2020-21 VSU basketball season opens this Saturday

Local NewsDecember 11, 2020

VALDOSTA, Ga.— On December 12, the Blazer men's basketball season will begin, facing West Georgia. The game will take place in Carrollton, Georgia's Coliseum at 2:00 PM. This season, the Gulf South Conference has structured…

VPD arrest car wash burglar

Local NewsOctober 8, 2020

Release: On October 5, 2020, at approximately 11:54 pm, a patrol officer with Valdosta Police Department was conducting traffic enforcement on North Ashley Street when he heard a repeated banging noise in the area. The…

Horse in Lowndes tests positive for EEE

Local NewsAugust 11, 2020

Release: Lowndes County horse tests positive for Eastern Equine Encephalitis VALDOSTA – The Georgia Department of Public Health’s South Health District urges all South Georgians to take precautions to prevent mosquito-borne illnesses. A horse in Lowndes…

COVID-19 act helps a GA employee get paid

Regional NewsJune 9, 2020

Release: Georgia Company Pays Employee Back Wages After Wrongly Denying Emergency Paid Sick Leave in Families First Coronavirus Response Act WEST POINT, GA – A West Point, Georgia, custom machine and fabrication company has paid $1,060 to…

VFD respond to fire on West Cranford Ave.

Local NewsMarch 20, 2020

VALDOSTA, Ga - On Thursday, March 19, 2020, the Valdosta Fire Department responded to a report of a structure fire at 310 West Cranford Avenue. The call came in from dispatch at 6:46 p.m. The…

Valdosta > Bicyclist Hit By Vehicle On West…

Local NewsJanuary 21, 2015

VALDOSTA -- On Jan. 20, at 6:30 p.m. bicyclist, 52-year-old Silvery Walker was hit trying to cross West Hill Avenue near Ray Lane. The driver of the vehicle that hit Walker tried to avoid running into him but…