Topic: Dougherty County | The Georgia Sun

Georgia By The Numbers

These are the cities with the fastest-growing home prices in the Albany, Georgia metro area

by StackerJuly 25, 2023July 25, 2023

Stacker compiled a list of cities with the fastest growing home prices in the Albany, GA metro using data from Zillow.

Georgia By The Numbers

Cities with the fastest growing home prices in Albany area

by StackerJune 27, 2023June 27, 2023

What Happened?: A joint investigation into Sparks, 45, led to his arrest on suspicion of distributing methamphetamine and fentanyl. Harrell, 61, was arrested at the scene for possessing heroin. The probe was set into motion following a series of fentanyl-related overdose fatalities in the region.

Crime

The Fight Against Fentanyl: Two Arrests Highlight the Struggle Against Deadly Opioids in Dougherty County

by Thom ChandlerMay 19, 2023September 24, 2023

Crime

Suspect arrested in Dawson motel shooting that killed Albany teen

by Thom ChandlerApril 11, 2023September 24, 2023

ALBANY -- An arrest has been made in the homicide that occurred in the 900 block of Willowwood Drive in Albany. 18-year-old Kaleb Brown was apprehended April 1, and charged with second-degree murder, aggravated assault with a firearm, and tampering with evidence in the shooting death of 17-year-old Keshawn Hunt.

Crime

18-year-old arrested in killing of Albany teen

by Thom ChandlerApril 1, 2023April 1, 2023

ALBANY -- The Albany Police Department is actively investigating a homicide that occurred in the 1500 block of Whiting Avenue.

Crime

Fatal shooting leaves one dead in Albany

by Thom ChandlerMarch 18, 2023September 24, 2023

The Albany Police Department's Criminal Investigations Bureau is asking for your help finding Rufus Lee Sherman, a 54-year-old man wanted on charges of rape, incest, and cruelty to children in the first degree.

Crime

Police search for Rufus Lee Sherman who is wanted on charges of rape, incest, and child cruelty

by Thom ChandlerJanuary 27, 2023January 27, 2023

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is searching for a 28-year-old woman who is wanted for a murder that occurred last month in Lee County.

Crime

GBI searches for 28-year-old Georgia woman wanted for murder

by Thom ChandlerDecember 2, 2022December 2, 2022

Car crash

Traffic & Transportation

18 people died in traffic crashes in Georgia over Thanksgiving weekend

by Thom ChandlerNovember 30, 2022September 24, 2023

Officers responded to the 900 block of South Slappey Boulevard in reference to a pedestrian involved hit-and-run at about 10:48 p.m.

Crime

Pedestrian and bicyclist injured by hit-and-run driver in Albany

by Thom ChandlerNovember 28, 2022September 24, 2023

Police Car Lights

Crime

SWAT arrests barricaded man in Albany

by Thom ChandlerNovember 5, 2022September 24, 2023

But business leaders are warning that a shortage of "affordable housing" could hinder the state's efforts to grow and attract businesses.

Is Georgia’s economic growth being harmed by a lack of affordable housing?

by T.A. DeFeo | The Center SquareOctober 4, 2022September 24, 2023

On August 5, 2020, Willie Stringer Jr. decided to walk to the store for a Powerade.

Crime

Albany police ask residents to ‘do the right thing’ to find Willie Stringer’s killer

by Thom ChandlerSeptember 12, 2022September 12, 2022

Earlier this year, we alerted you to a pine straw scam in Putnam County. However, this scam is does not appear to be isolated to one area of the state and has been reported from metro Atlanta to Albany.

Crime

Scam Alert: Pine straw scammers reported throughout Georgia

by Thom ChandlerAugust 4, 2022September 24, 2023

A 60-year-old man was found dead in a wooded area in Albany, according to the Albany Police Department.

Crime

60-year-old man found dead in wooded area in Albany

by Thom ChandlerJune 5, 2022June 5, 2022

Police crime scene

Crime

Arrest made in armed robbery at Maryland Fried Chicken in Albany

by Thom ChandlerJune 2, 2022September 24, 2023

Members of the GBI Southwestern Regional Drug Enforcement Office, Tift County Sheriff’s Office, Georgia State Patrol, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 35-year-old Jose Luis Pena-Ferraras and 43-year-old Ismil Rodriguez-Aybar, both of Lawrenceville, after the seizure of five kilograms of methamphetamine, one kilogram of heroin, and a handgun.

Crime

Large amount of drugs seized from Lawrenceville residents in South Georgia

by Crime ReportsMay 28, 2022September 24, 2023

Police in Albany made two arrests Wednesday in a check forging case.

Crime

Two suspects arrested in check forging case in Albany

by Thom ChandlerMay 19, 2022May 19, 2022