Local & State Headlines

Unemployment hits high
Metro Albany lost 500 jobs in state and local government last month.

Police still reviewing bus crash
An as-yet undetermined number of students are injured in a multivehicle accident in Miller County.

Phoebe requesting bonds be reissued
Recent Hospital Authority appointee Lamar Reese will work with lawyers in ongoing antitrust litigation.

Fellow Shriners help cancer patient get his dream ’ride’
A terminal cancer patient will ride in the Shriners Parade Saturday in Leesburg.

Albany police investigating Molotov cocktail incident
A man wanted by police for torching his ex-girlfriend’s house, has a violent criminal history, court documents show.