ALBANY – District attorneys represent the government in criminal cases and are the chief law enforcement officer and top prosecutor of the state’s jurisdiction. The office prosecutes those charged ...

School officials encourage families experiencing housing instability to contact their school or the district’s homeless ...

Through cooperation with state and local agencies, adoption of administrative rules, and ongoing oversight, the Georgia ...

Editor’s Note: Fifth in a series of articles about mental health issues in southwest Georgia. ALBANY – For three decades, Dougherty County’s current jail has been among the busiest in southwest ...

DOUGHERTY COUNTY, Ga. (WALB) – A routine traffic stop turned into a multi-subject drug and firearm arrest in Dougherty County, resulting in the seizure of a large quantity of illegal narcotics, ...

We’re experiencing a lot of illegal dumping. If you’re one of these people who are dumping illegally, I’d like to appeal to ...

A Christmas Day crash between an ATV and an SUV in Dougherty County has renewed focus on off-road vehicle safety after the ATV driver suffered non-life-threatening injuries.The collision occurred at ...

DOUGHERTY COUNTY, Ga. — Police in Georgia are searching for a 19-year-old woman who is wanted for her participation in a shooting. Dougherty County Police said the shooting happened Feb. 16 on ...

ALBANY — The whistle that once guided Lady Trojans on the basketball court will soon direct an entire district’s athletic future. Khadijah Ali, the architect behind a decade of Dougherty High School ...

DOUGHERTY COUNTY, Ga. — Three Georgia gang members have been convicted of the murder of a Dougherty County man. On Friday, Attorney General Chris Carr announced that Demondarrius Jaquan Hicks, 23, ...