Secretary of State Advises Georgians on Charitable Donations
Tweet Special to theJournal ATLANTA – Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp offers advice to individuals planning to donate to charitable organizations after the recent natural disaster in Oklahoma. As Secretary of State, Kemp serves as Georgia’s charities regulator. Secretary Kemp said, “In light of the recent devastation in Moore, Oklahoma, let’s make the [...]
Read More →Help for Oklahoma
Tweet It hasn’t been all that long ago. On multiple occasions, the people of Southwest Georgia counted on help from across the nation as we rebuilt from floods and tornadoes alike. Nameless and faceless people from all parts of this nation sent what they could because we, the people of Southwest Georgia, needed it. It [...]
Read More →GA GOP Sets Course For Future – But With A Warning
Tweet (Editor’s Note:Due tounforseen computer issues this week, The Journal was unable to publish Charlie Harper’s column on Monday, so we present it here. We are sorry for any inconvenience and Mr. Harper’scolumns will continue to appear in the Monday issue in the future) What do you get the political party who has everything? [...]
Read More →Hometown Heroes
Tweet Specialto theJournal May 21, 2013(FHTNC)–Navy Seaman Tiara M. Todd, a 2010 graduate of Dougherty Comprehensive High School, Albany, Ga., recently completed U.S. Navy basic training at Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Ill. During the eight-week program, Todd completed a variety of training which included classroom study and practical instruction on naval customs, first aid, [...]
Read More →Let’s Treat our Regional Tourist Attractions Fairly & Equally
Tweet Last November, The Albany City Commission gave the Riverquarium $150K, to remain open and look for other funding sources. There was much community discussion about this, and many who said, give them nothing, and just let this beautiful and unique tourist attraction close.
Read More →The Movie Guy: PARANORMAN AND STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS
Tweet by Keith Kilburn ‘Paranorman’ is one of the many kids films that have come out in the last couple of years that has been computer animated, yet gives it the ‘claymation’ look; if you remember ‘James and the giant peach’ or even ‘The Nightmare Before Christmas’ those are the movies that I am talking [...]
Read More →Valdosta man strikes golden $484K Fantasy 5 prize
Tweet Special to the Journal ATLANTA – A Valdosta man has won a sweeping jackpot prize playing Fantasy 5. William Gilbert, 71, matched all five numbers from the May 16 Fantasy 5 drawing, winning the 484,201 jackpot prize. Barretts, 6685 Bemiss Road in Valdosta, sold the Quik Pik ticket.
Read More →The Movie Guy: Iron Man 3 and The Great Gatsby
Tweet Iron Man 3 (Now in theaters…) You may have heard that there is a new Iron Man movie out in the theaters right now, I say this only because as of this morning it’s box office draw is at 970+ million dollars and if it continues on like it is there is a possibility [...]
Read More →CONGRESSMAN BISHOP STATEMENT ON FY 2014 MILCON/VA APPROPRIATIONS BILL MARK-UP
Tweet Special to the Journal WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies, released the following statement after the Subcommittee reported its Fiscal Year (FY) 2014 Appropriations bill to the full House Appropriations Committee.
Read More →Chambliss Statement on the Resignation of IRS Head
Tweet WASHINGTON- U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., today made the following statement regarding resignation of the acting IRS administrator: “Despite the resignation of the acting IRS administrator, President Obama continues to search for a scapegoat for his own administration’s misdeeds. This insufficient action comes more than two years after this offensive abuse of power. Meanwhile, the [...]
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