The Birthplace at SGMC Receives Touching Donation

Release: The Birthplace at South Georgia Medical Center received its first CuddleCot on behalf of Ashlie’s Embrace. Ashlie’s Embrace is a non-profit organization that raises awareness of CuddleCots and helps make them available in medical…

SGMC Birthplace adds newborn camera feature

The Birthplace at South Georgia Medical Center recently installed 32 live-streaming video cameras to keep parents and family members connected to their newborns. The cameras, located across various departments including Labor and Delivery, Nursery, Neonatal…

VPD arrest man who left his baby unattended…

Release: On April 18, 2020, at approximately 4:30 pm, Valdosta Police Department patrol officers responded to the 1100 block North St. Augustine Road (Lowes) for a 911 call of a child being left unattended in…

Newborn Found Alive in Plastic Bag

FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. - On Thursday night at about 10 p.m., a family heard the cries of a newborn baby girl and called 911, Fox News reported. The newborn girl who has been temporarily named…

Ocala > Man Sentenced for Feeding Baby Bleach

OCALA -- A 22-year-old man who poured bleach into his daughter's formula has been sentenced to two years in prison. Carron Washington pleaded no contest to a charge of cruelty to a child for the…