ATLANTA – Governor Brian Kemp will appoint former commissioner Stan Wise to the District 5 seat of the Georgia Public Service Commission. Release: ATLANTA – Governor Brian P. Kemp today announced he will appoint Stan…
Three suspects charged in Valdosta murder
VALDOSTA – Three people are facing charges in an October murder near the campus of Valdosta State University. 20-year-old Jalon Jackson was found dead at a home on North Toombs Street on October 19th. Officials…
Morning News Briefs for 3-30-17
Members of the Valdosta City Council have approved the purchases of 13 new vehicles for the Valdosta Police Department. Citing the need to preserve public safety Chief Brian Childress pointed to the high mileage on…
Medics Honored for Saving 116 Lives
VALDOSTA - Forty-eight employees of South Georgia Medical Center’s Mobile Healthcare Services were recently presented Life Saver award medals by the Southwest Georgia Region 8 EMS Council, accounting for 116 live saves. Life Saver medals…
Five arrested, two at large in FBI gang…
ATLANTA - David J. LeValley, Special Agent in Charge, FBI Atlanta Field Office, in conjunction with Everette Ragan, Commander, Chatham-Savannah Counter Narcotics Team, and Joseph H. “Jack” Lumpkin, Sr., Chief of Police, Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan P.D.,…
State Agencies Utilize New App to Help Prevent…
DECATUR, Ga. – More than half of child deaths in Georgia could have been prevented. That is the finding of the Georgia Child Fatality Review Program (GCFR) which evaluates all injury, sleep-related, and unexpected/suspicious deaths involving…
Lowndes man barricades himself in home, deputies break…
DASHER - A Dasher man is in custody after barricading himself inside a home in an apparent attempt to resist deputies who were executing a warrant for his arrest. On Tuesday afternoon, Lowndes County Sheriff's Office deputies…
Georgia football opens second week of spring practice
ATHENS, Ga. - With temperatures hovering near 80 degrees at the beginning, Georgia practiced for two and a half hours and now has only 11 more practices this spring. The spring finale will be the…
Morning News Briefs for 3-29-17
New job opportunities will come to Tifton with the completion of construction on a new Piedmont National Corporation distribution Center. 30 workers will be employed at the facility which is expected to go online in…