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…
Valdosta police investigate Sunday afternoon shooting incident
VALDOSTA - Valdosta police are investigating a Sunday afternoon shooting incident. At approximately 5 p.m., the Valdosta Police Department responded to a residence in the 900 block of McAfina Trail in reference to a reported…
Blue ribbons placed in remembrance of fallen officers,…
VALDOSTA - On Friday, The Blue Line Ladies, a law enforcement support organization, placed 144 Blue Ribbons on the Valdosta Courthouse lawn in remembrance of the 144 Law Enforcement lives that were lost in 2016. The Blue…
Quiche, cashew butter and more on Georgia food…
This is a summary of new or updated/expanded food recalls impacting Georgia. For specific product identifiers (lot codes, expiration dates, etc.) and additional recall info, please click the links, which will redirect you to the…
Georgia colleges now must implement concealed handgun law
ATLANTA (WCTV) - Georgia's public university presidents and police chiefs were strongly opposed to letting people carry concealed handguns on college campuses. Now that Gov. Nathan Deal has signed the campus-carry law, it falls on…
Wildfire spreads in southern Georgia, forces evacuations
FOLKSTON, Ga. (WCTV) - Seventy-nine people in St. George in Georgia's southernmost county have been evacuated after a wildfire in the Okefenokee Swamp began encroaching onto private property. West Mims Public Information Officer Michael Davis…
Morning News Briefs for 5-8-17
Tom Murphy writing for the Associated Press reports that the 8 billion dollars set aside in the revamping of the Affordable Care Act to help states over the next five years to cover persons who…
Six arrested in prostitution ring
Defendants Rented Apartments for Prostitution, Advertised on Backpage.com and other Sites; Cycled Sex Workers through Locations across the West COLUMBUS, Ga. -Six people are under arrest and law enforcement served court authorized search warrants at…
In Other News: HBO Is Developing Four Different…
It seemed like HBO was crazy to plan to bring "Game of Thrones" to an end at the height of its popularity . . . but now it's starting to make more sense. A "Game…