Vidalia News

February 13-- The Georgia Department of Economic Development is delighted to announce that Statesboro and Vidalia will host the state's 2012 Georgia Travel Media Marketplace event May 17-19. Up to 30 travel writers from the United States and Canada will meet with representatives from around the state during the marketplace to get story ideas about ... (more)

Sheriff Junior Kight reports four people are in custody and three are still at large following a drug investigation by his office, the East Central Drug Task Force and the Savannah Regional Drug Enforcement Agency.

February 9-- Tom Darby, author of "Disorderly Notions" will be at the Vidalia-Toombs County Library on Tuesday, February 21st from 6 to 7 pm.

Q: Someone gave me two bundles of Vidalia onion plants, little bulbs with green stems.

February 6-- A Vidalia family has a home thanks to their own work and the Vidalia Area Habitat for Humanity.

The annual recognition has been going on since 1948 and the newest honoree says past recipients had one thing in common.

Two private pulmonology medical practices led by Dr. Anthony M. Costrini and Dr.

A federal indictment, unsealed Thursday in federal court, has charged 16 defendants with conspiracy to distribute large amounts of cocaine, ecstasy and marijuana in the Vidalia, Georgia area.

January 27-- Chamber officials report record attendance at this year's annual meeting of the Toombs-Montgomery Chamber of Commerce Thursday night at Hawks Point in Vidalia.

A federal indictment has charged 16 defendants with conspiracy to distribute large amounts of cocaine, ecstasy and marijuana in the Vidalia, Georgia area.

Chefs across GeorA gia will soon reveal new layA ers of their own talA ent as well as the verA saA tilA ity of the Vidalia KickA ing off the 35th Annual Vidalia Onion FesA tiA val in Vidalia, Ga., the inauA gural Golden Onion proA fesA sional cookA ing comA peA tiA tion will be held on SunA day, April 22, 2012.

January 24-- Four Southeastern Technical College students have been selected as the college's semi-finalists for the Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership , according to Charla Nail, coordinator for STC's GOAL program.

Thick fog blanketed much of Georgia early Tuesday, leading the National Weather Service to issue a dense fog advisory for most of the state.

January 17-- Local governments in Toombs County are discussing allocation of local option sales tax revenue for the next ten years starting in 2013.

January 16-- Work has started on demolition of the old hospital building in Vidalia formerly occupied by Meadows Regional Medical Center.