VALDOSTA — The Quality of Life Association celebrates black history month with a narrated living timeline showcasing many famous Black history figures of yesterday and today. The fundraising event titled, “All Shades Art Exhibit and…
Lowndes presenting Farmer of the Year Awards, nominations…
Release: The Lowndes County Board of Commissioners, Valdosta-Lowndes County Chamber of Commerce and the Lowndes County Extension Office are partnering to present the 2021 Farmer of the Year Awards and Farmer Appreciation Breakfast featuring keynote…
Echols First Confirmed COVID-19 Case
Press Release: First COVID-19 case confirmed in Echols County The Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH), South Health District has received confirmation of the first COVID-19 case in Echols County. The individual is not hospitalized…
UPDATED NOTICE: Back to School, Kiddos
We all survived the weekend of severe storms and near-Biblical rains with some washed out roads and flash flooding. But, the time has come to get back to school, kiddos -and staff! The following are…
Childcare has license revoked after child molestation arrest
By: WCTV Eyewitness News ECHOLS COUNTY, Ga. (WCTV) -- The Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning has revoked the license of a home childcare in Lake Park, Georgia. The license revocation comes following the…
Halbig Exhibits Grand Champion Hog
Press Release: A packed house in the newly-renovated Lowndes County Civic Center witnessed 114 students from Lowndes, Lanier, and Echols Counties exhibit hogs at the 41st annual Lowndes Area Market Hog Show on Tuesday, November…
FBI Video Analysis: “Persons of Interest” not near…
VALDOSTA - Two years before federal investigators ended their review of the Kendrick Johnson case, the Federal Bureau of Investigation concluded that two “persons of interest” were not near the high school student when he…
Statenville > Mother Leaves Child in Car to…
STATENVILLE -- Sheriff's deputies have located the mother and one of her sons who allegedly ditched one of her children in a car while she stole a truck. According to a WALB report, Echols County deputies found…
Burglary Suspect Arrested in Echols County, Faces Charges…
ECHOLS COUNTY, GA - A Stockton man is facing charges in multiple counties in South Georgia. On Tuesday, April 29th 2014 at around 12:43pm, Deputies with the Echols County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to a…