Local & State Headlines

Drought hurts, gas helps WG&L
Drought is blamed for declining revenues at Albany Water, Gas & Light.

County revises Radium purchase
Dougherty County Commissioners OK a change in a recent greenspace purchase.

East Albany home goes up in flames
A fire destroys one East Albany home early Monday morning.

Carter to speak on presidency
Jimmy Carter to speak in Plains for Presidents' Day.

Andrew officials discuss TJC deal
Andrew College officials are stressing that a potential deal with Turner Job Corps to tutor some of the center’s students and prepare them for transfer to the college is not a done deal.

Lee freshmen to get new 'Focus'
Leesburg’s 2008-09 ninth-graders won’t just be treated to a renovated, off-campus school for their first year of high school but also will take a course specifically designed to help neophytes better adjust.

Early plant breaks ground
Early County officials hold a groundbreaking for a petroleum and biofuels distribution, production and mixing plant.