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J.D. Sumner named Employee of The Year
Tifton native J.D. Sumner has been with The Albany Herald since 2005.Terry Lewis, staff writer
J.D. Sumner
J.D. Sumner is government reporter for The Albany Herald. Sumner covers the Albany and Dougherty County governments, as well as the Water, Gas & Light Commission, the Economic Development Commission and the Albany-Dougherty Inner City Authority. Phone: (229) 434-8748. E-mail: j.d.sumner@albanyherald.com
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Those 'QR code thingys' are cool
Late last year, the Herald began experimenting with a technology that has been emerging in the newspaper business for years.
Leaking building to cost nearly $400,000 to repair
Commissioners briefly discuss long-term performance bonds after learning of repairs needed at the Arthur Williams Building.
YMCA offers discount to public employees
Col. John Ostrander has recommended an update to the county contract with the Albany Area Community Service Board.
Former Herald printer spells out paper's history in 1901 edition
While The Albany Herald is the legal organ of Dougherty County and has been the city's daily paper since 1892, there was previously a paper founded by creator of Albany itself, Nelson Tift.
March 1894: Herald begins morning editions
In March 1894, the Herald found itself in a position that is currently all too familiar. The newspaper business is a business and when times are tough, sometimes changes have to be made to streamline the organization.
Features
- Letter writing an overlooked art
- 'Idol' finale draws crowd in Albany
- Storms will occur in nature and family be prepared
- Phillips’ ‘Idol’ run nearing finish line
- Singer McKee a true daughter of the South
- Thorns Deep part of Band-Aid for Brynlee concert
- Ending brings new beginning
- Autopsy can answer the question, ‘Why?’ 1 comment
- Cultivate your most important asset — your child
- Remove shoes to cut down on contaminants
Editorials
- Thumbs Up! - May 21, 2012
- Pour another cup of coffee
- Phillips creating a winning image
- Region loses more political experience 2 comments
- Thumbs Up! - May 14, 2012
- Track team proves hard work pays off
- Thumbs Up! - May 7, 2012
- Vigilance needed in arson incidents
- Administrators have no place in police work 14 comments
- Thumbs Up! - April 30, 2012
Local Government
- Qualifying period for state, county offices starts today
- Obama leads Ga. fund-raising; Romney closing gap 1 comment
- Dougherty tax digest shows slight growth 12 comments
- Simmons selected associate dean of MCG’s Southwest Georgia campus
- Sims talks politics with Sertoma club
- Lee sheriff takes budget cuts in stride 3 comments
- Airport entrance temporarily closing 1 comment
- Georgia’s unemployment rate declined in April 3 comments
- Lee County Chamber commends workers 1 comment
- City limits random drug testing program to 'safety sensitive' employees 7 comments
Blogs
- Is the city set to kill the multimodal project? 1 comment
- Wealth gap growing between Congressmen and constituents? Not in SOWEGA, at least not on paper
- First election prediction? There will be a runoff
- Voting: That was easy
