Vidalia News

Following a shooting at a local dance club this past weekend, some Baxley and Appling County residents are expressing concern over whether or not the community desires this type of business in the community, including the Baxley City Council.

Kathy and her two boys are homeless - for the second time. The economy hasn't been kind to this former working mom, who has been unable to find a job.

Norman Gunter Norman Gary Gunter, 47, died Tuesday, December 15, 2009, at the Community Hospice House of Vidalia after a long illness.

Santa Claus was closed, locked up tight. City Hall was anyway, empty as a naughty kid's stocking.

Buddy Meeks James Marvin "Buddy" Meeks, age 56, died Monday, December 14, 2009, at Meadows Regional Medical Center in Vidalia.

"It's a mess," says Vidalia resident Billy Gault, as he looks over his flooded yard.

Vidalia, known as the "Sweet Onion City", is a small town in southeast Georgia. Although famous for its Vidalia onions, other crops such as pecans and tobacco contribute to the agricultural industry that sustains Vidalia, Georgia.

Christmas came early to Main Street Vidalia Saturday morning. The holiday festival kicked off with a parade.

Officers from the Douglas Police Department, Coffee County Sheriff's Office and Altamaha Drug Task Force seized a methamphetamine lab last Wednesday night inside of a motel room at The Fountain Inn in Douglas.

Imagine my surprise to read recent news reports that Georgia is among the least healthy states in the nation because of, among other things, our "poor diet." Obviously, the experts who put the report together have never heard of sweet tea, Vidalia onions, barbecue sandwiches or grits with butter.

Imagine my surprise to read recent news reports that Georgia is among the least healthy states in the nation because of, among other things, our "poor diet." Obviously, the experts who put the report together have never heard of sweet tea, Vidalia onions, barbecue sandwiches or grits with butter.

No more boring announcements for Blue Ridge! Announcements are now being televised by way of WROX News.A Jeannene Norman, Blue Ridge librarian, came up with the call numbers as a result of the Blue Ridge motto - Blue Ridge Rocks.

Nearly one out of five of the more than 300 banks made a list of troubled institutions at the end of the third quarter.

The most international vegetable I can think of has neither cache nor sophistication but is likely the most widely used globally: the onion.

I don't know about you, but I certainly noticed the crowds around Statesboro swell when the Georgia Special Olympics Fall Games came here two weekends ago.

The 26-year-old taught seventh and eighth grade English. In only his first year teaching at PCA, Joshua was popular with students, staff, and faculty.

For hundreds, maybe thousands of years, forms of paganism reigned over human spirituality.

Martha Price Thompson of Vidalia was recognized by the Governor's Council on Aging as the 2009 Outstanding Older Worker of the Year for the state of Georgia.

Kerry King, regional manager for Blue Bell Creameries, Inc., scoops ice cream during the ribbon-cutting for Blue Bell's new transfer facility in Interstate Centre industrial park in Bryan County.

Juli Routon, left, Adriana Aponte, center, and Paige McDuffie, right, are involved in the Pagan Pride Day festival coming up in October.