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Dr. Jim Hotz inspired the 1991 Michael J. Fox movie “Doc Hollywood,” about a crackerjack young doctor who ends up in a small Southern town despite his big-city dreams.
ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) - A short documentary set in rural Georgia will make its world premiere at a renowned film festival this summer. The film will air on June 8, the fifth day of the festival.
Several families in Tellico Plains have had to go to court to keep a cemetery gate from being locked. The historic cemetery borders the Cherokee National Forest in Monroe County.
ALBANY — Former general manager David Eslinger will avoid state prison for stealing more than $42,000 from the Albany Rural Cemetery if he can pay back nearly half of the money in a year.
A memorial wall to be dedicated Friday at Taylor-Swinson Cemetery in Greene County includes 180 names on the front with room for more on the back. “To our knowledge, we are the first and only ...
NEW ALBANY - For at least three-quarters of a century, the New Albany City Cemetery has been a problem without a good solution.
Bucknell will honor Doris Fischer Malesardi S'45 with an honorary doctor of humane letters degree during its 175th Commencement, recognizing her philanthropic contributions that have advanced the ...
He stumbled into the job at Albany Rural Cemetery four years ago after visiting his grandmother's grave and seeing that the grass around some gravestones was overgrown.
It’s been a year since the meeting at the museum relating to making the New Albany City Cemetery more navigable to people searching for particular graves. A follow up meeting will be held at the ...
With no new apartments allowed within city limits, developers are instead building in the surrounding areas of Floyd County. And not everyone living in those rural parts is on board ...
Work nears completion on Mount Wollaston Cemetery's new monumental entrance gate in Quincy. Ornamentation includes gilt figures of angels and lilies.