Local & State Headlines

Sims enters Senate race
A State Representative announces plans to run for the vacant District 12 State Senate seat.

Professor wins national contest
Winning a national proze prompts an Albany playwright to open up about her diabetes condition and, using theater as her medium, increase awareness.

SCA raises $11,000
Sherwood Christian Academy lower campus students raise thousands to help in the fight against heart disease.

Residents clean Albany streets
The area's annual Stash the Trash event begins for city and county residents today at 9 a.m.

'40 Under 40' honored
Southwest Georgia residents are recognized Friday by the Albany Area Chamber of Commerce and The Albany Herald.

Documents: Cash linked to suspect
Indictments filed by a federal grand jury this week against four defendants in what prosecutors have labeled a 1000-plant marijuana conspiracy, show that prosecutors have linked at least $360,000 in cash to the man named as a ringleader of the operation.

Calhoun High School locked down
School officials did not find any evidence supporting rumors of planned school violence, authorities say.