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An email ruling issue this week paves the way for Albany businessman Edward Brown to enter the Georgia Senate next year. A Superior Court judge denied candidate Corey B. Morgan’s challenge to Brown’s residency in the District 12 race.

“(If) you lose a job, you have a healthcare crisis, what do you do with the cat? What do you do with the dog? Now you will at least have someone who can help you with the food.”

Two residential developments moving forward in Leesburg will add hundreds of new housing options in Lee County over the next few years, with developers saying they are targeting a market they believe has been underserved: young professionals and small families looking for newer housing they can afford.

William G. Anderson spent much of his life becoming the first Black man to do things no Black man had done before. Curiously, he rarely described his life as though that had ever been the plan.

A long-planned trail connecting downtown Albany to Chehaw Park is moving toward another major decision point, with city officials considering a state grant application and two potential routes for the roughly 1.1-mile link at preliminary costs ranging from $2 million to $4 million.

Downtown Albany’s retail scene has been in the doldrums basically since the Albany Mall sucked all of the oxygen out. Efforts at revitalization have been in the works for much of that time, but success has not come easy. Now, there is hope tfor thefuture of the city center.

Down but not out: Downtown Albany sees new life after… Albany revives long discussed Chehaw Connector with… Dontavious Reese sentenced to 15 years in prison for…

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Jacob Misiorowski pitched six shutout innings and outdueled Chris Sale in a matchup of Cy Young Award candidates as the Milwaukee Brewers beat the visiting Atlanta Braves 2-1 on Friday.

An email ruling issue this week paves the way for Albany businessman Edward Brown to enter the Georgia Senate next year. A Superior Court judge denied candidate Corey B. Morgan’s challenge to Brown’s residency in the District 12 race.

Dougherty County will mail 2026 Notices of Assessment to property owners this week.