Jordan Barela
Digital Content Manager
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Jordan is the digital content manager for WALB. Jordan came to WALB in June 2018. Before joining the WALB digital team, he spent two years as a reporter at the Thomasville Times-Enterprise. In May 2016, he graduated from Valdosta State University with a bachelor's of fine arts in mass media. While at VSU, Jordan held a number of positions, including editor-in-chief, at The Spectator, the university’s independent student newspaper. In 2010, Jordan graduated from Tift County High School, where he was an assistant editor of his school’s newspaper. When he is not at the station, Jordan is hunting for a good thrift store, hanging out with friends and family and his dog, Buffy.
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The family-owned and locally-roasted coffee shop will be at 2822 Nottingham Way, Suite 1.
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There are at least 17 speed zone cameras across Albany.
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His life was tragically cut short a month after he turned 9.
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There are several cooling stations that will be open over the next few days.
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Her name continues to ring through the small town of Ocilla since the October 2005 weekend she disappeared.
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Black excellence can be found across the Good Life City.
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The event will be held next Tuesday at the Mitchell County Health Department from 8 a.m.-4 p.m.
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Cotton production is big business for a number of counties in the WALB viewing area.
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So far, these are the counties where the Mako testing is available in the WALB viewing area: Coffee, Colquitt, Decatur, Dougherty, and Thomas counties.
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A seemingly ideal partnership soon ended before the dotted line was signed.
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Internet data shows the plane is owned by BFC Enterprises, of Carson City, Nevada.
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Over 3.2 million Georgians have gotten at least one dose of the vaccine, which includes 82 percent of Georgia seniors.
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Gatherings and sheltering in place are just two of the restrictions rolled back on Thursday.
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As of Saturday, over four million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Georgia, according to Gov. Brian Kemp’s office.
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Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital is releasing its COVID-19 numbers.
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Lowndes County Sheriff Ashley Paulk said that one of his deputies was threatened at The Gables Apartment Complex on St. Augustine Road.
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Dougherty County was declared an early hotspot for COVID-19. March 2021 marks a year of the pandemic, both for Dougherty County and the world.
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The three shootings happened between midnight and 4 a.m.
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Jessica Dieztel has been missing for a year. In the past year, her family has not given up hope in finding the young Leesburg mother.
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The Red Cross said it is continuing to work with emergency partners to identify hard-hit areas and families.
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Georgia’s two U.S. Senate seats and a public service commission seat were on the ballot.
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The candidates for Georgia’s dual U.S. Senate runoff elections have been campaigning all over the Peach State. But how often have they stopped in our corner of the state?
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The Good Life City has a mask ordinance on the books. But what does the ordinance mean?
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One person has died after a shooting, according to Dougherty County Coroner Michael Fowler.
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Semaj Moss, 18, was indicted by a grand jury in Tift County on Tuesday.
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Incumbent Republican senators David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler are looking to keep their seats from Democrat challengers Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock, respectively.
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How has each individual DCSS high school fared getting its students to walk across that stage into the next chapter of their lives?
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Meesha Patel died after she was shot during an attempted car-jacking in October 2018.
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What happened to Detrez Green?
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Levi Owens, 44, was wanted on drug and weapons charges.
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Hundreds gather to honor the 9-year-old's life.
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An $8,000 reward is being offered for information that leads to the identity and arrest of those responsible for the death of Alazia “Ally” Johnson, according to the police department.
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After being plugged in virtually, some Dougherty County School System students are headed back to the classroom.
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His boat was found Monday morning along the Flint River in Bainbridge.
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“Honestly, it feels like a long time coming,” Monk said.
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When officers arrived on the scene, they said they found a 19-year-old with a gunshot wound.
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The Albany Police Department needs the community’s help in finding a woman wanted on aggravated assault (party to a crime) warrants.
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Cliff Meidl, Georgia 811 spokesperson, said calling before digging or excavation work is not only the law but key to safety.
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More than 3.2 million supplies have been delivered to Georgia schools.
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It happened on the 280 block of Linden Road.
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Four people have now been arrested in connection to an early Wednesday morning homicide, according to the Albany Police Department (APD).
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Ahead of our severe weather preparedness special “Ahead of the Storm,” we have compiled a quiz about hurricanes.
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A number of precincts will be combined for the June 9 presidential primary, general primary election/nonpartisan general election and special election.
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The Worth County school board has named three finalists in the board’s search for the next superintendent.
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He was sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole after 30 years have been served.
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The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued preliminary ratings for two tornadoes that hit South Georgia Thursday.
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In times of hardship, signs can offer words of encouragement.
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