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As heavy equipment reshapes land for a long-awaited drainage project in south Albany, Ward 6 Commissioner Diane Brown is pushing the city to make sure the neighborhood gets more than a holding pond.

“We are not here to speak bad of the young men that will possibly be coming into our neighborhood,. Our concern is the proposal at this particular property.”

“We certainly have had our share of fires downtown. We look at vacant structures that are burned. You start to really place an emphasis on investigating to determine what happened.”

The City of Dawson will enter new fiscal year without adopted budget as council considers creating a new fire assessment and approves wastewater equipment, K-9 agreement

“It is a beautiful community. I was thankful that they thought of me. They offered, but it didn’t come through in the end.”

Paula Deen’s Bag Lady Foundation has donated money to Helping Hands Ending Hunger, providing enough funding for about 1,100 cooler bags as the Dougherty County School System program begins another year of getting unused school food into the homes of local families.

Josh Bell went 2-for-4 with a homer and two RBIs, and the Minnesota Twins pulled away for a 4-1 win over the Atlanta Braves on Tuesday night in Minneapolis.

Click the arrow to see game photos.

The numbers are starting to look ridiculous.

The first day of Region 1-4A softball play brought six teams to Gordon Park on Tuesday.

The old house at 577 Orange St. has spent much of its life being asked to become something else. Now the old giving house needs a favor in return.

As heavy equipment reshapes land for a long-awaited drainage project in south Albany, Ward 6 Commissioner Diane Brown is pushing the city to make sure the neighborhood gets more than a holding pond.