ALBANY – The MTS Sickle Cell Foundation has partnered with the Georgia Public Library Service and the Dougherty County Library System to help raise awareness about sickle cell disease in the community. The library will host a SCD awareness brunch from 10:30 a.m.-1 p.m. May 18 at the Northwest Library Event Center, located at 2507 Dawson Road, for a day of education, community building and ...
ALBANY – A candidate for Georgia House District 154, which includes a portion of Dougherty County as well as other southwest Georgia counties, may be disqualified from running in the fall election. An administrative law judge ruled on Tuesday that Democrat Othellious Cato was disqualified after the candidate reportedly failed to appear for a Tuesday session of the Georgia Office of State ...
AMERICUS — A unique partnership between Phoebe Sumter Medical Center and an Americus artist is helping the hospital provide holistic care for mental health patients and supporting the Phoebe vision, “to make every life we touch, better.” Leaders at Phoebe Sumter recognized the need for a more therapeutic environment in the hospital’s emergency department, which regularly cares for patients ...