Thursday, May 23 2013 9:00 AM EDT2013-05-23 13:00:09 GMT
ATLANTA – The Georgia Department of Labor announced today that metro Albany's unemployment rate declined to 8.6 percent in April, down three-tenths of a percentage point from 8.9 percent in March. TheMore >>
The unemployment rate in the Southwest Georgia region declined to 8.2 percent in April, down two-tenths of a percentage point from 8.4 percent in March. The rate was 8.8 percent in April a year ago.More >>
Thursday, May 23 2013 7:30 AM EDT2013-05-23 11:30:38 GMT
Dougherty County Police believe a pair of convenience store smash and grabs may be the work of the same two men. The first smash and grab happened around 2:20 am at the Pit Stop convenience store atMore >>
Dougherty County Police believe two men are behind a smash and grab and a break in at two convenience stores within four miles of each other.More >>
Wednesday, May 22 2013 11:26 PM EDT2013-05-23 03:26:38 GMT
If you're traveling this Memorial Day Weekend, you may notice you're paying about the same at the pump as last year. AAA says the average gas price in Georgia right now is about $3.46 a gallon. That'sMore >>
If you're traveling this Memorial Day Weekend, you may notice you're paying about the same at the pump as last year.More >>
Wednesday, May 22 2013 11:20 PM EDT2013-05-23 03:20:46 GMT
Looks like will have great weather for Memorial Day weekend and DNR Rangers are preparing for big crowds on Lake Blackshear. Rangers expect a large number of boaters all weekend. They say they will strictlyMore >>
Looks like will have great weather for Memorial Day weekend and DNR Rangers are preparing for big crowds on Lake Blackshear.More >>
Wednesday, May 22 2013 11:14 PM EDT2013-05-23 03:14:04 GMT
A Cordele woman and her father are leading an effort to send clothes and other supplies to tornado victims in Moore, Oklahoma. Not only are a lot of people already donating items, but people are chippingMore >>
A Cordele woman and her father are leading an effort to send clothes and other supplies to tornado victims in Moore, Oklahoma.More >>
October 1, 2004
Albany -- The ax is falling in the Albany Police Department. All those officers the Police Chief shouldn't have hired, are now being fired.
Former Albany Police Chief Bobby Johnson hired at least a dozen people who didn't even qualify to be police officers. They were people who should never have been hired under the city's hiring policy.
Now, not only is the chief gone, those officers he hired aren't far behind. At least five of them are in the process of being fired this week and more firings are coming.
Interim Police Chief Bob Boren refused to discuss the firing. He is expected to make a statement next week.
One of the officers is David Sanchez, arrested for a romantic relationship with a 16 year old girl. And Sanchez is just one of many people Bobby Johnson put on the force who apparently never should have been hired.
An investigation revealed Johnson routinely ignored a hiring board's recommendations against hiring certain applicants and gave them jobs anyway.
By the time it's over, as many as 14 officers the chief hired could lose their jobs.
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