Except for a brief period, Albany Herald Editor Carlton Fletcher has been a newspaperman, working as Sports Writer/Columnist for the weekly Ocilla Star, as Sports Writer/Sports Editor with The Tifton Gazette, and as Sports Writer/Copy Editor/News Reporter/Features Editor and Editor of the paper. He has won numerous awards for sports, news, business and column writing, including a first-place Business Writing award in last year’s Georgia Press Association awards competition.
Albany Technical College's Cybersecurity associate's degree program was listed by Programs.com as the No. 2 cybersecurity associate degree program in Georgia for 2026.
Along with a noted pastor, local leaders from the medical field and law enforcement will be the speakers May 7 at the 75th annual ALDON National Day of Prayer.