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As Dawson’s finance director resigns and operating pressures mount, records show $10.2 million in sewer funding, frozen loans, missing audits and gaps in the public accounting of project money.

Dougherty County commissioners deadlocked in two 3-3 votes, with one commissioner abstaining in each, related to work on the heating, ventilation and air-conditioning system at the Dougherty County Jail on Monday. The issue has divided commissioners for months.

“I’m not aware of any rule that requires them to take action. It’s up to their discretion.”

Dougherty County property owners are reacting to an increase in property values that are the result of a comprehensive revaluation of all 37,000 properties in the county. Dougherty County officials say that the increase in property valuation does not necessarily mean a higher overall tax bill.

As Dougherty County property owners react to sharply higher reassessed values, school officials say the Dougherty County School System expects to substantially reduce its property tax rate for the ninth consecutive year.

Albany Police Department officers responded at 2:45 a.m. Wednesday to an incident at 216 E. Oghetlorpe in which two men were shot, one fatally. The case remains under investigation.

The City of Dawson will move ahead with its fiscal year 2027 budget before completing external audits that remain unfinished, city officials told The Dawson News on July 31 — more than three months after the newspaper began requesting the financial records behind the city’s decisions.

As Dawson’s finance director resigns and operating pressures mount, records show $10.2 million in sewer funding, frozen loans, missing audits and gaps in the public accounting of project money.

Dougherty County commissioners deadlocked in two 3-3 votes, with one commissioner abstaining in each, related to work on the heating, ventilation and air-conditioning system at the Dougherty County Jail on Monday. The issue has divided commissioners for months.

“I’m not aware of any rule that requires them to take action. It’s up to their discretion.”

As Georgia lawmakers and state leaders reconsider how parts of agricultural education and FFA should be funded, Miller County students had a message for the people making those decisions: In rural Georgia, separating agriculture education from the programs surrounding it is not as simple as separating a classroom from an extracurricular activity.

Bidding adieu to a seven-game winning streak in a makeup game against a sub-.500 team isn’t fun. But doing so while watching one of your top relievers extend his second-half decline is far more troublesome.