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On the Job with Melissa Childs

Melissa Childs, the 2013 Teacher of the Year for the Dougherty County School System, recently sat down with J.D. Sumner to talk about her job and her strategy for winning over students in the classroom.

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Dougherty School System graduates 650 students

More than 650 seniors pick up diplomas at day-long graduation ceremonies at the Albany Civic Center.

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Sherwood Academy graduates 25 seniors

The graduation speaker reminds graduates that everything that happens in their lives is a gift from God.

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Students earn UGA degrees on Tifton campus

Brittaney Schwing, of Chula, receives the Student MVP award during graduation ceremonies.

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Darton honors Powell with first Lifetime Service Award

The only sitting member of the Darton Foundation's original board of trustees, Joe Powell is stunned by the unexpected award.

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Student wins essay contest

From left, Merry Acres Middle School 12-year-old Armon Garner shakes hands with Albany Mayor Dorothy Hubbard, and writing strategies teacher Rhonda Harden, center, as he receives a certificate for participating in the Georgia Municipal Association’s “If I Were Mayor I Would ... “ essay contest.

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Committee approves moving Dougherty High students to vacant middle school

Students would remain at Dougherty Middle until Phase II renovations are complete at Dougherty High.

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Tharin: Vote on principal changes sends message

The Dougherty School System makes 12 principal changes, with seven openings left to fill.

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Love entering Ward II race

The marketing chief for Albany State University is stepping into the Ward II city commission race and will make his official announcement May 24.

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Dougherty School Board OKs principal changes for 2013-14

A dozen Dougherty County public schools will have new principals when the doors open in August.

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Deceased bank robbery suspect was DCSS sub

Mary Louise Daniels, 54, a longtime Dougherty School System substitute teacher, is believed to have been involved in two robbery attempts Friday.

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ABAC plans sessions for future nurses

An information session on the associate degree nursing program at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College will be held in the ABAC Health Sciences building at 4 p.m. Monday.

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Lee teacher jailed on drug charges

A teacher with the Lee County School System was jailed Wednesday by officers of the Albany-Dougherty County Drug Unit.

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Albany teen makes own path to college

Jordan Denson, 16, passed the GED battery shortly after her parents took her out of the Dougherty County School System.

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Kiwanis club honors art show winners

Civic club celebrates 32 years of recognizing the talents of local art students.

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