Lenah Allen
Content Creator, "Lifting up with Lenah" Creator
Albany, GA
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Lenah is a content creator for WALB. She came to WALB in January 2022. Lenah was born and raised in Georgia. In May 2021, she graduated from Valdosta State University with a B.A. in journalism with a minor in mass media.
During her college career, she held numerous positions at the college newspaper The Spectator, including editor-in-chief. Before joining WALB, she was a reporter at the Thomasville Times-Enterprise.
Lenah is a proud member of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. During her free time, she loves to crochet, make crafts, go to the gym and shop for a good deal at some of the best local thrift stores.
Updated: 9 hours ago
|By Lenah Allen
Albany Technical College invested approximately $1.3 million into a new radiological lab.
Updated: Feb. 7, 2023 at 11:24 PM EST
|By WALB News Team, Lenah Allen and Alicia Lewis
A court hearing is set to happen Tuesday morning for Ryan Duke and Bo Dukes, who were both charged in connection to the death and disappearance of Tara Grinstead.
Updated: Feb. 6, 2023 at 6:11 PM EST
|By Lenah Allen
Georgia lawmakers are introducing a new senate bill that could cut back on what women have to pay for feminine products.
Updated: Feb. 3, 2023 at 4:27 PM EST
|By Lenah Allen
A decal with CJ’s number will be placed on patrol cars at the Cairo Police Department and his picture will forever hang on a wall in the agency with the words "Grady Strong" above it.
Updated: Feb. 2, 2023 at 4:31 PM EST
|By Lenah Allen and WALB News Team
State troopers say she did not have a seat belt on during the crash.
Updated: Feb. 1, 2023 at 11:18 PM EST
|By Lenah Allen
Most of the concerns will be brought to a school board meeting that is happening at 6 p.m. at the Thomasville City Schools Board of Education.
Updated: Jan. 31, 2023 at 5:45 PM EST
|By Lenah Allen
The change came from the Thomas County Board of Commissioners and the Thomasville Thomas County Humane Society not coming to an agreement on a long-standing contract for the humane society to take up those responsibilities.
Updated: Jan. 30, 2023 at 6:09 PM EST
|By Lenah Allen
“229 Safer Living Access” has been trying to save lives by providing resources to drug users.
Updated: Jan. 30, 2023 at 12:05 AM EST
|By WALB News Team and Lenah Allen
The house fire happened around 2:30 a.m. in the 600 block of 8th Avenue.
Updated: Jan. 29, 2023 at 9:57 PM EST
|By Lenah Allen
An Albany church is damaged after a truck ended up in its entrance—leaving behind significant damage for the church to clean up.
Updated: Jan. 28, 2023 at 9:52 PM EST
|By Lenah Allen
A Saturday march was organized in response to a double homicide that happened on Jan. 10.
Updated: Jan. 28, 2023 at 12:13 AM EST
|By Lenah Allen
It happened Wednesday night when deputies were pursuing a car driven by Colin Anthony Terrell, who they say struck and killed a woman in a residential neighborhood in Moultrie.
Updated: Jan. 27, 2023 at 9:52 PM EST
|By Lenah Allen
On a state and national level, improvements in inflation rates are keeping economists hopeful for a better turnout during the recession.
Updated: Jan. 27, 2023 at 9:29 AM EST
|By Lenah Allen and WALB News Team
Troopers said the violator in the high-speed chase hit another car and killed the person inside.
Updated: Jan. 25, 2023 at 6:45 PM EST
|By Lenah Allen
As a result, collision repair shops are staying busy, even outside of deer season.
Updated: Jan. 25, 2023 at 8:45 AM EST
|By Lenah Allen
The fire at the Grace Pointe Church took away childcare services from over 50 families for two months
Updated: Jan. 19, 2023 at 3:18 PM EST
|By Lenah Allen
Respiratory illnesses like the common cold and the flu are still impacting residents with petty symptoms such as congestion and body aches.
Updated: Jan. 15, 2023 at 10:16 PM EST
|By Lenah Allen
The home, located on Cedar Avenue, was once the house of the original Albany movement president William Anderson.
Updated: Jan. 14, 2023 at 6:55 PM EST
|By Lenah Allen
Bethel AME church leaders said it’s important to keep everyone safe in the community as more COVID-19 variants come into play.
Updated: Jan. 13, 2023 at 9:44 PM EST
|By Lenah Allen
A national egg shortage due to the bird flu has some people boiled about the prices they’re seeing at the grocery store.
Updated: Jan. 13, 2023 at 9:33 PM EST
|By Lenah Allen
A five-story training tower was brought in from Chicago and will serve as a massive tool as part of the Bainbridge Public Safety Training Center.
Updated: Jan. 12, 2023 at 5:45 PM EST
|By Lenah Allen
January is human trafficking awareness month and one victim is trying to save others from that nightmare.
Updated: Jan. 9, 2023 at 12:12 PM EST
|By Lenah Allen
Lorenzo Heard will officially be sworn in Monday morning as Dougherty County Commission chairman.
Updated: Jan. 8, 2023 at 11:36 AM EST
|By Lenah Allen
The Kendrick Johnson case which is now a decade old is still bringing people together, near and far to remember the Lowndes County high school student.
