Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. had a pretty good grasp of the historical significance of his civil rights work as it was happening and afterward. And King’s self-assessment of his attempts to effect social justice in Albany was brutal: “The mistake I made there was to protest against segregation generally rather than against a single and [...]

District Attorney Greg Edwards says the facts are in and that he doesn’t need a citizen’s panel to tell him what he already knows: That Albany police officer Eric Strom shot Sarah Ann Riggins to death in self-defense on Oct. 23 on West Gordon Avenue. “His actions were under the facts and law justified and do [...]

We joke at my house, as I’m sure some other families do, about our children taking care of us when they are grown and rich and famous, and when we are old and poor and feeble. All we want, we say, is a place at the beach, and good books to read. Grant Desme probably will [...]

An anonymous letter written by a bus operator to City Manager Alfred Lott prompted an investigation that resulted in the dismissal of Albany Transit Director Nedra Woodyatt, public records show. The letter, titled “Albany Transit Fleecing the Citizens of Albany,” detailed mismanagement, waste and safety concerns that were documented by Assistant City Manager Wes Smith, records [...]

Pataula Charter School in Bluffton, Ga., is set to open this August. The new charter school will have K-6 grades and will be open to children in Baker, Clay, Calhoun Early and Randolph counties.