Commission, community divided over official s resignation ktvz.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from ktvz.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
City works to keep its neighborhoods litter free
ALBANY, Georgia (Albany Herald) Dennis Goodman lost the use of his legs in a car accident 34 years ago. But people living along 12th Avenue in Albany will have a tough time finding a neighbor who does a better job of keeping his lawn and property in apple-pie order.
So when Goodman, who happened to be looking out his window at an opportune moment, saw a passenger drop a bag of trash into the ditch in front of the home he inherited from his parents, he rolled in his wheelchair into action.
“I looked out the window and saw a young lady holding a brown paper bag outside the window of a silver car,” Goodman said Thursday at a city of Albany “Operation Clean Sweep” gathering on Avalon Street. “No matter how much I work to keep my yard clean, the ditch is usually filled with beer cans and bottles, fast-food wrappers and other trash. I watched her let the trash flow out of that brown bag into my yard, and I put on
Agencies offer hope for those struggling with addiction during COVID-19 pandemic
Albany, Georgia (Albany Herald) Disruptive events such as a natural disaster or loss of a job can affect individuals, as well as their families, even when the circumstances are short in duration.
In the midst of a global pandemic that has disrupted the lives of nearly everyone in myriad ways from being shut off from loved ones to long periods spent in isolation and has lasted for a year the impact has been massive.
For many, the stress and depression brought about by this unprecedented event has led to them turning to the use of substances, from the legal such as alcohol to street drugs such as methamphetamine and in particular opioids.
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Parents accused of locking boy in laundry room arrested
Albany, Georgia (Albany Herald) A Dougherty County couple arrested this week in a child-abuse case are accused of holding a 12-year-old boy in what police described as “inhumane” conditions and could face additional charges.
Gwendolyn Warren and Gary Thomas Warren were each charged Wednesday with one count of false imprisonment and cruelty to children in the first degree.
The 12-year-old apparently had been locked inside a laundry room and held for long periods of time, the Dougherty County Police Department said.
Officers began the investigation as a missing juvenile case involving the boy. They discovered there were four other children living in the residence.