Sunday, May 19 2013 6:16 PM EDT2013-05-19 22:16:35 GMT
The Tift County Sheriff's investigators are still searching for clues to find a missing pregnant woman. Her mother is making a plea to find her daughter who hasn't been seen in more than two months. DianeMore >>
The Tift County Sheriff's investigators are still searching for clues to find Crystal Hendrix. Her mother is making a plea to find her daughter who hasn't been seen in more than two months.More >>
Sunday, May 19 2013 10:19 AM EDT2013-05-19 14:19:32 GMT
A Lowndes County man is behind bars after deputies uncovered nearly half a million dollars of marijuana. Deputies responded to a complaint at Jose Sanchez's house on Highway 129 North Friday. AuthoritiesMore >>
A Lowndes County man is behind bars after deputies uncovered nearly half a million dollars of marijuana.
Saturday, May 18 2013 11:42 PM EDT2013-05-19 03:42:03 GMT
Hundreds of people came out to Lake Blackshear Saturday to support law enforcement and the Crisp County Sheriff. It was the first annual pigs in the park event, put on by the Georgia Narcotics Officer'sMore >>
Hundreds of people came out to Lake Blackshear Saturday to support law enforcement and the Crisp County Sheriff.More >>
Saturday, May 18 2013 9:47 PM EDT2013-05-19 01:47:12 GMT
Thomasville Police are looking for two men who attempted to rob a store, scaring customers and clerks. Police say they responded to the Dollar General on West Jackson Street around 9:15pm Friday. EmployeesMore >>
Thomasville Police are looking for two men who attempted to rob a store, scaring customers and clerks.
Saturday, May 18 2013 6:59 PM EDT2013-05-18 22:59:02 GMT
Dougherty County police are searching for a motorist who hit a pedestrian and then fled the scene. Authorities say it happened around 11pm Friday near the 3900 block of Radium Springs Road. PoliceMore >>
Dougherty County police are searching for a motorist who hit a pedestrian and then fled the scene. More >>
July 6, 2006
ALBANY -- Buildings like this are far too common in Albany. It's a problem the city can and should solve.
Rundown, vacant homes and overgrown lots attract crooks and vagrants. They make our neighborhoods unsafe. They endanger emergency workers who respond to fires often started by drug users. And they hamper positive development and economic growth.
For too long, Albany city leaders sat by and watched these dilapidated properties spread like Kudzu. It's past time to get out the herbicide. Owners allowed to let their ramshackle buildings decay and violate city codes for as long as ten years? That's ridiculous.
We applaud city commissioners for finally passing tougher restrictions and hiring an assistant city attorney to handle these cases. We support giving owners of slum property only one court appearance. Two strikes and they should be out. We agree with speeding up the process of taking over and demolishing dangerous properties.
Now, the city must follow through on its promises.
Code enforcers, commissioners, the magistrate court, the city manager, and the city attorney need to work together. They need to give this problem the attention it deserves. They need to hold owners of these eyesores responsible. They need to invest in Albany's future by cleaning up our city today.
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