Alan Mauldin

4 days ago | albanyherald.com | Alan Mauldin

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... ALBANY – The suspense of when the Oglethorpe Boulevard corridor between east and west Albany will be severed is over, with the scheduled closing of the bridge for roughly a year set for July 22. The city of Albany was notified Monday morning of the planned closure date for the structure spanning the Flint River, interim Director of Engineering Robert Griffin said.

1 week ago | albanyherald.com | Alan Mauldin

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... ALBANY – The Dougherty County Elections Office confirmed Wednesday afternoon that Willie Weaver is the projected winner in the Albany City Commission Ward II special election after a reported discrepancy the day after the election.

1 week ago | albanyherald.com | Alan Mauldin

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... ALBANY – A discrepancy in vote totals in an Albany City Commission race had officials scrambling on Wednesday to determine whether one of three candidates won outright or if a runoff election will be necessary. After initially indicating that a runoff would be necessary in the Albany City Commission Ward II race, the Dougherty County Election Office was re-examining the numbers after one of the candidates pointed out the discrepancy.

2 weeks ago | albanyherald.com | Alan Mauldin

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... ALBANY – At the moment, Travis Luke is running a one-man show, operating a summer camp aimed at preventing young people from getting into the gang lifestyle. But Luke would welcome bringing in some more helpers and funding to allow him to expand his project.

2 weeks ago | albanyherald.com | Alan Mauldin

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... ALBANY – Albany leaders are hoping to rally the community behind Turner Job Corps, one of 99 Job Corps sites nationwide and in Puerto Rico that the Trump administration abruptly ordered closed on May 28. The rally is scheduled to start at noon Saturday at the corner of McAdams Road and Turner Field Road. “We’re going to rally to save Job Corps,” Albany City Commissioner Jon Howard said. “There are numerous reasons.