Local & State Headlines

Father saves 3 kids
No one was seriously injured in an early morning house fire off Moultrie Road.

Teenager shot to death
An Albany teenager becomes the city’s seventh murder victim of 2008.

Police looking for escaped inmate
Billings was a former basketball standout at Monroe High School.

Phoebe psychiatrist gets national honor
A psychiatrist on the staff of an Albany hospital wins a national honor.

City OKs motocross facility
Albany’s city commission votes to extend its agreement with the Chehaw Park Authority.

Anderson ballot eligibility still debated in Baker
Isaac Anderson could be removed from the November ballot for Sheriff of Baker County.