Thursday, May 23 2013 7:43 PM EDT2013-05-23 23:43:51 GMT
Workers at the Marine Corps Logistics Base will be returning to work Friday. Many of the Marine base workers were sent home Thursday following a rupture to the bases main water line. One of the waterMore >>
Workers at the Marine Corps Logistics Base will be returning to work Friday. Many of the Marine base workers were sent home Thursday following a rupture to the bases main water line.More >>
Thursday, May 23 2013 7:37 PM EDT2013-05-23 23:37:04 GMT
Four years ago one Albany Georgia student graduated from Westover High School as Salutatorian, and he did it again, this time as a Morehouse graduate student. Ernest Nelson recently walked with the rest ofMore >>
Four years ago one Albany Georgia student graduated from Westover High School as Salutatorian, and he did it again, this time as a Morehouse graduate student.More >>
Thursday, May 23 2013 7:05 PM EDT2013-05-23 23:05:04 GMT
Albany police are still on the lookout for a couple of thieves, who were prevented from selling a stolen bicycle by an alert WALB fan. The expensive road bike was stolen from a Kirt Phillips' storageMore >>
Albany police are still on the lookout for a couple of thieves, who were prevented from selling a stolen bicycle by an alert WALB fan. The expensive road bike was stolen from a Kirt Phillips' storageMore >>
Thursday, May 23 2013 6:55 PM EDT2013-05-23 22:55:13 GMT
Len Dorminey, Heritage Financial Group President
The president and C.E.O. of Heritage Financial Group said the economy is improving. Thursday, Len Dorminey spoke at the Rotary Club Meeting at Doublegate Country Club about the financial market. HeMore >>
The president and C.E.O. of Heritage Financial Group said the economy is improving. Thursday, Len Dorminey spoke at the Rotary Club Meeting at Doublegate Country Club about the financial market.More >>
Thursday, May 23 2013 6:49 PM EDT2013-05-23 22:49:49 GMT
Thursday night an Oklahoma tornado victim making her way to Florida stopped in Valdosta after she heard on the radio the American Red Cross was fundraising in the streets. Red Cross volunteers set upMore >>
Thursday night an Oklahoma tornado victim making her way to Florida stopped in Valdosta after she heard on the radio the American Red Cross was fundraising in the streets. More >>
June 17, 2003
Albany-- The state is enforcing stricter driving laws on teenagers but many counties are dropping their drivers education programs from school curriculums. This decision has an impact not only on the safety of Georgia's new drivers, but on their finances and probably their insurance rates.
Rashaan Richardson is sixteen years old and isn't yet comfortable to begin driving, but when he is ready, his mother will have to pay at least eighty dollars if Rashaan decides to take Driver's Ed. "I don't think that parents should have to pay that when it was already in the school system" says Kathie Moore, Rashaan's mother.
Nearly 200 of Georgia's crash deaths each year occur to teenagers ages fifteen to nineteen.
Although budget cuts have driven drivers education out, Curriculum Director Ted Horton claims the Dougherty County Board of Education and Albany Technical College have provided an alternative. "There's a lot of schools in Georgia that cut this out a long time ago. We were doing something above and beyond what other schools were doing. It's bad that this has happened, but at the same time we found a way to do something they can still afford to get and the parents can get the cut on the insurance as well," says Horton.
Teen driver William Moultrie says his Drivers Ed. training has helped him prepare for his driving exam, but when asked if he would be willing to pay the eighty bucks he replied "I feel it will prepare you for the exam but that's a little too much."
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