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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.

A Superior Court judge is weighing a residency challenge in the Georgia Sentate District 12 race. Second-place finisher Corey B. Morgan has challenged whether winner Edward Brown met residency requirements.

After months of fierce public criticism and the Board of Education’s June 22 renewal of its superintendent’s contract, the Albany Herald obtained LCSS contracts behind the controversy to separate fact from allegation — giving Lee County residents the transparency and clarity the public debate deserves.

Two Naomi Plantation workers were killed and five were injured in a Wednesday afternoon crash on Wildfair Road.

Fantastic Fifteen: Mangham Pippin

Jake Clawson could have made the road easier.

There was a time in college football when the Florida Gators dominated the Miami Hurricanes. 

When Westover kicks off its 2026 football season Friday night against Kings Ridge Christian Academy at Hugh Mills Stadium, the Patriots won’t look anything like the team that limped through much of last fall.

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Two killed, five injured in Wednesday… FACT VS. ALLEGATION: What Lee County superintendent contracts… Dougherty Commission considers curfew…