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Complicit in a murder … of crows

As a result of daughter Morgan Carpenter’s murder, I no longer have the desire to shoot a crow. In fact, the opening of Georgia’s crow season this Saturday has left me conflicted.

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Blue Wave! Democrats prevail in national, state, local elections

By early Wednesday morning, Georgians woke up to the new reality that their leadership had been completely flipped.

Ossoff gains re-election; Bottoms nation’s first African-American female governor; challenger leads commission race

Georgia became part of a historic blue wave that swept the nation Tuesday, returning a sitting Democratic senator to Washington and electing the nation’s first-ever African American female governor.

Voter turnout steady at several Dougherty County precincts

Dougherty County election officialsreported a malfunctrion in a ballot scanner and corrective actions taken to compy with state law. At several other precincts voters were moving through the process quickly as there were no lines at mid-morning.

Kemp, Jackson rally rural GOP vote in Albany on eve of Election Day

"I'm gonna be honest with y'all, we are down in early votes," Gov. Brian Kemp told supporters at the Albany Jet Center at Southwest Georgia Regional Airport, one stop on GOP nominee Rick Jackson's statewide get-out-the-vote tour. "But I'll tell you this: We were down in early votes in 2018, and like Tim said, rural Georgia turned out on Election Day and sent us to the governor's mansion and to the Gold Dome."

Volunteers needed for Jingle Bell Jog

The Phoebe Foundation is gearing up for the 37th annual Jingle Bell Jog on Dec. 5, and officials are looking for a few good men -- women, and children! -- to serve as run volunteers.

Law requires loaded trucks in city to be secured, covered

The City of Albany requests citizens' cooperation in ensuring that all trucks and trailers operated by all companies, subcontractors, suppliers and haulers have loads properly secured and covered before traveling on city streets and other public roadways.

State Sen. Freddie Powell Sims applauds Phoebe Level II Trauma verification

Sims said the achievement is indicative of Phoebe Putney Health System's commitment to bringing top quality health care to the region.

More than 1,100 ASU students take part in fifth WellFest

More than 1,100 Albany State University students, faculty, staff, and community members took part in the university’s fifth annual WellFest that transformed the Jones Brothers HPER Complex on ASU’s East Campus into an interactive hub for health, wellness and community engagement.

Maya Henry named Albany Museum of Art curator of African art collection

Originally on a career track to become an attorney, Maya Henry has taken a different path, one bringing the New Jersey native to southwest Georgia. She became the new Curator of African Collections and African Diasporic Art at the Albany Museum of Art on Oct. 13.

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