One sister told WALB she’s concerned for her brother’s safety inside Valdosta State Prison. She says according to her brother, nothing is being done with those catching COVID-19.
The Albany Police Department (APD) announced Thursday that a second person’s charges will be dismissed in the homicide of Brykia Washington, 21, and the aggravated assault of Ta’Tavious Hawkins, 27, while another suspect in the case is getting their charges upgraded.
Angie Graves was working at the Subway at White’s Travel Center along Interstate 81/64 on Thursday morning when she spied country music star Kane Brown.
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp says that he plans to call a special session of the state legislature in order to fix a technical error on a bill that exempts hurricane relief payments from certain taxes.
Senator Ed Harbison said there are too few employees handling unemployment cases and it’s creating a hardship for people during the coronavirus pandemic.
During a time when COVID-19 has increased costs in Dougherty County, both Albany and the county police departments hope a yearly grant will replenish their funds.
When they got there, they found family members giving CPR to a man who didn’t have a pulse and wasn’t breathing. The officers took over until EMS arrived.
Tropical Storm Isaias spawned tornadoes and dumped rain along the U.S. East Coast on Tuesday after making landfall as a hurricane in North Carolina, where it smashed boats together and caused floods and fires that displaced dozens of people.
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Radium Springs is still under construction. And their latest project, which includes re-fencing the entire property, is just the most recent improvement county commissioners approved.
COVID-19 concerns continue to be a problem inside Georgia prisons. A concerned family member of an inmate at Valdosta State Prison says she feels the Department of Corrections is not doing anything to protect the incarcerated.
Mother Blane Stone says she received a call on July 21 from management saying her 2-year-old daughter Blithe was discovered outside by a teacher who happened to glance outside the window.
LCSO says the charges stem from an August 20, 2016 fire at the Bulldog No. 3 convenience store located at 512 West Highway 84 in Stockton, which Patel and Joshi jointly owned.
Some 23 million people nationwide at risk of being evicted, according to The Aspen Institute, as moratoriums enacted because of the coronavirus expire and courts reopen. Around 30 state moratoriums have expired since May, according to The Eviction Lab at Princeton University.
It’s been over 100 days since the coronavirus pandemic hit Albany and for Chehaw Park and Zoo, the pandemic meant that operations would have to change for the time being.
In an effort to help combat COVID-19 in Macon County, where he starred as a high school linebacker before going on to a record-setting career, Smith is donating 1,500 face masks that will be distributed to residents.
The Phoebe Putney Health System CEO said following those recommendations will not only “help bring relief to our tireless healthcare workers, but it will help keep you and your family safe.”
On Friday, Gov. Brian Kemp signed two executive orders for extending the public health state of emergency and current COVID-19 safety measures amid the pandemic.
The Lily Pad Sane center sees about 400 victims a year, according to Martinez. She said children as young as six months have come to the center to be evaluated for sexual abuse.
A Georgia overnight camp hit by a coronavirus outbreak took many precautions, but didn’t make campers wear masks or have proper ventilation in buildings, according to a government report released Friday.
