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,…
Sallas Mahone Studies Colonial Era
VALDOSTA - Third-grade teachers at Sallas Mahone hosted an experience that was sure to reach their students as they studied Colonial Times. Students had the opportunity to explain the factors that shaped British Colonial America…
J.L. Lomax – Lomax Leaders Host Sock Drive
VALDOSTA - J.L. Lomax Elementary scholars are giving back to their community in a big way. It was recently reported that the homeless shelter needed sock donations, one of the few things that they rarely…
VHS Debate Celebrates First State Champions
VALDOSTA - The VHS Speech and Debate Team recently earned their first Varsity State Champions at the 2019 GFCA Varsity State Championships held on the campus of Valdosta High School. More than 300 competitors from…
Valdosta’s Good Friday Sanitation Schedule
VALDOSTA - The City of Valdosta will be closed Friday, April 19, in observance of Good Friday. The sanitation division will collect residential garbage only Friday, April 19. Sanitation customers who normally have their sanitation…
Firefighter Appreciation Luncheon for VFD
On Thursday, April 4, Georgia Arson Control along with Georgia’s Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner, Jim Beck, sponsored a Firefighter Appreciation lunch for the Valdosta Fire Department. The luncheon was held at the City Hall…
Court of Appeals to Hear Oral Arguments in…
The Court of Appeals visit is to celebrate Cook County’s 100th Anniversary. The appellate courts have never heard oral arguments in Cook County in its 100-year history. This will be such a remarkable event that…
DAISY Nurse Joins Patient on Honor Walk
VALDOSTA, Ga. - John Green, Registered Nurse at South Georgia Medical Center, received The DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses for April. The award is part of the international DAISY Foundation, a program developed to recognize…
Doc Gets 6 Years for Pill Mill
VALDOSTA, Ga. (AP) - A physician who operated clinics in Valdosta and Columbus is heading to federal prison for illegally prescribing opioids. A U.S. District Court judge sentenced Dr. Vinod Shah, 69, to six years in…