Albany Herald

The Albany Herald serves as the daily newspaper for the Albany metro area in Georgia, USA. It circulates in metro Albany and throughout southwest Georgia. Established in 1891, the paper has a weekday circulation of 21,701 and 24,820 on Sundays. The newspaper's offices were once located in the historic Rosenberg Brothers Department Store in downtown Albany.

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Terrell County’s Golden Triangle RC&D helps with access to clean and running drinking water – Albany Herald

4 days ago | albanyherald.com | Lucille Lannigan

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Nonprofit is in need of support until it can access more funding for its well water and septic program. DAWSON – In rural Georgia, clean and reliable drinking water is not a given. Dorothy Ross, a 76-year-old Camilla resident, shared a community well with eight other households, each paying a monthly fee to the person who owned the well.
Former gang member brings life, communication skills camp to Albany – Albany Herald

1 week 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.
CARLTON FLETCHER: Putney residents' anger, frustration reach boiling point – Albany Herald

1 week ago | albanyherald.com | Carlton Fletcher

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... When I drive that slow, you know it’s hard to steer, And I can’t get my car out of second gear. — Sammy HagarAs I trucked my way down U.S. 19 Tuesday evening, heading for the Lighthouse Church — the one that used to be a liquor store — this yahoo in a beat-up old pickup jumped behind me into the left-hand, southbound lane, where I was traveling along at 65-67 mph, right at the posted speed limit.
Community rally for Turner Job Corps scheduled in Albany Saturday – Albany Herald

1 week 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.
Albany community rallies around Turner Job Corps amid pending lawsuit – Albany Herald

1 week ago | albanyherald.com | Lucille Lannigan

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... ALBANY – School was not easy on Lydia Tooley Whitlock. The Valdosta native was a victim of bullying that escalated from elementary to high school. Whitlock said it set her on a rough path, and she was expelled from high school in 2000. It was enrolling at Turner Job Corps, in Albany that picked her up when she was at her lowest. “I don’t know how other people see Job Corps, but I know what Job Corps did for me,” Whitlock said.
Helping Hands Ending Hunger nonprofit has rescued 1 million pounds of food to feed youths in need – Albany Herald

1 week ago | albanyherald.com | Lucille Lannigan

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... ALBANY – After about five years of active operation within Dougherty County schools, Helping Hands Ending Hunger Inc. has rescued 1 million pounds of leftover school food from being thrown away. The nonprofit alleviates childhood food insecurity and reduces school food waste. It does this by taking the food students would normally throw away after a meal and instead collecting it and giving it to families in need.
Search continues for suspect sought on several felony charges – Albany Herald

1 week ago | albanyherald.com | Alan Mauldin

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... LEESBURG – The subject of a Tuesday manhunt along the Dougherty/Lee County line near the Albany mall that brought a hovering helicopter to the scene was for a suspect wanted on multiple felony charges, including attempting to strike two Georgia State Patrol troopers with a car.
State officials get an earful at Putney town hall meeting to discuss traffic safety – Albany Herald

1 week ago | albanyherald.com | Carlton Fletcher

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... PUTNEY — Georgia Director of Highway Safety Allen Poole, his deputy director, Marc Raines, and a small entourage came to this small community about 10 miles south of Albany Tuesday night and landed right in the middle of a hornet’s nest.
Muarlean 'Hat Lady' Edwards wants to return to local government as Albany Ward II commissioner – Albany Herald

1 week ago | albanyherald.com | Lucille Lannigan

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... ALBANY – Muarlean Edwards is no stranger to working and advocating to better her community. A native Albanian, Edwards was just 19 when she became involved in the Albany Civil Rights Movement in 1962. She attended mass meetings at Mount Zion Baptist Church and marched through the streets despite the risk of being arrested. She talked about the memories with a small smile. “It was exciting, and I wanted to make a difference,” she said.
Former Albany Municipal Court judge Willie Weaver seeks Ward II Albany City Commission seat – Albany Herald

2 weeks ago | albanyherald.com | Alan Mauldin

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Editor’s Note: First in a three-part series on the candidates seeking the Ward II Albany City Commission seat in a June 17 special election. ALBANY – With his youngest son having graduated from high school and having slowed down in his youth coaching duties and winding down his legal practice, former Albany Municipal Court Judge Willie Weaver has some more time on his hands these days.