Kay Barber Schwegler Bingaman, pictured here with her husband, Tom, is in need of surgery. A fund-raiser is being conducted in Miller County to raise money for Bingaman’s procedure. An uninsured Albany native, in need of a surgical procedure that could potentially save her life, is reaching out to her community for donations [...]

Residents Complete Darton College Nursing Program ALBANY — Several students graduated this fall from the Darton College Nursing Program with Associate of Science degrees. They were recognized during the traditional Nursing Pinning Ceremony and are now eligible to take the licensing examination to become registered nurses. Albany area graduates include Larissa Adelanter, Luanne Ashton, Regina Barnes, [...]

Eugene Alls Sr. Eugene Alls Sr., 92, of Albany died on Monday, Jan. 18, 2010 at his home. Funeral services were held Tuesday at Piney Grove Baptist Church, 3210 W. Madison St., Albany. Interment was at Riverside Cemetery. Meadows Funeral Home handled the arrangements. Donald Z. Cox The graveside funeral service of Donald “Don” Z. Cox, 81, who died [...]

Martin Luther King was a determined, inspiring man. He was right on the message anytime he was in public. I understood he had a great sense of humor in private, but he was deadly serious in public. I do not remember even seeing him smile. SPECIAL PHOTO: Martin Luther King Mr. led [...]

When he was a child on a tenant farm in southwest Georgia, Karl E. Peace learned early that his parents, thankfully, were not equal in temperament or ambition. While his mother was protective and had a strong desire to learn, his father subjected him to brutal beatings and would have relegated him to a continuing [...]