VALDOSTA - The City of Valdosta invites the public to join in on the return of Movies in the Park at Unity Park Amphitheater. Release: The City of Valdosta and Valdosta Main Street is excited…
VSU Hosts Computing Adventures
VALDOSTA -- Valdosta State University’s Department of Mathematics and Computer Science hosted its sixth annual Computing Adventures @ VSU June 22-26. Seventeen rising fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh graders attended the weeklong camp designed to introduce…
Guilty Verdict in Lee County Murder Trial
ALBANY -- Jurors issued a guilty verdict in the retrial of a man charged with stabbing and killing an elderly man during a robbery. Timothy French was found guilty of malice murder, felony murder, and armed…
Construction Begins on ABAC Laboratory Sciences Building
TIFTON—Ten shovels filled with red soil worked in unison for a photo opportunity. Then a yellow motor grader smoothed out the dirt as the real construction began on the new $8.5 million laboratory sciences building…
Wisenbaker > Repression and Censorship: Alive and Well…
Gary M. Wisenbaker, Valdosta Today Editorial Director VALDOSTA -- The New York Times, the nation’s “paper of record” recently announced the fate of the Confederate battle flag: “America's leading merchants have spoken: The Confederate flag…
Drowning Victim’s Body Found
[caption id="attachment_25400" align="alignnone" width="399"] WALB Photo[/caption] LAKE BLACKSHEAR -- A possible drowning victim's body has been located in Lake Blackshear on Saturday. Search crews located the body in Crisp County. The Crisp County Sheriff's Office…
High Temputures Affect Watermelon Crop
TIFTON -- High summer temperatures and intense sun could reduce the end of Georgia’s watermelon crop this year, according to University of Georgia Cooperative Extension vegetable horticulturist Tim Coolong. Coolong joined the UGA College of…
Special Prom Held in Valdosta
[caption id="attachment_25387" align="alignnone" width="630"] WALB Photo[/caption] VALDOSTA -- A prom for people with disabilities was underway at Mathis City Auditorium in Valdosta as of 6 p.m. Friday. The Valdosta Lowndes Parks and Rec Authority spent…
Valdosta Posts Balanced Budget
VALDOSTA -- After making some tough decisions that resulted in the reduction of over $6 million of department requests, the City of Valdosta Fiscal Year 2016 Budget, balanced and with no property tax increase, was approved…