Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Gleaton Jones, a former walk-on running back for the University of Georgia Bulldogs football team, has died at 21 following a car crash this week. Jones died on Friday, Dec. 13, according to an ...
The Albany Herald is the daily newspaper for metro Albany in the U.S. state of Georgia. It is distributed in metro Albany and in southwest Georgia. [3] The newspaper was founded in 1891. Offices for the paper were previously housed in the historic Rosenberg Brothers Department Store in downtown Albany.
The North Georgia News was preceded by the Blairsville Free Press which was started by J.A. Butt Jr., and The Blairsville Herald which was published by Quillian & Wellborn. Both newspapers began in 1892 and ceased publication in an unknown year. [4] [5] From 2001 until 2012, the North Georgia News faced competition from the Union Sentinel.
The village of Alexandria was incorporated February 20, 1877. Its city charter was adopted in 1908, and it was incorporated as a city in 1909. W. E. Hicks was pivotal to the town's early development. He purchased the townsite in 1868 and established a mill, hotel, newspaper, and store.
Dougherty County is located in the southwestern portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 85,790. [1] The county seat and sole incorporated city is Albany. [2] Dougherty County is included in the Albany, GA metropolitan statistical area.
WALG (1590 AM, "News/Talk 1590") is a radio station serving Albany, Georgia, and surrounding cities with a news/talk format. This station is under ownership of Rick Lambert and Bob Spencer, through licensee First Media Services, LLC. Its studios are on Broad Avenue just west of downtown Albany, and the transmitter is located north of Albany.
Other major highways that run through the city include Georgia State Route 91, Georgia State Route 133, Georgia State Route 234, and Georgia State Route 520. Albany is located on Georgia State Route 300 (Georgia-Florida Parkway), which provides easy access to Cordele , and Interstate 75 to the northeast and south to Camilla , and Thomasville .
The Daily Sun was a daily newspaper founded in 1969 by Foy Evans to serve Warner Robins, Georgia. Evans sold the paper to Roy H. Park in 1972. Park's papers were acquired by Media General in 1996. In 1997, Media General sold 43 papers to Community Newspaper Holdings. [1]