Tuesday, May 21 2013 12:03 AM EDT2013-05-21 04:03:02 GMT
Paramedics tell us they're amazed no one was seriously hurt in a rush hour crash just outside Albany Monday evening. The driver of a pickup truck lost control on Philema Road just before 5:00. The truckMore >>
The driver of a pickup truck and his passenger walk away from the mangled wreckage after a crash.More >>
Tuesday, May 21 2013 12:02 AM EDT2013-05-21 04:02:59 GMT
An unusual wreck on Albany's bypass Monday night left the highway littered with yard debris. About 9:30, a car collided with a trailer that was hauling tree limbs on the Liberty Expressway between theMore >>
Wrecked cars and yard debris slow traffic on Albany's bypass.More >>
Monday, May 20 2013 11:45 PM EDT2013-05-21 03:45:07 GMT
Moultrie Police tell us they have the accused triggerman in a shooting in custody after two weeks on the run. Police arrested 19-year-old Darren Huntley over the weekend in Waycross. 22-year-old DominiqueMore >>
Moultrie Police tell us they have the accused triggerman in a shooting in custody after two weeks on the run.More >>
Monday, May 20 2013 11:37 PM EDT2013-05-21 03:37:21 GMT
Students at a South Georgia University are working together to make it into the workforce. Nursing students at Georgia Southwestern asked business students to help them prepare for their job searches. HumanMore >>
Students at a South Georgia University are working together to make it into the workforce.More >>
Monday, May 20 2013 11:28 PM EDT2013-05-21 03:28:47 GMT
A lot of South Georgians are all too familiar with the damage a tornado can do. An EF-3 tornado roared through Americus six years ago. It killed two people and destroyed Sumter Regional Hospital andMore >>
A lot of South Georgians are all too familiar with the damage a tornado can do.More >>
ALBANY, GA (WALB) – Lee County and their cable provider Mediacom have reached a deal on franchise fees.
For years the county and Mediacom have been back and forth over fees after a county audit found Mediacom over charged customers more than $109,000 in 2005 and 2006. They gave customers a rebate, but then over discounted customers by $55,000 and then wanted the county or customers to pay for the mistake. After withholding the money from the county, Interim County Administrator Al Crace finally real a deal for Medicom to pay the money back.
"We'll consider it closed when the check is received and cashed and deposited in the general fund for the public. It's the public's money, it belongs to the government and it needs to be paid promptly," said Al Crace, Interim Lee County Administrator.
Mediacom also owes Albany thousands in franchise fees and is working on a deal to donate their old building in exchange for forgiving the debt. Crace encourages other local governments to keep up with the cable company's franchise fees.
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