Jessie said he started reading a book about being a small-town mayor in 2022. He placed his name on the ballot in 2025, running against former Dawson Mayor Ada Lemons-McIntyre and the incumbent Robert Aaron.
The Albany unit was recognized as the 2025–2026 Southeast Regiment Unit of the Year for the second consecutive year.
The movement, launched by Albany Ward I Commissioner Jon Howard and in partnership with Keep Albany-Dougherty Beautiful, an organization focused on city beautification, and the Dougherty County School System, to emphasize the importance of keeping the streets clean, especially in east Albany.
A Phoebe Putney surgeon was among those arrested.
Sadler, who has served as SCOA’s executive director since 2019, announced she will leave her position on June 30, 2026, after helping train her successor. The agency opened applications on Nov. 1 for a new Area Agency on Aging (AAA) Director, a key leadership role that will oversee operations and programs serving older adults across 14 southwest Georgia counties.
APD along with other community partners will host “It’s My Neighborhood, It’s My Community, It’s My City’ in conjunction with the gun buyback, a special gathering designed to foster open dialogue and unity across Albany.
In their quiet home in the Putney countryside, where they’ve lived since 1968, Curt and Ann Poole’s walls are decorated with memories.
Federal workers like Transportation Security Administration agents (TSA) aren’t getting paid, and millions of Americans are awaiting the return of their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits. Amid the dysfunction, Albany businesses are coming together to ensure vulnerable community members don’t go hungry by providing free meals for children, military families and TSA workers at the Southwest Georgia Regional Airport.
Georgia’s next 25 years will see explosive growth, new challenges and a rapidly changing workforce, and Georgia Chamber President and CEO Chris Clark said local leaders must start planning now.
More than 1,200 Dougherty County elementary students cast ballots along with millions of Americans in Nov. 4 elections across the U.S.
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