Manual recounts have determined the winners of two Albany Common Council races that had been too close to call.

ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) - The Albany City Commission has approved a new redistricting map for voting in the city. Albany commissioners say the newest ward map made noticeable changes for one district.

Albany’s three wards were last adjusted in 2002, recalled City Clerk Betty Langwell, not for population changes but because voting precincts were consolidated.

A LBANY, Ga. (WALB) - Former Albany City Commissioner for Ward 2, Jalen Johnson, has announced he’s endorsing a candidate who’s currently running for his former seat. “Early voting to fill ...

With the new ward in Albany, the church's Lebanon Oregon Stake now has 11 congregations: four in Albany, three in Lebanon and one each in Sweet Home, Brownsville and Jefferson, ...

ALBANY — Twelve of Albany's 15 wards favored incumbent Mayor Kathy Sheehan in last week's Democratic primary — including three out of the five majority-minority wards in the capital city ...

ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) - The highly anticipated Candidate Forum for Ward 6 took place Thursday evening, featuring a debate among all the candidates vying for the position.

While each ward has about 6,500 people, only 398 voted in the 3rd Ward, which Ellis won by an unofficial 35 votes, compared to 1,656 in the uptown 8th Ward, which Sheehan claimed by a 900-vote margin.

Albany Police arrested a 25-year-old woman this morning, charging the Albany resident with attempting to kidnap a newborn from the maternity ward at a local hospital. Trinity Hanley Louise Vidal ...

Parks Smith is running for Ward 1 New Albany alderman as an independent. Smith grew up in New Albany, and he is currently a history teacher at New Albany Middle School. He has been a teacher for ...