VALDOSTA - The Georgia State University congratulates Valdosta residents for earning a degree during the summer 2025 semester. Release: More than 2,000 students graduated from Georgia State University during the summer 2025 semester, earning associate's,…
Valdosta man arrested, attempted to steal air conditioner…
Release: Offender: Sims, Wilson T, African American male, age 27, resident of Valdosta On June 5, 2021, at approximately 11:02 am., a citizen called E911 and reported seeing a subject, later identified as Wilson Sims,…
Structure fire on East Park damages multiple apartments
Release: Valdosta Fire Department Responds to Structure Fire on East Park Avenue On Sunday, May 23, 2021, the Valdosta Fire Department responded to the report of a two-alarm structure fire at an apartment building at…
Armed man killed in Lowndes officer involved shooting
UPDATE: The man involved in this OIS has been identified as Raymond Whitfield Tarbox, II, 43, of Valdosta, GA. Release: Valdosta, GA (March 12, 2021) - On Friday, March 12, 2021, at approximately 11:30 a.m., the…
Unattended cooking leads to Sheridan Place fire
Release: On Wednesday, January 6, 2021, the Valdosta Fire Department responded to a structure fire at a two-story multi-family unit at 2713 Sheridan Place. The call came in to dispatch from a nearby resident at…
VPD arrest two after man shoots gun outside…
Release: On December 12, 2020, at 3:48 am., Valdosta Police Officers responded to Park Chase Apartments, 1100 Old Statenville Road, after receiving 911 calls about a male outside of an apartment shooting a gun in…
‘Operation Overhead’ nets arrests in Coffee County
Release: On Friday, November 20, 2020, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation’s (GBI) Regional Office in Douglas, GA arrested 2 individuals in “Operation Overhead.” “Operation Overhead” was initiated by the GBI on Thursday, October 1, 2020…
Thomasville > Apartment Complex Catches Fire
THOMASVILLE -- Multiple apartments in the Wood Valley Apartment complex caught on fire yesterday, Feb. 19 in Thomasville. According to Thomasville firefighters, an 8-year-old boy ignited the fire by playing with a lighter. The boy…