VALDOSTA - The City of Valdosta celebrates the success of Georgia Cities Week with the return of Touch-A-Truck Event. Release: The City of Valdosta is pleased to announce the successful return of its Touch-A-Truck event,…
2 Men Get Prison in Drive-by Shooting
ATKINSON CO, Ga. - Humberto Ocampo and Omar Venegas, both age 21, pleaded guilty to their part in an Atkinson County drive-by shooting from 2017. Venegas plead guilty to Aggravated Assault and received a straight…
I-75 Lane Closures Scheduled at Exit 22
LOWNDES – Construction will be getting underway on the second half of the new Exit 22 overpass in Lowndes County, which will require lane closures on Interstate 75.The north and south left (inside/fast) lanes will…
VPD Looking for Mother’s Day Stabbing Suspect
VALDOSTA - On Sunday, May 12, 2019 at approximately 5:55pm, Valdosta Police Department officers were dispatched to the 500 block of Hudson Street in reference to a physical dispute between family members. Officers discovered a…
Semi on Fire I75 Southbound
LOWNDES CO - Valdosta Today reader Richard Peterson from Lake Park has reported that a larger semi tanker is aflame in the southbound route of I-75 around Georgia mile marker 4. https://youtu.be/oGE_FqlUyQk Video of the…
Kemp Signs Morphine Bill
VALDOSTA – Gov. Brian Kemp has been busy lately. This past week he toured Georgia and signed bill after bill. In Valdosta, he made a stop at Fellowship Home at Brookside, owned by the LaHood family,…
Cogongrass Spreading Across Southeast
VALDOSTA - The Georgia Forestry Commission states that the noxious weed Cogongrass is spreading rapidly across the Southeast. Cogongrass (Imperata cylindrica (L.) Beauv.), is a very aggressive exotic perennial grass that entered Alabama in 1911…
90Works Strives to End Veteran Homelessness
By Lauren Burgess VALDOSTA - Tonight in the U.S., homeless veterans of our military will sleep on the streets. Too many veterans who have fought to protect the freedoms citizens enjoy every day cannot get…
SGMC Honors 2019 Stroke Ambassadors
VALDOSTA - South Georgia Medical Center honored six area high school students as 2019 Stroke Ambassadors at its Stroke Symposium on May 8, 2019. The health system had previously identified a need to educate young…