Michael Harper closed out Saturday’s Stop Youth Gun Violence meeting with a drum circle involving the last remaining youth attendees. Staff photo: Lucille Lannigan ALBANY – The sound of a steady ...

Having grown up in rural northeast Alabama, I was exposed to a variety of accents. Of course, there was “Basic Southern,” in which a customer at my parents’ country store would come in and say “Howdy, ...

ALBANY – The 2025 “Chop It Up” Men’s Health Fair, a free community event focused on encouraging men to take charge of their health, will be held June 14 from 8 a.m.-noon at Albany State University’s ...

A paragraph in The Economist made me curious and sad. It noted that Britain’s oldest manufacturer was up for sale. The Whitechapel Bell Foundry in London has been casting bells since at least 1570.

THE FLATS – Georgia Tech fans will be treated to a drone show during halftime of the 2026 season opener versus Colorado on Thursday, Sept. 3 from above Bobby Dodd Stadium at Hyundai Field. As a part ...

This story originally appeared in The War Horse. Republished with permission. The Defense Department is months behind on addressing a new law’s mandate to fight pregnancy-related mood and anxiety ...

This story originally appeared in The War Horse. Republished with permission. Veterans lean on emotional support animals to help cope with their PTSD, but there are challenges to keeping them. Cats ...

ALBANY – Dougherty County has completed a comprehensive reassessment of property tax values for the first time in more than a decade, and this week the notices to property owners started landing in ...

ALBANY – With utility, grocery and gas prices spiking, many families are stretched these days. And while there is assistance available at area food banks for people looking to get through lean times, ...

There are plenty of things that can distract a high school football player entering his senior season. Recruiting. Social media. Expectations. The opinions of everyone who thinks they know what comes ...

An alligator roaming in the 600 block of Pine Glenn Drive brought out the Dougherty County Police Department and the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, which captured the animal. Submitted Photo ...

ATLANTA — The Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference announced its 2026 preseason all-conference women’s volleyball teams, individual honors and predicted order of finish on Wednesday, featuring ...