Photo: U.S. Air Force Col. Russell Reese, 23rd Wing deputy commander, and Luzmeilyn Camper, 23rd Wing Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Coordinator and Helping Team director, pose for a photo at Moody Air Force Base,…
Valdosta > New Lowndes School Board Sworn In
VALDOSTA -- The new Lowndes County School Board has been sworn in, including new member Eric Johnson. Monday's meeting of the Lowndes County Board of Education saw Johnson sworn in as a new board member. Johnson…
Cordele > Cordele City Commissioner Arrested For Assaulting…
CORDELE -- On Thursday, Jan. 15, Cordele City Commissioner, Jamie Fernandez was arrested and charged with aggravated assault. Police were called to Fernandez' home around 8:30 a.m. due to a domestic dispute. The commissioner's wife, Lindsey Hardin…
Moody Air Force Base > 81st Fighter Squadron…
MOODY AIR FORCE BASE -- The US Air Force has reactivated the 81st Fighter Squadron, a unit in the 14th Flying Training Wing, based at Moody AFB near Valdosta. The unit was reactivated through an…
Homerville > Officer Arrested For Sexual Assault Of…
HOMERVILLE -- On Thursday, Jan. 8, Homerville Police Officer, Santiargo Lopaz King was arrested for sexually assaulting a Clinch County jail inmate. In November 2014, Officer King performed consensual sex with the inmate while transporting the prisoner to…
Fitzgerald > Murderer Traveled 300 Miles To Meet…
Allison Ericson, Valdosta Today News Director: FITZGERALD -- On Tuesday, Jan. 13, Ben Hill County Sheriff's Office investigators began their investigation on 22-year-old, John Asher Farrell-Villarreal. The Sheriff's Office received a call from a woman claiming that…
Wisenbaker > Class Warfare: Entitlements, Bread and Circuses
Gary M. Wisenbaker, Valdosta Today Editorial Director: “Free” college tuition, tax cuts, expanded benefits, tax hikes on corporations and “the rich”. As predicted in this column back in November, “Over the next two years Obama…
Valdosta > Man Arrested For Breaking Into Storage…
VALDOSTA -- On Tuesday, Jan. 13, the Valdosta Police Department arrested Darron Hollis for attempting to open a Villa Valdos Apartment storage unit. Hollis broke a lock off of one of the storage units using…
Tifton > Man Wrecks Car After Passing Out…
TIFTON -- Yesterday, Jan. 13, 25-year-old Zachary Dunn drove into a tree in the Applebee's parking lot, beside the intersection of Hwy. 82 and Hwy. 319. Tifton Police officers said the man was incoherent at the time…