ATLANTA – Georgia set a new economic development record in FY26 with $35.2 billion in investment and an estimated 25,300 new jobs. Release: ATLANTA – Governor Brian P. Kemp, in conjunction with the Georgia Department…
Child Abuse Prevention Month Blue Ribbon Campaign Starts…
VALDOSTA - April is Prevent Child Abuse Month, and the 20th Annual Blue Ribbon Campaign Kick-Off is this Friday, April 8 at the City Hall Annex 1902 W Hill Ave. Proclamations will be given by…
Ga. DOT propose truck-only lanes to ease interstate…
ATLANTA - The Georgia Department of Transportation has proposed a multi-billion dollar plan to ease the brutal commute on I-75 northbound. From Macon to McDonough -- both south of Atlanta -- truck drivers would have their…
Morning News Briefs for 4-6-16
The City of Valdosta and the Annette Howell Turner Center for the Arts invite artists and artist teams to submit their conceptual designs to be considered for a public Dumpster Art project as part of…
Flood waters close Lowndes County road
LOWNDES COUNTY - The Lowndes County Engineering Department has announced an emergency road closure on Clyattville Nankin Road, CR 780, at the Withlacoochee River Bridges. Clyattville Nankin Road will be closed until the flood waters have…
Coffee Sheriff looking for missing sex offenders; one…
DOUGLAS - The Coffee County Sheriff’s Office is asking for help locating two sex offenders who are not where they told the sheriff they would be. Joshua Adam Lowe, 30, was convicted of sexual battery in 2009. Lowe’s last…
High speed chase ends in Lowndes
NAYLOR - A Florida man was arrested Monday afternoon following a high speed chase from Lanier County in Lowndes. At approximately 1:18 p.m., a Georgia State Patrol Trooper was patrolling north on Georgia Highway 135 near Ganas Lane…
High speed chase ends in drug arrests; driver…
BROOKS Co. - An early Monday morning high-speed chase in Brooks and Lowndes Counties ended with four arrests on drug charges and the aggravated assault of a police officer. At approximately 12:10 a.m., the Morven…
Clinch Co. assesses tornado damage
CLINCH Co. - Residents in Clinch County are continuing to clean up after Friday's storms caused some major damage. The National Weather Service in Jacksonville conducted a storm survey on Saturday and determined that an EF-1 tornado…