Putney News

While in the Taco Bell drive-through at lunch Thursday, 28 year old Jeanita Fulmore reached inside the console of her car to get money, picked up her .9 millimeter luger and it discharged.

Albany police chief John Proctor said 14-year-old Ladrona Hamilton had gone to Cordele, where her family lived previously, after the Friday incident but she was brought back to Albany on Saturday.

The infamous Phoebe factoids controversy has re-surfaced--this time in a film. A documentary by a Chicago production company focuses on how big not-for-profit hospitals, including Phoebe, deal with uninsured and under-insured patients.

A motorcyclist is in critical condition after a near head on collision in west Albany.

A 14-year-old girl accused of stabbing a 12-year-old boy to death in Albany has been charged as an adult.

Albany officials say a 14-year-old girl has been arrested and charged with murder in the stabbing death of a 12-year-old boy.

Albany officials say a 14-year-old girl has been arrested and charged with murder in the stabbing death of a 12-year-old boy.

And apparently, the man and woman who took the victim to the hospital were members of the same gang and the three of them had been attacked by a rival gang.

Police say they aren't sure how, where, or by whom 32-year old Reginald Richardson was killed, but they are questioning two people they call persons of interest.

Right now police have few details in the case but tell us the victim, who is only described as a black man, died at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital from injuries recieved sometime late Monday night or early Tuesday morning.

Few details have been released but, we know that Doerun Police was chasing a Honda Accord West on Highway 133 just after 5:30 AM Saturday morning.

And often they feel like they're alone in dealing with their grief. This week, Phoebe Putney Hospital is hosting a camp to help those kids.

Georgia State Patrol has confirmed that a man who was thrown from motorcycle during a crash Tuesday night has died.

Just after 8:00 PM, 42-year-old Ricky Stewart was shot in the left hand in the 400 block of Gaines Avenue.

Phoebe Putney Hospital's Network of Trust program equipped the school with an defibrillator that is mounted by the school office.

It's been a month since flooding rains pounded south Georgia. Forty-six homes in Dougherty County were damaged, but in Putney many people are still having problems.

Putney neighbors may be out of luck when it comes to getting rid of thousands of frogs in their yards.

A Putney, Georgia woman has a smelly frog problem that's just about trapped the family in their home.

The main courthouse in Albany is now the Dr. Walter Carl Gordon, Jr. Post Office Building, named in memory of a long time Albany physician and community activist.

On Thursday Rebuilding Together held a banquet for 13 homeowners and volunteers, the homeowners will get help with everything from painting to roof repairs.