A South Georgia girl is asking the community for help to provide scholarships for college-bound young women. In February, Madison Daughtry was named the Distinguished Young Woman of Leesburg for theMore >>
In February, Madison Daughtry was named the Distinguish Young Woman of Leesburg for the Class of 2014.More >>
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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 >>
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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.
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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 >>
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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.
ALBANY, GA (WALB) – Twenty-one Georgia banks have failed over the past year, three just last Friday, but one community bank based in Albany is getting on solid footing.
AB&T National Bank ant the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency have terminated a formal agreement that started back in 2006. The agreement placed the bank under the scrutiny of regulators because the investment portfolio and the operational areas of the bank just weren't where they needed to be. The bank is doing much better down. At a time when 50-percent of banks fall under regulatory orders, it's rare a bank is released from that type of oversight.
"Since that time of course the bank has worked diligently to improve its overall condition. We've improved credit quality which for a bank means our loan portfolio is in much better shape than it was. We've gone out in the last year and raised capital we've raised five million dollars," said Luke Flatt, AB&T President/CEO.
Bank officials say AB&T demonstrated the discipline and skill necessary to reverse its direction, build capital, and improve loan quality. They say they'll continue to work to improve.
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