Monday, May 21 2012 6:21 PM EDT2012-05-21 22:21:40 GMT
Are you prepared for a disaster? Many of you were chased from your homes by the floods of 94 and 98. We all know how devastating tornadoes can be. But there are other threats. A nuclear disaster isn'tMore >>
We all know how devastating tornadoes can be, but there are other threats. How would you react if you had to evacuate your home immediately?More >>
Monday, May 21 2012 7:11 PM EDT2012-05-21 23:11:24 GMT
A Lee County deputy and a man he answered a call to help are undergoing rabies treatments. As we told you in a breaking news alert a fox that bit them was rabid. A property owner called 911 after theMore >>
A Lee County deputy and a man he answered a call to help are undergoing rabies treatments. As we told you in a breaking news alert a fox that bit them was rabid.More >>
Monday, May 21 2012 7:06 PM EDT2012-05-21 23:06:04 GMT
Qualifying for July's Georgia elections begins Wednesday. Non-partisan offices on the ballot in Dougherty County include probate court, state court, and superior court judges. Qualifying May 23rd andMore >>
Qualifying for July's Georgia elections begins Wednesday.More >>
Monday, May 21 2012 6:56 PM EDT2012-05-21 22:56:53 GMT
Albany Police say a man was shot Saturday around 6:30 p.m. at 655 Zackery Avenue. Authorities say the victim was shot in the upper thigh by a Lee County bail bondsman who works for ABC Express Bailbonds.More >>
A judge denies bond for two bail bondsmen charged with shooting a man. Steve McGowan and Billy Moore are charged with shooting Ronntario Thompson in Albany after they chased him. Thompson was wanted for violating the terms of his bond.More >>
Monday, May 21 2012 6:19 PM EDT2012-05-21 22:19:42 GMT
An East Albany teenager is in the hospital after he nearly drowned at a pool party. It happened around 2:15 Saturday afternoon at the Pine Forest apartment complex off of Pinson road in East Albany. AnMore >>
An East Albany teenager is in the hospital after he nearly drowned at a pool party.More >>
Monday, May 21 2012 6:06 PM EDT2012-05-21 22:06:00 GMT
Four Cook County medics earned two of the highest awards for emergency response. They saved the lives of a teenager and a child after they were hit by a car in January. Paramedics had to think fastMore >>
Four Cook County medics earned two of the highest awards for emergency response. They saved the lives of a teenager and a child after they were hit by a car in January.More >>
Monday, May 21 2012 6:05 PM EDT2012-05-21 22:05:06 GMT
Folks in Tifton will soon be able to shop at a new Publix grocery store. The exterior of the building is close to being complete. The parking lot is also finished. Tifton Mayor Jamie Cater made the callMore >>
Folks in Tifton will soon be able to shop at a new Publix grocery store.More >>
Monday, May 21 2012 5:30 PM EDT2012-05-21 21:30:10 GMT
Tipping fees are going up at the Dougherty County landfill. Monday, county commissioners voted unanimously to increase the consumer price index for tipping fees to 3.4 percent at the Dougherty CountyMore >>
Tipping fees are going up at the Dougherty County landfill. Monday, county commissioners voted unanimously to increase the consumer price index for tipping fees to 3.4 percent.More >>
Monday, May 21 2012 5:16 PM EDT2012-05-21 21:16:12 GMT
Albany Firefighters want parents to stress fire safety to their children, now that school is out for the summer. Firefighters say they routinely fight fires as summer school vacation begins, caused byMore >>
Albany Firefighters want parents to stress fire safety to their children, now that school is out for the summer.More >>
JAKINS, GA (WALB) - Nearly two months after the Postal Service released of list of 36,000 post offices it wants to close, people in dozens of Georgia towns are waiting for word about their post offices.
45 Georgia post offices are on the list. Two of them are in Early County. This one in Jakin and the one in Cedar Springs.
One man who uses this post off frequently says it would be a big hassle to go elsewhere.
"It would be an inconvenience because this is the only way we get mail right now," said Bradley Crews. "We prefer the security of having a lock and key here."
If the Jakin facility closes, the closest post office would be about eight miles away in Donalsonville.
The Bluffton post office in Clay County near the Early County line is also being reviewed for closure.
