Morven News

The Valdosta woman's husband had surgery and was out of work for weeks, making finances tight.

Nothing says summer like a roadside farm stand overflowing with fresh produce. Fortunately, the South Georgia area has several great places for finding sweet peaches - and a few other seasonal fruits and vegetables.

The underside of Miller Bridge over the Little River on the border of Lowndes and Brooks counties.

Shame on the professor at VSU for bringing up the past about lynching of blacks almost 90 years ago.

Beneath the tall pines, people visit vendors and food tents during the annual Peach Festival Saturday in Morven.

Tomorrow, Brooks County will celebrate Georgia's official state fruit - the almighty peach.

Morven hosts its annual Peach Festival 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, Ernest Lawson Park.

Paul Leavy/The Valdosta Daily Times Shanda White tutoring Brooks County Elementary fourth grade student LaJoy Can'Kyne in the school's media center.

Jose Hernandez, 28, of 15 27th Ave. N.W., Marcelino Cerrano, 24, of 15 Rolling Hills Road in Morven, and Francisco De La Cruz, 21, of 1514 Rolling Hills Road in Morven, were each charged with armed robbery and possession of marijuana less than one ounce.

This year, they weren't so lucky. At Lawson's Peaches in Morven, two types of peach trees perished in last week's sudden cold front.

I will never forget the day I first encountered Calvin Bryant. Although it was almost six years ago, I remember the day vividly because I learned the true meaning of responsibility for one's actions that day.

The driver of a pickup was apprehended in Morven after a trailer he was pulling allegedly hit another vehicle in Moultrie Wednesday evening.