Lowndes County Schools plan for early release

Release: Early Release for LCS Lowndes County Schools will have early release tomorrow, Friday, December 18, 2020. The release schedule as follows: 11:30 -  The 1st load of elementary students will be dismissed. 12:00 -…

GA Public Health preps for COVID-19 vaccine release

Release: VALDOSTA – The Georgia Department of Public Health’s South Health District is working diligently to prepare for the arrival and distribution of COVID-19 vaccine. While the exact arrival date for the vaccine has yet…

Falcons > PETA Thanks Team for Release of…

FLOWERY BRANCH – People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) sent a letter to the Falcons thanking them for the team’s swift decision to dismiss linebacker Prince Shembo. Shembo was released last Friday after…

Chamber Celebrates Centennial Tree Project

VALDOSTA, GA – In conjunction with Georgia’s Arbor Day, the Valdosta-Lowndes Chamber hosted a wine and cheese reception to commemorate the success of its Centennial Tree project and to honor those for whom trees were…

VSU Fine Arts Gallery Hosts Mark Alan Francis…

VALDOSTA, GA — The Valdosta State University Fine Arts Gallery’s sixth public show of the 2013-2014 visual arts season features color photography by Mark Alan Francis. The exhibition, titled “Rituals,” opens Monday, Feb. 17, with a gallery…

Freddie Broome Named Valdosta Fire Chief

VALDOSTA, GA - The City of Valdosta announced today that Freddie Broome, currently the Assistant Fire Chief for the city of Winston Salem, N.C., has been named Fire Chief of the Valdosta Fire Department. Broome…

Unemployment Rate Lowest Since 2008

ATLANTA, GA - The Georgia Department of Labor say Georgia's unemployment rate dropped to 7.7 percent in November. The November rate is the lowest it has been since November 2008. The unemployment rate is down…