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.
Updated: May. 24, 2023 at 5:06 PM EDT
|By Jordan Barela
The family-owned and locally-roasted coffee shop will be at 2822 Nottingham Way, Suite 1.
Updated: May. 19, 2023 at 2:00 PM EDT
|By Jordan Barela and Jamie Worsley
Jessi’s Indian Kitchen is set to open on June 2, 2023.
Updated: Apr. 6, 2023 at 6:34 PM EDT
|By Lenah Allen and Jordan Barela
There are at least 17 speed zone cameras across Albany.
Updated: Aug. 8, 2022 at 7:00 PM EDT
|By Jordan Barela and Molly Godley
His life was tragically cut short a month after he turned 9.
Updated: Jun. 22, 2022 at 11:36 AM EDT
|By Jordan Barela
There are several cooling stations that will be open over the next few days.
Updated: May. 23, 2022 at 4:58 PM EDT
|By Jordan Barela
Her name continues to ring through the small town of Ocilla since the October 2005 weekend she disappeared.
Updated: Feb. 22, 2022 at 1:09 PM EST
|By Lenah Allen, Jordan Barela and Kim McCullough
Black excellence can be found across the Good Life City.
Updated: Jan. 19, 2022 at 3:46 PM EST
|By Jordan Barela, John Doe and WALB News Team
The event will be held next Tuesday at the Mitchell County Health Department from 8 a.m.-4 p.m.
Updated: Jan. 12, 2022 at 10:30 AM EST
|By Jordan Barela
Cotton production is big business for a number of counties in the WALB viewing area.
Updated: Dec. 27, 2021 at 5:43 PM EST
|By Dave Miller and Jordan Barela
So far, these are the counties where the Mako testing is available in the WALB viewing area: Coffee, Colquitt, Decatur, Dougherty, and Thomas counties.
Updated: Jun. 16, 2021 at 5:18 PM EDT
|By Gabrielle Ware and Jordan Barela
A seemingly ideal partnership soon ended before the dotted line was signed.
Updated: May. 20, 2021 at 11:26 AM EDT
|By Dave Miller and Jordan Barela
Internet data shows the plane is owned by BFC Enterprises, of Carson City, Nevada.
Updated: Apr. 15, 2021 at 4:46 PM EDT
|By Jordan Barela
Over 3.2 million Georgians have gotten at least one dose of the vaccine, which includes 82 percent of Georgia seniors.
Updated: Apr. 8, 2021 at 10:54 AM EDT
|By Jordan Barela
Gatherings and sheltering in place are just two of the restrictions rolled back on Thursday.
Updated: Apr. 5, 2021 at 4:04 PM EDT
|By Jordan Barela
As of Saturday, over four million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Georgia, according to Gov. Brian Kemp’s office.
Updated: Mar. 19, 2021 at 2:28 PM EDT
|By Jordan Barela
Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital is releasing its COVID-19 numbers.
Updated: Mar. 12, 2021 at 7:41 PM EST
|By Dave Miller and Jordan Barela
Lowndes County Sheriff Ashley Paulk said that one of his deputies was threatened at The Gables Apartment Complex on St. Augustine Road.
Updated: Mar. 11, 2021 at 1:53 PM EST
|By Jordan Barela
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.
Updated: Feb. 26, 2021 at 11:03 PM EST
|By Dave Miller and Jordan Barela
The three shootings happened between midnight and 4 a.m.
Updated: Feb. 19, 2021 at 1:15 AM EST
|By Bobby Poitevint and Jordan Barela
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.
Updated: Feb. 17, 2021 at 6:07 PM EST
|By Jordan Barela
The Red Cross said it is continuing to work with emergency partners to identify hard-hit areas and families.
Updated: Feb. 3, 2021 at 4:07 PM EST
|By Jordan Barela
Shirley was 78.
Updated: Jan. 15, 2021 at 10:45 PM EST
|By Jordan Barela
Georgia’s two U.S. Senate seats and a public service commission seat were on the ballot.
Updated: Dec. 28, 2020 at 10:57 AM EST
|By Jordan Barela
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?
Updated: Dec. 15, 2020 at 5:13 PM EST
|By Jordan Barela
The Good Life City has a mask ordinance on the books. But what does the ordinance mean?
