Tuesday, May 21 2013 12:03 AM EDT2013-05-21 04:03:02 GMT
Paramedics tell us they're amazed no one was seriously hurt in a rush hour crash just outside Albany Monday evening. The driver of a pickup truck lost control on Philema Road just before 5:00. The truckMore >>
The driver of a pickup truck and his passenger walk away from the mangled wreckage after a crash.More >>
Tuesday, May 21 2013 12:02 AM EDT2013-05-21 04:02:59 GMT
An unusual wreck on Albany's bypass Monday night left the highway littered with yard debris. About 9:30, a car collided with a trailer that was hauling tree limbs on the Liberty Expressway between theMore >>
Wrecked cars and yard debris slow traffic on Albany's bypass.More >>
Monday, May 20 2013 11:45 PM EDT2013-05-21 03:45:07 GMT
Moultrie Police tell us they have the accused triggerman in a shooting in custody after two weeks on the run. Police arrested 19-year-old Darren Huntley over the weekend in Waycross. 22-year-old DominiqueMore >>
Moultrie Police tell us they have the accused triggerman in a shooting in custody after two weeks on the run.More >>
Monday, May 20 2013 11:37 PM EDT2013-05-21 03:37:21 GMT
Students at a South Georgia University are working together to make it into the workforce. Nursing students at Georgia Southwestern asked business students to help them prepare for their job searches. HumanMore >>
Students at a South Georgia University are working together to make it into the workforce.More >>
Monday, May 20 2013 11:28 PM EDT2013-05-21 03:28:47 GMT
A lot of South Georgians are all too familiar with the damage a tornado can do. An EF-3 tornado roared through Americus six years ago. It killed two people and destroyed Sumter Regional Hospital andMore >>
A lot of South Georgians are all too familiar with the damage a tornado can do.More >>
ALBANY, GA (WALB) – More furlough days could soon be coming to nearly all Dougherty County School Employees.
The Finance Committee voted Monday on a proposed 3 day furlough. If passed by the full board Wednesday, it would bring the total number of furloughed days this year to six.
Finance Director Robert Lloyd says the furloughs would be made in effort to curtail losses from declining state tax revenues over the next year. It's a move that would ultimately help save nearly 2,000 jobs state wide.
"The three day furlough for the system would save the system about $1.6 million. The deduction from the state is a little under $1 million. So the additional $600,000 would go to meet the 1% cut," said Lloyd.
The proposed days are in March and May. The furloughs would not affect school bus drivers and crossing guards and extended day employees who work 180 days.
Officials say on top of declining tax revenues, right now there is no provision that would bring additional federal stimulus money to the school system next year.
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