Jun. 26—VALDOSTA — A Florida man was charged Monday with drug and firearms offenses in Valdosta. Around 6:08 a.m., police headed to a hotel near the Rainwater Conference Center on a suspicious activity call, a Valdosta Police Department statement said. They found a 47-year-old Jacksonville, Fla., man inside a room that had been ransacked. Hotel […]
Jun. 13—VALDOSTA — Juneteenth has been referred to as African-Americans’ Fourth of July — the date recognized by many as the day slavery ended in the South. June 19 is also known as Freedom Day, Emancipation Day, or National Freedom Day. Starting Friday, celebrations begin in Valdosta and Tifton for the national holiday. Southside McMullen […]
Jun. 11—VALDOSTA — On Tuesday, Valdosta celebrated the groundbreaking of a new 200,000-square-foot cold storage facility by P&B Cold Storage. The event, held at the Westside Industrial Park, marked the beginning of a development that is set to boost the local economy by creating 100 new jobs and contributing over $30 million in capital investments. […]
May 20—VALDOSTA — Police are investigating the shooting death of a teen-aged boy in Valdosta that took place Saturday. Around 11:48 p.m., officers headed to a parking lot at Scott Park, in the 1100 block of Old Statenville Road, after a caller to E911 reported a shooting, a Valdosta Police Department statement said. They found […]
May 15—VALDOSTA — An attempted traffic stop led to a chase and local charges against the driver Wednesday. Around 1:20 p.m., Lowndes County sheriff’s deputies tried to conduct a traffic stop in the area of Cypress Street in Valdosta, a sheriff’s office statement said. The driver of the vehicle, a Valdosta man, fled and a […]
May 2—VALDOSTA — Five Valdosta State Prison officers were among the 150 suspects arrested during a probe into a multi-state criminal operation involving contraband in Georgia prisons. All five of the Valdosta State Prison officers were charged with conspiracy to commit a felony, while other charges range from sexual assault by persons with authority to […]
Feb. 15—VALDOSTA — A planned expansion to a Lowndes County manufacturing plant should add 150 jobs, the company said Wednesday. Arglass, a glass manufacturer with roots in Japan, plans to build a second furnace at its Valdosta facility, the company said in a statement. The new project will be able to produce more than 350 […]
A Valdosta man with a long criminal history was sentenced to prison on weapons charges after he led police on a high-speed chase in an effort to escape arrest. Kendrick Terrell Pryor, 41, was sentenced to more than 13 years in prison plus three years of supervised release on Feb. 1 after he pleaded guilty […]
Valdosta police have arrested a second woman suspected of murdering a 73-year-old man. On Dec. 8, police responded to a business in the 2100 block of Bemiss Road after a 911 caller reported someone inside the business that was possibly dead. When officers arrived they found Farooq Baig’s body near gaming machines which were hidden […]