Wednesday, May 22 2013 4:55 PM EDT2013-05-22 20:55:33 GMT
The city has settled a lawsuit over more than $2 million in unpaid federal loans owed by the owners of Albany Heights. City attorney Nathan Davis announced that the city had accepted a deed and $110,000More >>
The city has settled a lawsuit over more than $2 million in unpaid federal loans owed by the owners of Albany Heights.
Wednesday, May 22 2013 4:52 PM EDT2013-05-22 20:52:29 GMT
An Albany man is trying to get his stolen property returned, after it was taken from his Cumberland Lane home Tuesday, and his camera got a partial look at the culprits. He said that two people brokeMore >>
An Albany man is trying to get his stolen property returned, after it was taken from his Cumberland Lane home Tuesday, and his camera got a partial look at the culprits.More >>
Wednesday, May 22 2013 4:44 PM EDT2013-05-22 20:44:53 GMT
Animal shelters and organizations across Georgia are getting a boost from grants totaling $125,000. Department of Agriculture Commissioner Gary Black made the announcement Wednesday.More >>
Department of Agriculture Commissioner Gary Black made the announcement Wednesday that the Spay and Neuter grants will be split between 19 recipients as part of the Dog and Cat Sterilization Program.More >>
Wednesday, May 22 2013 4:35 PM EDT2013-05-22 20:35:43 GMT
Just before 1:30 Wednesday morning, Officers from the Valdosta Police Department responded to a noise complaint at the Grove Apartment Complex at 2201 Baytree Road. They heard gunshots, and found AricMore >>
Just before 1:30 Wednesday morning, Officers from the Valdosta Police Department responded to a noise complaint at the Grove Apartment Complex at 2201 Baytree Road.More >>
Wednesday, May 22 2013 4:28 PM EDT2013-05-22 20:28:09 GMT
Health officials are warning you to protect yourself from mosquitoes after a horse died from Eastern Equine Encephalitis in south Georgia. The first case of EEE in Georgia this year took the life ofMore >>
Health officials are warning you to protect yourself from mosquitoes after a horse died from Eastern Equine Encephalitis in south Georgia. More >>
ALBANY, GA (WALB) - A collaboration between Dougherty County and Turner Job Corps could save lives and money.
Twenty-four Turner Job Corps students will work as many as 40 hours over the next two weeks entering contact information of more than 30,000 Dougherty County citizens into the county's Code Red Emergency Notification System. This will create the database for the county's automatic alert for severe weather. Job Corps students are getting valuable experience and saving the county as much as 20-thousand dollars.
"The fact that they are students using this as a part of a program for their school as part of a learning assignment it would cost us a tremendous amount of money thousands of dollars to get somebody to come in and sit down and enter each one of these for us," said Jim Vaught, Deputy EMA Director.
"The students wanted to be a part of something that was going to help the community. We do tons of community projects and our students they just love of give that volunteer hour and time," said Calandra Jefferson, of Turner Job Corps.
When students are finished with the computer data entry, they'll also help the county by canvassing neighborhoods passing out educational material on the Code Red system.
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