Tuesday, July 22 2014 11:51 PM EDT2014-07-23 03:51:16 GMT
Stephen Collier, Interim Assistant City Manager for Utilities
At Tuesday night's City Commission meeting, commissioners officially promoted Stephen Collier to the new position of Interim Assistant City Manager for Utilities, essentially what used to be General Manager of WG&L. More >>
At Tuesday night's City Commission meeting, commissioners officially promoted Stephen Collier to the new position of Interim Assistant City Manager for Utilities, essentially what used to be General Manager of WG&L. More >>
Tuesday, July 22 2014 11:45 PM EDT2014-07-23 03:45:47 GMT
Mayor Dorothy Hubbard
City leaders say they need more time to consider proposed new powers for the city manager. City commissioners tabled a charter change that would make the City Manager the General Manager of the Albany Water, Gas and Light Commission. More >>
City leaders say they need more time to consider proposed new powers for the city manager. City commissioners tabled a charter change that would make the City Manager the General Manager of the Albany Water, Gas and Light Commission. More >>
Tuesday, July 22 2014 11:41 PM EDT2014-07-23 03:41:39 GMT
Payne Hughes, Thrush President
A major expansion at an Albany aircraft company could create 100 new jobs. City officials are waiting on paperwork from the Economic Development Commission before taking a final vote on whether to give $200,000 to Thrush Aircraft.More >>
A major expansion at an Albany aircraft company could create 100 new jobs. City officials are waiting on paperwork from the Economic Development Commission before taking a final vote on whether to give $200,000 to Thrush Aircraft.More >>
ALBANY, GA (WALB) -
Friends and classmates of a rising Dougherty High School sophomore are mourning his death just a week before the start of school.
The marching band member is being remembered as a talented and fun-loving student.
Band practice went on as scheduled Tuesday morning at Dougherty High, but under sad circumstances after the loss of one of its members.
16-year-old Benny Davis drowned Monday afternoon in a Henry County lake, south of Atlanta.
"Now that he's gone, it's painful," says Principal Ryan Gravitt.
Gravitt is new to the school and just recently met the rising 10th grader who played in the percussion line for the Marching Trojan band.
"He had a big smile on his face and he came up and welcomed me to Dougherty High and it really meant a lot that he and his friends had done that," recalls Gravitt.
The news of Davis' death came as shock to those who knew Davis.
Officials say he was in McDonough, Georgia visiting a friend when he jumped off a dock into Lake Dow a little after 4:30 in the afternoon and never resurfaced.
Members of a dive team later found his body in about 15 feet of water. Tuesday morning band members who knew Davis shared memories of a friend lost too soon.
One student said, "Y'all know Benny wouldn't want us grieving like this. He was a jokester, at times, and always made them smile and laugh."
Grief counselors have been made available for students.
Authorities still aren't sure what caused Davis to drown.
