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Three Albany men, charged with beating a man in a bar parking lot so viciously they fractured his skull. are found guilty of different levels of involvement in their trial. After three hours of deliberationMore >>
A guilty verdict after three hours of deliberation, as three Albany men are found guilty of different levels of involvement in their aggravated assault trial.More >>
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Army Specialist Ciara Smith surprised her son Devin Lewis and her mother Carla Williams today at Devin's Kindergarten graduation at Harper Elementary School in Thomasville. Smith just returned from herMore >>
Army Specialist Ciara Smith surprised her son Devin Lewis and her mother Carla Williams today at Devin's Kindergarten graduation at Harper Elementary School in Thomasville. More >>
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Thomasville-Thomas County Humane Society Volunteer Lacey Williams and WALB's Stephen Abel drew the winning raffle ticket late Wednesday afternoon for a $100 gas card donated by Harold Jackson and PetroleumMore >>
A group of volunteers raised a total of $640 by selling the raffle tickets. The money will be used to fight animal cruelty through education and awareness.More >>
Thursday, May 23 2013 10:01 AM EDT2013-05-23 14:01:10 GMT
Albany Engineer K. Bruce Maples, P. E. announced some road closures Thursday morning. Beginning at 6:00 A.M., Saturday, May 25, 2013, the following streets will be closed for the Spring Fest and SBMore >>
Albany Engineer K. Bruce Maples, announced some road closures beginning at 6:00 A.M., Saturday, May 25, 2013, in downtown Albany.More >>
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 >>
ALBANY, GA (WALB) - Legendary actor and comedian Bill Cosby put on quite a show at the Albany Civic Center, but one disabled man says he didn't get to see it even though he had a ticket.
Lee Wingfield is a double amputee. He says he couldn't get inside because an SUV blocked the handicapped ramp.
Cops wrote a ticket but say they couldn't have the car towed from private property.
Wingfield says he tried to enter on the ground level, but staff told him he couldn't use the elevator because it's only for food services. He would have to pay extra to sit on the floor.
By the time supervisors got there and offered to let Wingfield in, the show had been going on almost an hour. He decided not to go in.
"They didn't call the supervisor and I've been here for two hours," said Wingfield. "What am I supposed to do? My handicapped rights have been violated."
Civic center managers say they'll discuss the issue with staffers to make sure something like this doesn't happen again.
Wingfield didn't ask for a refund since the ticket was a gift to him.
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