Dasher News

Anne Norburg Anne Dasher Norburg, 77, died Wednesday, November 18, 2009, at Effingham County Extended Care.

Though schools have been in Lowndes County for hundreds of years, the first official record of public schools in the county was taken in December of 1826.

Geren Rides, the family-owned, Georgia-based carnival, is back and they plan to stay awhile.

Claxton Dasher demonstrates how cane sugar is made for Ebenezer Middle School students on Wednesday afternoon at New Ebenezer Retreat as a part of the Ebenezer Alive! Education Program.

With 55.56 percent of the votes, or 65 votes, Ronnie Lieupo defeated Vivian R. Armstrong for the Dasher City Council Post 2 seat.

The funds from the auction are primarily used to fund the annual scholarships for deserving high school seniors who live in Tattnall County, and with a portion of the money raised also going to community projects.

The nine-day early voting period is scheduled to kick off at 8 a.m. Tuesday. Supervisor of Elections Deb Cox said that all registered voters who are ready to cast their ballots are encouraged to stop by the Lowndes County Board of Elections, located at 2808 N. Oak St., between the hours of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. weekdays through Oct.

Candidates seeking seats on the Valdosta Board of Education and the Valdosta City Council were not the only ones who expounded on their opinions at Tuesday's political forum.

The Valdosta branch of the American Association of Women is hosting a two hour forum for the 2009 general municipal election.

Joe Rivers Sr. didn't set out to start a youth baseball league in the late 1950s.

L to r: Cecil Nobles, Long County Sheriff; Sid Roberts, retired Sheriff and current Development Officer for Georgia Sheriffs' Youth Homes, Inc., accepting $10,000 check; Quinton Rush, Tattnall County Sheriff; John G. Carter, Wayne County Sheriff; Don Martin, Liberty County Sheriff; and Wayne Dasher, Georgia Department of Corrections Board member ...

At 2:42 a.m., Police charged Takiyah Jeanetta Gibson, 24, with interference of an officer in the 500 block of South Ashley Street, reports state.

At noon on Friday, not one person had qualified to fill the unexpired term of Joseph Brown on the Valdosta Board of Education.

Twelve persons with an interest in seeking political office had their names placed on the ballot Monday.

The proposed transit plan for Valdosta will have to wait as far as the Lowndes County Commission is concerned.

With the 2009 General Municipal Elections approaching, qualifying for placement on the Nov.

Submitted by David Ching on Sun, 07/19/2009 - 3:45am. It looks to me like Douglass High defensive tackle Garrison Smith might be announcing that he's committing to Georgia later today.

The Rev. Marilyn Thomas has spent the last 48 years in the ministry of Jesus Christ.

Lowndes High's Charles Cooper Gym was standing room only during the 2009 LHS commencement ceremony Saturday morning.

Chrysler LLC filed a motion in a bankruptcy court Thursday saying it wants to lose 789 of its dealerships across the country by June 9. One of the dealerships on that list was Claxton Chrysler Jeep Dodge .