Local & State Headlines

SCSS schools AYP report grim
Twelve Dougherty County schools did not make Adequate Yearly Progress for the 2007-2008 school year.

Jobless claims keep rising
Unemployment claims in metro Albany rose by 25 percent in June.

Black farmers consider suit
Hundreds of area farmers attend an information meeting about a federal lawsuit against the USDA.

Alleged hit-and-run driver charged
Two pedestrian victims were treated and later released from the hospital in a hit-and-run incident.

Feds: Fish fraud nets local men
Two Miller County men are among a group accused of violating U.S. and Florida game fish laws.