VALDOSTA - Leadership Lowndes recently visited the VPD to tour the facilities and explore resources to help keep the community safe. According to the Valdosta Police Department's Facebook page, Leadership Lowndes participants visited the Valdosta…
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…
Camilla > Camilla Man Sentenced To Life In…
CAMILLA -- Samuel Stork has been sentenced to life in prison, without parole for the murder of 21-year-old Rodney Pate. Stork shot Pate in the chest eight times last year after an argument. According to…
Hinesville > Fort Stewart’s 2nd Brigade Inactivates; Army…
HINESVILLE -- Despite threats around the world continuing to create concern, US Armed Forces are being trimmed. Part of that downsizing is taking place at the home of the 3rd Infantry Division, Ft. Stewart, near Hinesville. The…
Vidalia > Lawyer Jailed in $500,000 Settlement Fraud
VIDALIA -- A Georgia attorney is behind bars as a result of 3 felony charges relating the theft and forgery. The Savannah Morning News is reporting Vidalia attorney Wilson Randolph Smith remains locked up in…
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…