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Dougherty law enforcement working with tight resources
Last Updated: 12:27 AM 03/09/10 - Dougherty County law enforcement agencies are operating shorthanded for the jobs they're facing, officials told county commissioners this morning. But a proposed crime lab in Lowndes County could help in one area. 11:25 a.m. J.D. Sumner, government reporter (Full Story) |
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Group says voters support tobacco tax
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Last Updated: 7:29 PM 03/06/10 - Seventy-one percent of those recently surveyed say they favored a $1 increase in the tax on tobacco products. - Jennifer Maddox Parks, staff writer (Full Story) |
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Dougherty County School Board votes to settle suit
Last Updated: 11:30 AM 02/25/10 - The Dougherty County School Board has voted 6-1 to accept a settlement in a lawsuit The Albany Herald, WALB and WFXL filed to force the board to disclose finalists for the school superintendent position. 2:05 p.m. (Full Story) |
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Dougherty judges removed from School Board suit
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Last Updated: 10:02 AM 02/23/10 - The lawsuit filed by The Albany Herald, WALB-TV and WFXL-TV against the Dougherty County School Board over its process of hiring a new superintendent will be heard by a judge outside the Dougherty Judicial Circuit. Filed 4 p.m. Jim Hendricks, editor (Full Story) |
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General Assembly taking two-week break
Last Updated: 11:25 PM 02/18/10 - Budget woes send Georgia legislators on two-week break to look for answers. (Full Story) |
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Final tickets available for Tyler Perry performance
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Last Updated: 3:25 PM 02/11/10 - A limited number of tickets for the Feb. 23 performance of feature film and TV star Tyler Perry's "Madea's Big Happy Family," which will feature Perry in the starring role, have been released for purchase, Albany Civic Center officials say. (Full Story) |
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UPDATE: School officials ask for independent outside review of CRCT testing
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Last Updated: 11:57 PM 02/10/10 - In response to an audit presented to the state school board on Wednesday, Dougherty County Schools officials have asked for an independent organization to aid in a complete investigation, officials said. (Full Story) |
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School attorney: Board broke the law
Last Updated: 12:10 AM 02/03/10 - The Dougherty County School Board's attorney, Tommy Coleman, has advised the School Board that it has violated state law by naming a lone candidate to be the system's next school superintendent and that it is his "strong recommendation that the Board take every step to rectify this violation at the earliest possible time." The earliest that the School Board can act is noon Wednesday when it conducts a called board meeting at the request of Michael Windom. The meeting will be conducted at in the board room at the School Administration Building, 200 Pine Ave. UPDATE: 5:10 p.m. (Full Story) |
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Heritage House grant application rejected
Last Updated: 12:01 AM 01/15/10 - A $16 million federal grant application to rehabilitate the Heritage House on Oglethorpe Boulevard has been rejected, city officials have learned. J.D. Sumner, government reporter (Full Story) |
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Blaze leaves two families homeless
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Last Updated: 12:01 AM 01/15/10 - A fire that started in a bottom apartment left half an apartment buliding ruined and two families looking for shelter. 1:16 p.m. Pete Skiba, police reporter (Full Story) |
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