
Tweet It’s All About the Youth Many of you may have had the opportunity to watch the episode of “Beyond Scared Straight” which aired on Thursday, November 21st, on the A&E network. I am so proud to have had the chance to showcase one of the many programs that the Dougherty County Sheriff’s Office conducts [...]
Read More →Transformational Thanksgiving
Tweet By Dr. Gary L. Welton Historically, the field of psychology focused on mental illness and dysfunction. Positive psychology developed as a unique new subdiscipline as recently as 1998. Instead of investigating the question of what went wrong, positive psychology seeks to understand the fulfilling aspects of the human experience. One aspect of life that [...]
Read More →Metro Albany’s unemployment rate rises to 8.8 percent in October
Tweet Special to the Journal ATLANTA – The Georgia Department of Labor announced today that metro Albany’s unemployment rate increased to 8.8 percent in October, up three-tenths of a percentage point from 8.5 percent in September. The rate was 9.3 percent in October a year ago. Because of the federal government shutdown, no states were [...]
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