Updated: Jan. 6, 2023 at 6:01 PM EST
|By Lenah Allen
The event is an environmentally friendly way to dispose of Christmas trees.
Updated: Jan. 5, 2023 at 3:50 PM EST
|By Lenah Allen
It’s been a month since an EF-2 tornado ripped through Doeun and destroyed a local cotton gin and It’s going to take more than a clean-up to get it back fully operational.
Updated: Jan. 1, 2023 at 12:05 PM EST
|By Lenah Allen
Matt the Gnat is a bug that’s dropped every year in Tifton.
Updated: Dec. 30, 2022 at 5:47 PM EST
|By Lenah Allen
The sky is about to be lit up with explosions in celebration of the new year but firework safety is just as important as getting to use them for New Year’s.
Updated: Dec. 29, 2022 at 5:54 PM EST
|By Lenah Allen
While the city is growing and has been growing for the last few years, what concerns law enforcement is not an increase in crime but how it’s happening in a short amount of time.
Updated: Dec. 24, 2022 at 3:35 PM EST
|By Lenah Allen
Two years ago, Marlena Hurst disappeared. Then last year her brother Greg Hurst disappeared.
Updated: Dec. 22, 2022 at 6:50 PM EST
|By Lenah Allen
Jay Ridenhower Santa has been decking the halls for 20 years as Santa Claus.
Updated: Dec. 22, 2022 at 10:52 AM EST
|By Lenah Allen
On Tuesday, Lemon-aid Stand for a Cause raised over $5,000 for Rhea Mills, a young girl diagnosed with a rare form of bone cancer.
Updated: Dec. 20, 2022 at 10:59 AM EST
|By Lenah Allen
The national initiative Toys for Tots is growing in Thomasville and filling a void for families in need of gifts to put under their Christmas trees.
Updated: Dec. 18, 2022 at 1:35 PM EST
|By Lenah Allen
Worldwide Ministries Church of Christ teamed up with Southern Elite Riderz to give out free toys, books, clothes and even Christmas hams—all inspired by the early Christmas spirit.
Updated: Dec. 17, 2022 at 4:58 PM EST
|By Lenah Allen
Evan Vickers died last Friday in an ATV accident.
Updated: Dec. 15, 2022 at 6:19 PM EST
|By WALB News Team, Lenah Allen and Fallon Howard
A tornado debris signature was reported near Doerun. The signature coincided with a large number of power outages from Colquitt Electric in northwestern Colquitt County and southern Worth County, according to the National Weather Service.
Updated: Dec. 14, 2022 at 5:34 PM EST
|By Lenah Allen
“In the last 10 years, there’s been a 54% increase in crashes with pedestrians related to fatalities.”
Updated: Dec. 11, 2022 at 11:24 AM EST
|By Lenah Allen
“It’s a lot on us as a community. It’s a lot on us as an office.”
Updated: Dec. 8, 2022 at 6:06 PM EST
|By WALB News Team, Alicia Lewis and Lenah Allen
The Rose City’s annual festive blast to the past will be Dec. 8-9, from 6-9 p.m. in downtown Thomasville.
Updated: Dec. 7, 2022 at 5:58 PM EST
|By Lenah Allen
Buy A Little Give A Lot is ensuring that kids in need wake up on Christmas morning to brand new toys.
Updated: Dec. 4, 2022 at 11:17 AM EST
|By Lenah Allen
Saturday morning streets were blocked off in Lee County for the 34th annual Spirit of Christmas Parade and Festival.
Updated: Dec. 2, 2022 at 5:24 PM EST
|By Lenah Allen
A park known as Chason park is getting expanded thanks to $1.2 million awarded federal funds.
Updated: Dec. 1, 2022 at 5:54 PM EST
|By Lenah Allen
Operation Safe Holiday has been going on for 15 years now and not only cracks down on holiday scams but also crimes such as break-ins and robberies.
Updated: Nov. 27, 2022 at 9:31 PM EST
|By Lenah Allen
Some tree suppliers are saying that now they’re getting a third of the trees they got six years ago.
Updated: Nov. 26, 2022 at 5:05 PM EST
|By Lenah Allen
One Lee County family has jumped into an early Christmas with over a decades-long tradition that has been giving back to the community.
Updated: Nov. 20, 2022 at 3:20 PM EST
|By Lenah Allen
A total of 11 professional chalk artists went head-to-head at the Albany Museum of Art's ChalkFest to show off the many wonders of chalk.
Updated: Nov. 18, 2022 at 6:44 PM EST
|By Jamie Worsley and Lenah Allen
Worsley has prepped her nursery full of princess clothes and decor, taken every health precaution and even bought her baby’s first Christmas ornament just in time for her bundle of joy’s arrival.
Updated: Nov. 17, 2022 at 5:00 PM EST
|By Lenah Allen
Generational farming was also a topic Thursday, as many young aspiring students visited the summit.
Updated: Nov. 16, 2022 at 4:32 PM EST
|By Lenah Allen
The holidays are a time for joy, presents and a family feast, but that may not be the case for some families struggling with food insecurity.
Updated: Nov. 8, 2022 at 5:24 PM EST
|By Lenah Allen
Community members are saying the material in books like “The Perks of Being a Wallflower” by Stephen Chbosky are inappropriate for young readers.
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