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Members of the team that hopes to bring new life to the former Gordon Hotel/Albany Utilities and Rosenberg’s/Albany Herald buildings in downtown Albany include, from left, project developer Elliott ...

Editor’s Note: The following story appears in the latest issue of the Southwest Georgia Outdoors magazine. A few copies of the magazine remain available at sponsors’ businesses and at the 306 W. Broad ...

AMERICUS, Ga. – Carl Willis, a veteran educator and coach with more than 45 years of experience in Georgia athletics and education, has been named the next head women’s tennis coach at Georgia ...

Voter Guide offers insight on state elections… Joshua Harrison pounds the pavement to provide shoes for Dougherty County kids… Lee County would repay $30 million for a hospital it won’t own… ...

ALBANY — The SOWEGA Veterans Coalition will hold its final preparation meeting Thursday for the weekend fly-in scheduled at the Dawson Airport. The local veterans group, along with the Friends of the ...

FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. (TNS) — Atlanta Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan gave offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan a vote of confidence on Tuesday. “I believe we’re going to win a lot of games together,” Ryan ...

ALBANY — Albany State women’s basketball coach Robert Skinner hoped for a fresh start to the new year. Instead, he got more of the same hangover that plagued ASU during a six-game losing streak in ...

On the surface, it would appear that Monday’s vote by the Dougherty County Commission to deny businessman Darrel Finnicum’s rezoning request was one of those benign, no-harm, no-foul measures.

ALBANY — The U.S. average gas price, already below 2016 levels, appears to be poised for a Fourth of July average price that not only will be the lowest in a dozen years, but below where it stood on ...

I apologize to my family and neighbors for being such a total failure. I apparently missed jury duty, and unless I wire money to an address I will have a warrant sworn out for me. I thought I reached ...

Lee County dropped a 2-1 decision to Schley County Wednesday night in Ellaville. Reid Hanson threw five and a third solid innings for the Trojans but got no offensive support. Chase Patrick earned the ...