HUDGENS: FIRE IN BERRIEN COUNTY CLAIMS THREE LIVES
Tweet Atlanta – Fire Investigators with Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner Ralph Hudgens’ office have ruled a Wednesday morning house fire that claimed the lives of three and injured two, accidental. The fire, which occurred around 3:25 a.m., killed Arturo Garcia, 39, his stepson, Toby Hawkins, 16, and family friend Christopher Rowan, 17. The house, [...]
Read More →Combating poverty step 1: Education
Tweet Yesterday, I wrote about the news that Albany is still one of the poorest communities in the country. Obviously, that’s not exactly a shock to most of us. However, pointing out that fact will only do so much in changing anything. Here at the Journal, we don’t just report the news, we do our [...]
Read More →Breed specific laws don’t work
Tweet Last Monday, January 13, 2013, all but one city commissioner voted against the proposed ordinance. The ordinance proposal would require all “pit bull” owners to have a six foot fence with a covered pen that is at least 25 feet from property line. It would also require owners to have $100K of liability insurance, [...]
Read More →School Board Raises
Tweet Dougherty County School Board members apparently won’t get the big raise they wanted. Last summer, the board voted 4 to 3 to increase their pay from $250 a month to $1000 a month. But they can’t get that raise unless the General Assembly approves it.
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