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Carlton Fletcher

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.

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SCOTT LUDWIG: I know you are, but what am I?

Pam Bondi used her time to attack the members of Congress charged with holding her to account.

MICHAEL FERGUSON II: Selective outrage and the illusion of equity in Albany

Stories here don’t stand alone; they carry history, shared experience.

CARLTON FLETCHER: Recent drag-racing deaths do little to slow Albany drivers

Over the past weekend, two drag racers crashed in a post-midnight drag race, killing two people, including a 4-year-old child.

Search of two residences turns up cash, suspected illegal drugs

Area law enforcement agencies seized marijuana, cocaine and other controlled substances, along with cash, and made three arrests during a Saturday operation.

Albany restaurateur Manny Reyes’ persistence pays off 

Time after time, Reyes loaded up his family and drove to New York, where he’d work for a couple of weeks at a time to make the money that would allow him to return to Albany.

World-renowned pianist joins ASO to perform ‘Rhapsody in Blue,’ Gershwin classics

Pianist Kevin Cole joins the Albany Symphony Orchestra to present “Rhapsody in Blue,” one of the most recognizable and beloved American musical compositions of the 20th century

Exploring the legacy of Albany, southwest Georgia’s musical torch-bearers

A number of artists with local roots whose music has spread to the masses are among the elite who left their mark on the legacy of southwest Georgia music.

CARLTON FLETCHER: City, county governments’ ‘fuzzy math’ doesn’t add up

I never was that great at math, but I really have trouble with the so-called “fuzzy math” like the Albany City Commission threw out during a special called meeting Tuesday.

CARLTON FLETCHER: Trump anointed by Jesus? I don’t think so 

Russia and China have been saber-rattling, talking about using nuclear weapons, and staunch U.S. allies are turning their backs on Trump and the sycophants in his cabinet.

Gene Cotton’s ‘Save the Dancer’ album is a timeless classic

Singer Gene Cotton could tell us a lot about the good and bad sides of fate.

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