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…
In Other News: The Best and Worst States…
More than 70% of women with kids under 18 are working moms. So Mother's Day seems like a good time to give them a shout-out . . . and also give some credit to the…
In Other News: Facebook Is as Addictive as…
According to a new study out of the Netherlands, Facebook can be JUST as addictive as cigarettes or chocolate. The researchers even found that just seeing the Facebook logo could set off, quote, "spontaneous pleasure…
The Values-Culture-Brand-Profit Connection
By Curt Fowler | Fowler and Company Yes – it is a very long title, but it is a connection that drives results. In our previous post, we talked about how great brands drive higher…
VSU PRSSA Supports CAC
VALDOSTA - Valdosta State University’s Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) recently presented a check for $368 to the Children’s Advocacy Center (CAC) of Lowndes County Inc. The funds were raised during the student organization’s…
County leaders graduate from the Georgia Academy for…
LOWNDES Co. - The Board of the Georgia Academy for Economic Development announces Lowndes County graduates from the 2017 Region 11 Multi-Day Training Program. Class participants represented a number of professional and non-professional economic development…
Mediacom Awards $1,000 Scholarship to Two Lowndes High…
VALDOSTA - Mediacom Communications presented Joely Peterman and Sara Jensen, 2017 graduates of Lowndes High School, with a $1,000 scholarship as part of the company’s World Class Scholarship Program. The award recognizes the Valdosta and Hahira…
Horace Mann Awards Joe Belson’s South Georgia Agency…
VALDOSTA - Horace Mann, the largest national multiline insurance company focusing on educators' financial needs, recently recognized Joe Belson’s agency in South Georgia, Financial Solutions for Educators, LLC, as its Rookie Agency of the Year…
Lowndes County Schools recognizes retirees
LOWNDES Co. - Prior to the May school board meeting, Superintendent Wes Taylor and the Lowndes Board of Education honored the 2017 retirees in a reception hosted by the Lowndes Education Improvement Foundation (LEIF). The forty…