By Kevin Hogencamp These are anxious times in Albany, particularly in the public school system. And especially in the school’s administrative offices following the rogue process that resulted in the hiring of Superintendent Joshua Murfree and amid budget cutbacks and a cheating scandal that could result in the Dougherty County School Board losing some of [...]

Editor’s note: The following commentary was provided by the Georgia Forum, a nonpartisan, nonprofit, educational organization. For two decades, Georgia, Alabama and Florida have been battling over future water allocation in the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint (ACF) River Basin which straddles their borders. The dispute also involves a number of federal agencies, courts, and mediators. Its outcome is [...]

Staff reports The teenage daughter of Phyllis Banks, the Albany Police Department’s media manager, told police that her mother struck her multiple times with her shoe and threw her police radio at her during a dispute about the teen’s desire to attend a football game. The dispute occurred about 4:30 p.m. Saturday at Banks’ home [...]

HOWARD, LANGSTAFF SOUGHT MANAGER’S OUSTER; NEW EFFORT UNDER WAY TO HASTEN THE TRANSITION By Kevin Hogencamp Amid a new effort to hasten Albany City Manager Alfred Lott’s ouster, The Albany Journal has learned that City Commission members Jon Howard and Bob Langstaff were the driving forces earlier this month behind an initiative to force Lott [...]

CITY REQUESTS CRIMINAL PROBE OF CUTLIFF DEAL Even in Albany, where the state open meetings and records laws are routinely violated, open government can prevail with citizen involvement. For one day and regarding one issue of public concern, anyway.