Updated: Dec. 13, 2020 at 8:39 AM EST
|By Kim McCullough and Jordan Barela
One person has died after a shooting, according to Dougherty County Coroner Michael Fowler.
Updated: Dec. 2, 2020 at 11:38 AM EST
|By Jordan Barela
Semaj Moss, 18, was indicted by a grand jury in Tift County on Tuesday.
Updated: Nov. 18, 2020 at 4:55 PM EST
|By Jordan Barela
Incumbent Republican senators David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler are looking to keep their seats from Democrat challengers Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock, respectively.
Updated: Nov. 11, 2020 at 12:55 PM EST
|By Jordan Barela
How has each individual DCSS high school fared getting its students to walk across that stage into the next chapter of their lives?
Updated: Nov. 10, 2020 at 10:29 AM EST
|By Jordan Barela
Meesha Patel died after she was shot during an attempted car-jacking in October 2018.
Updated: Oct. 23, 2020 at 5:19 PM EDT
|By Emileigh Forrester and Jordan Barela
What happened to Detrez Green?
Updated: Oct. 23, 2020 at 2:40 PM EDT
|By Krista Monk and Jordan Barela
Levi Owens, 44, was wanted on drug and weapons charges.
Updated: Oct. 11, 2020 at 12:22 PM EDT
|By Jordan Barela
Hundreds gather to honor the 9-year-old's life.
Updated: Oct. 9, 2020 at 2:48 PM EDT
|By Jordan Barela
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.
Updated: Sep. 25, 2020 at 4:27 PM EDT
|By Jordan Barela and Jamie Worsley
After being plugged in virtually, some Dougherty County School System students are headed back to the classroom.
Updated: Sep. 15, 2020 at 9:58 AM EDT
|By Krista Monk, Jordan Barela and Niah Humphrey
His boat was found Monday morning along the Flint River in Bainbridge.
Updated: Sep. 11, 2020 at 4:27 PM EDT
|By Jordan Barela
“Honestly, it feels like a long time coming,” Monk said.
Updated: Aug. 30, 2020 at 11:17 AM EDT
|By Kim McCullough and Jordan Barela
When officers arrived on the scene, they said they found a 19-year-old with a gunshot wound.
Updated: Aug. 26, 2020 at 9:17 PM EDT
|By Kim McCullough and Jordan Barela
The Albany Police Department needs the community’s help in finding a woman wanted on aggravated assault (party to a crime) warrants.
Updated: Aug. 12, 2020 at 11:19 AM EDT
|By Jordan Barela
Cliff Meidl, Georgia 811 spokesperson, said calling before digging or excavation work is not only the law but key to safety.
Updated: Aug. 7, 2020 at 12:59 PM EDT
|By Jordan Barela
More than 3.2 million supplies have been delivered to Georgia schools.
Updated: Jul. 12, 2020 at 10:30 PM EDT
|By Kim McCullough and Jordan Barela
It happened on the 280 block of Linden Road.
Updated: Jun. 18, 2020 at 11:55 AM EDT
|By Dave Miller and Jordan Barela
Four people have now been arrested in connection to an early Wednesday morning homicide, according to the Albany Police Department (APD).
Updated: Jun. 17, 2020 at 12:18 PM EDT
|By Jordan Barela
Ahead of our severe weather preparedness special “Ahead of the Storm,” we have compiled a quiz about hurricanes.
Updated: Jun. 5, 2020 at 1:28 PM EDT
|By Jordan Barela
A number of precincts will be combined for the June 9 presidential primary, general primary election/nonpartisan general election and special election.
Updated: May. 12, 2020 at 3:32 PM EDT
|By Jordan Barela
The Worth County school board has named three finalists in the board’s search for the next superintendent.
Updated: May. 5, 2020 at 11:45 AM EDT
|By Krista Monk and Jordan Barela
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp toured the Phoebe North Campus Covid facility Tuesday morning
Updated: May. 4, 2020 at 8:48 AM EDT
|By Jordan Barela
He was sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole after 30 years have been served.
Updated: Apr. 27, 2020 at 4:39 PM EDT
|By Krista Monk and Jordan Barela
The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued preliminary ratings for two tornadoes that hit South Georgia Thursday.
Updated: Apr. 7, 2020 at 6:06 PM EDT
|By Jordan Barela
In times of hardship, signs can offer words of encouragement.