Irvin Buchannon, Sr.
Irvin Buchannon, Sr. died Wednesday, May 22, 2013.
Mary Elizabeth Middleton Shippey
Mary Elizabeth Middleton Shippey, 93, of Morgan, GA died Thursday, May 23, 2013.
Irene Peterson
Irene Peterson, 62, died May 23, 2013.
Hakim Lewis
Hakim Lewis, 21, of Albany died Thursday, May 23, 2013
Hayward F. O'Neal
Hayward F. O'Neal, 90, of Sylvester, GA formerly of Albany, GA died May 24, 2013.
Michelena Swanson
Michelena Swanson, of Albany died May 23, 2013.
Beulah M. Goines
Beulah M. Goines, of, Albany, Georgia died, Friday, May 17, 2013.
Alesia Faye Ross
Alesia Faye Ross, 49, of Camilla, died Saturday, May 18, 2013.
Mary Walker
Mary Walker, of, Albany, Georgia died, Sunday, May 19, 2013.
James Marshall
James Marshall, 87, died May 22, 2013.
Master Ja'Karie Reid
Master Ja'Karie Reid, 3, died May 23, 2013.
Bright of the Day - May 24, 2013
Pick up a copy of The Herald on Friday to read about some of the good things going on in metro Albany.
Squawk of the Day - May 24, 2013
Pick up a copy of The Herald on Friday to see what people are squawking about.
America needs to turn to new course
Letter to the editor
Recently, I had the good fortune to hear a talk by the vice president of the Georgia Right to Life. He presented interesting but disturbing statistics about the abortion industry in the U.S. The huge number of 55-plus million abortions since Roe v Wade in 1973 can be broken down to one fetus every 23 seconds. Since I began typing this, three fetuses were aborted.
Dog owners must be more responsible
Letter to the editor
Recently, an 80-year-old South Carolina wheelchair-bound man was killed by four dogs. The rising number of dog attacks should concern the public.
America has to be good to be great
Letter to the editor
In 1830, the government of France sent a well-respected judge, Alexis de Toaqueville, to study the society, the beliefs and the prisons of the United States to find out why there was so little crime and so few prisons.
'Well, how about that?'
In what could end up being one of the most remarkable stories of the year in professional golf, club pro Sonny Skinner of River Pointe Golf Club in Albany doesn’t just hang with the big boys of the Champions Tour during the first round of the Senior PGA Championship on Thursday — Skinner is right there at the top, sitting just one shot off the lead after firing a scorching 4-under in the first round.
Obama states there is no more room for excuses
Opinion column
Barack Obama is a gifted storyteller, and he’s always used his own life as a text, a parable, a lesson. Often he’s told tales from his own past to transcend race, to identify with mainstream America, to claim common ground about hardships suffered and obstacles overcome.
Weather exploited for political gain
Opinion column
Yesterday I read an interesting article in Newsweek about the connection between tornadoes and climate change. Newsweek’s story explained how top climate scientists were concerned about several ominous and fundamental changes occurring in Earth’s weather patterns.
Healing is an ongoing process
Features column
The business of healing is not a passive, inactive process in which we can simply sit back and watch time pass us by, expecting that we will somehow be restored to our pre-wounded selves. Healing is an active process.
