Prep Game of the Week: Early at Albany
Tweet When: Thursday, Oct. 27, 7 p.m. Where: Hugh Mills Stadium, Albany 2011 records: Early County is 3-5, 1-3 in Georgia High School Association Region 1-AA. Albany is 4-4, 1-3 in GHSA Region 1-AA. Last week: Early County lost to Cook, 27-26. Albany lost to Brooks County, 62-27. All-time series record: Early County leads [...]
Read More →Just one of those days
Tweet Up until recently, I had a delivery route for the paper I write for that took me all over half of my town and part of another. There never ceased to be some sort of amusement out there on the wild roads of southwest Georgia. There was one day however, that was particularly [...]
Read More →Rams Edge Clark
Tweet Albany State University sophomore kicker Brandon Hamilton nailed four field goals to lead the Golden Rams to a 19-13 victory over the Clark Atlanta University Panthers on Saturday in the second annual Rumble in the Swamp Classic at Memorial Stadium in Waycross, Ga. More than 7,500 fans watched as the Golden Rams, who [...]
Read More →Top-Ranked Cavs Teams Entering Soccer Regionals
Tweet By David Mann It’s a monumental year for the soccer programs at Darton College. For the first time in history of DC athletics, both the women’s and men’s teams finished regular conference play with undefeated records and will enter the Region XVII Championships as the top seeds. Both teams ended regular season [...]
Read More →Finding the Dark with Light
Tweet NASA scientists are using the Hubble Space Telescope to detect dark matter using light. This may sound odd, but the researchers found out it is possible. The principle that allows it to work is something called gravitational lensing, an effect predicted by Einstein in the early part of the 20th century. The idea is [...]
Read More →Obituaries
Tweet Doris Peek Horne Williams, 92 Doris Peek Horne Williams lived a full and vibrant life for over 92 years, leaving all that knew her a happier person for having had her in their lives. Doris passed away on Sunday, Oct. 23. Doris was born in Atlanta on March 12, 1919 to the late Hobson [...]
Read More →Early detection boosts survival rates in women with breast cancer
Tweet By Carolyn Maschke Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women – and the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths among women in the United States – but mammography can detect it at its earliest, most treatable stage, says Southwest Health District Health Director Dr. Jacqueline Grant. “Mammography can detect breast cancer [...]
Read More →WRONG SIDE OF THE LAW
Tweet Staff reports If a community’s municipal lawyers are an ethics barometer, Albany may be in deep trouble. The City of Albany’s city attorney, assistant city attorney, Municipal Court Judge and solicitor have all been accused recently of committing crimes. The latest taxpayer-paid Albany attorney to face the wrong side of the law is [...]
Read More →No Race Riots Here
Tweet Not to worry: The recent beating of a white football coach by 30 black people in Georgia was not a race riot. The Associated Press called it an “ambush.” A local TV station said a “fight broke out:” Maybe the coach attacked the mob, instead of the other way around. Whatever. The attack left [...]
Read More →Downtown not so boring anymore
Tweet Downtown has a reputation for being violent, but otherwise boring. Albany has a reputation for there being “nothing to do.” This past Friday night, both of those were stood up on its head for me when I had an incredible time and never left the downtown area. First, there was the Dinner & A [...]
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