Valdosta News

Folks in Valdosta celebrated the Fourth of July with a Tea Party of their own. Posters, petitions, and patriotic people filled the sidewalks of Ashley Street in Valdosta, protesting against taxes and government spending.

Four people were killed in a two vehicle accident on I-75. State troopers have confirmed the crash happened around 2:30 a.m. near mile marker 16 in Lowndes County.

Last week amidst the hubbub of celebrity deaths, Valdosta lost one of its own shining lights.

Road rage may have been behind an early morning fiery crash that took the lives of four people Thursday.

A complaint regarding missing items from the Valdosta Technical College campus led to the arrest of a Valdosta man.

The state Department of Transportation says four people have been killed in the collision of a passenger vehicle and a rental truck on I-75 near Valdosta.

Four people died early Thursday in a wreck that shut down the southbound lanes of I-75 in Lowndes County.

Two men arrested in connection with an area home invasion have been indicted. The Lowndes County Grand Jury recently indicted Darius Sherman, 21, and Calvin Foster Junior, 19, for allegedly committing a 2008 home invasion at a home in the 2400 block of Jerry Jones Drive.

The City of Valdosta Public Works Department will be closed on Friday in observance of Independence Day.

The trial of a former Clinch County judge facing federal corruption charges has been postponed after he suffered life-threatening complications from a ruptured appendix.

Valdosta is investing $45 million in the expansion of the Mud Creek Waste Water Treatment Plant.

Pizza Quick on Inner Perimeter Road was robbed Friday and the suspect remains at large.

More than 500 men, women and children showed up to South Health District's public health awareness day Saturday.

Many area art patrons may not recognize Fay Bridges Hyatt, but they know her work when they see her faces.

Authorities are searching for three people in connection with an early morning home invasion Monday.

Money to fund upgrades at an area waste water treatment plant will not come out of taxpayer's pockets.

Two more eco-friendly companies could be coming to Lowndes County. Now that officials are making plans to break ground on a biomass plant, they're looking for more eco-friendly projects to call the county home.

Officials have released the names of two pedestrians who were struck and killed in separate incidents this weekend.

"It's all good" for Steve Baskin. The Valdosta native's new album, "Naked," is out.

Following the live fire training session, firefighters watch as the blaze is allowed to consume the condemned house at 622 S. Toombs St.