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After months of fierce public criticism and the Board of Education’s June 22 renewal of its superintendent’s contract, the Albany Herald obtained LCSS contracts behind the controversy to separate fact from allegation — giving Lee County residents the transparency and clarity the public debate deserves.

Two Naomi Plantation workers were killed and five were injured in a Wednesday afternoon crash on Wildfair Road.

Albany Mayor Bo Dorough and County Commission Chairman Lorenzo Heard have discussed the topic of a county-wide curfew. The city has had a curfew for minors in place since 2004, and some County Commission members think extending the county to cover the entire county would be a good idea.

“The Albany Summer Collaborative is by far one of the best summer programs I’ve witnessed. In three months you reached 2,000 students. That’s incredible.

“At some point you have to stop kicking the can downt the road. We don’t want the state to say ‘You have to do this.'”

In an era when stories of government often center on budget shortfalls, cost overruns and questions of accountability, examples of stewardship rarely make headlines.

Watch a little deeper than the surface the actions of certain individuals in Lee County, and you’ll have no problem figuring why the once-thriving county to the north of Albany is one of the few Republican enclaves in the region.

After months of fierce public criticism and the Board of Education’s June 22 renewal of its superintendent’s contract, the Albany Herald obtained LCSS contracts behind the controversy to separate fact from allegation — giving Lee County residents the transparency and clarity the public debate deserves.

The Braves could soon add another big arm to their starting rotation. Another one they hoped to see this season appears increasingly unlikely to make it back.

Two Naomi Plantation workers were killed and five were injured in a Wednesday afternoon crash on Wildfair Road.

For the first time this season, someone finally scored on Worth County.

The Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Council of Presidents has unanimously approved a contract extension for Commissioner Anthony Holloman, Ed.D., through 2029, reaffirming its confidence in his leadership and vision for the future of the conference.