VALDOSTA – A Valdosta warming and cooling shelter has been renamed in honor of longtime community advocate Jeanette Newbern Coody. Release: On Friday, August 14, 2026, the City of Valdosta officially celebrated the ribbon cutting…
Rainy season may provide wildfire relief
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) – As of Tuesday, there are 134 actively burning wildfires in the state. The fires have scorched 170,000 acres of land since the beginning of the year, and firefighters are hoping the…
Georgia executes first inmate of 2017
ATLANTA (WCTV) - Georgia has carried out its first execution of the year, putting to death a man who fatally stabbed his neighbor 25 years ago. Authorities say 45-year-old J.W. Ledford Jr. was pronounced dead…
Man hit in foot by Valdosta homeowner’s warning…
VALDOSTA – A man was shot in the foot after a Valdosta homeowner warned him to leave the property. The Valdosta Police Department says the owner of a residence on N. Troup Street saw an…
Morning News Briefs for 5-17-17
A Troup Street shooting incident has left one man with a wound to his foot after refusing to leave the property of the shooter. The victim was treated at South Georgia Medical Center. The homeowner…
South Georgia community still in shock one year…
MOULTRIE Ga. - These days Ana Delacruz can't help staring at the empty lot across from her home. "It’s something that we couldn't believe. It's something that you would see on the discovery channel…
Georgia swamp fire: evacuation order lifted for nearby…
FOLKSTON, Ga. (WCTV) - A mandatory evacuation order has been lifted for two south Georgia towns threatened for days last week by a wildfire that had spread outside the boundaries of the neighboring Okefenokee swamp.…
South Georgia food bank collects over 250,000 pounds…
LOWNDES CO. - Over the weekend, the Second Harvest Food Bank collected nearly 270,000 pounds of donated food. It will help feed food insecure families in Southwest Georgia. Last week, mail carriers collected bags stuffed…
Lowndes Co., Valdosta firefighters protect evacuated homes in…
LOWNDES CO. - Lowndes County and Valdosta fire departments are sending local firefighters to the West Mims Fire. They are part of the 900 fire personnel from across the country working the massive fire. "We…