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Thu., December 29, 2011 5:16pm
Voters in Albany and Savannah elected female mayors this year. They join Columbus and Athens as major Georgia cities led by women.
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Fri., December 23, 2011 8:29am
A new $10 million airport terminal project in Albany has cleared its final regulatory hurdle. The project is part of a plan to overhaul the terminal area at Southwest Georgia Regional Airport.
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Mon., December 19, 2011 7:04am
The U.S. Marine Corps will deactivate its Albany-based band, despite the group being named Marine Band of the Year for 2011. A spokesman said the Marine Corps has had to draw down in several areas.
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Fri., December 9, 2011 3:38pm
Albany State University will award honorary degrees to several dozen civil rights activists at its graduation ceremony Saturday morning. The 32 honorees are activists from the Albany Movement in 1961. The school expelled them for participating in nonviolent protests against segregation.
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Tue., December 6, 2011 1:20pm
Albany Symphony board members have decided to part ways ways with longtime conductor Claire Fox Hillard. A symphony official says, the board won't be bringing Hillard back next year after Camilla police arrested the conductor in August on loitering and prowling charges. Hillard was suspended without pay until the board voted to let him go.
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Mon., December 5, 2011 4:45pm
The state Senate's Higher Education Commitee chairman says, he's been assured, there won't be any mergers of Georgia's historically black universities. Savannah-area State Senator Buddy Carter says, that word comes from University System Chancellor Hank Huckaby. Carter says, Huckaby told him, historically-black schools won't be on a coming list of colleges to be merged amid legislative cost-cutting.
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Fri., November 18, 2011 11:59am
The Southwest Georgia Regional Airport could soon bear Johnson’s name
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Thu., November 3, 2011 2:29pm
The University Board of Regents is still working to grant honorary degrees to Civil Rights activists.The recognition would go to 38 Albany State University students.
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Tue., November 1, 2011 7:30am
The U.S. Supreme Court is set to take up a Georgia case Tuesday that involves the question of whether government officials have absolute immunity from civil lawsuits. The high court is expected to hear an appeal from Charles Rehberg, who sent faxes criticizing the Phoebe Putney Health System.
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Fri., October 14, 2011 7:55am
An Illinois real estate company has purchased the former Cooper Tire and Rubber Company plant in Albany for $8.5 million. Ray Kaye, executive vice president of Hilco, confirmed the purchase Wednesday and says the company is already working with prospective tenants.
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