VALDOSTA - Second Harvest distributes turkeys, fruits, and vegetables ahead of the holidays with the Thanksgiving for Thousands event. Release: Second Harvest of South Georgia hosted its annual Thanksgiving for Thousands event Tuesday morning at…
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…
Georgia > News Briefs
Lee Henderson, Newstalk 105.9 WVGA: STATE TRANSPORTATION FUNDING The gap between initiating transportation projects in Georgia and the money to fund them is an issue that state law makers must face. State leaders including Governor…
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…
Crisp County > Man Arrested For Trying To…
CRISP CO. -- On Saturday, Jan. 10, 24-year-old Charles Mills was arrested for attempting to open a locked cooler at Lake Blackshear Resort. Employees found the man trying to get into the resort's cooler while…
Atlanta > Georgia Chamber Hosts Eggs & Issues…
John Clark, Georgia News Network for Valdosta Today: ATLANTA -- The Georgia Chamber held the 2015 Eggs & Issues Breakfast Tuesday morning in Atlanta. This annual event draws hundreds of the state's political and business leaders…