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 >>
December 18, 2007
Albany - The longest serving State Speaker of the House in America has died. Those who knew and worked directly with Tom Murphy say Georgia has lost a great leader. Tommy Chambless was a State Representative for 16 years under Murphy's leadership. He says while Murphy ruled with an Iron Fist, his public image as a bulldog was often mis-portrayed.
He said, "When people say he thought the floor of the house of Representatives was hallowed ground, that's true, because he believed it was there that what's government is all about came together."
Ed Lightsey covered Murphy for 10 years as a journalist and later went to work for him as an administrative assistant. "His first concern was always with the poor," said Lightsey, "The disadvantaged, the elderly, those people who couldn't fight their battles alone and he was their champion. Whether in the courtroom or on the floor of the house, he was their champion."
Serving 28 years as the Speaker of the Georgia House, Murphy is the longest serving speaker in the country.
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