Brooks County News

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

19-year-old Alvarado Godinez-Torres of Lawrenceville and 40-year-old Fernando Ruiz-Torres of Pearson were arrested after a deputy found a large block of compressed marijuana in their truck.

A Brooks County man was killed in an one-vehicle accident a few miles outside of Quitman during the July 4 holiday weekend.

No arrests have been made in any of three unrelated shooting incidents that occurred during the July 4 holiday weekend, one of which resulted in the death of a Brooks County man.

Editor's Note: In the last few days, The Times has received a number of telephone calls from readers requesting an update on the cat burnings that took place in Brooks County in December 2008.

A 30-year-old Brooks County man who admitted e-mailing inappropriate material to children is in custody in Brooks County.

The GBI says in May, 30-year-old Donald Powell of 1400 Coffee Road in Dixie took several photos of a young child and posted them on the internet.

Strange seeing a Swiss family pull up to The Crescent, a building they believe, like so many area folks also wrongly think, is something from the fictional Civil War of Margaret Mitchell's "Gone With the Wind." The Crescent is not a remnant of the Civil War, though its history is no less fascinating.

The developers of a $140 million retirement village in Oconee County have put their plans on hold because of the national credit crunch.

A big rave to Mr. Trey Giddens, chorus department head at Berrien High School. He has brought some wonderful theatrical experience to the school.

Brooks County Sheriffs have arrested thirty-three-year-old Willie Phelps and charged him with the murder of 19 year old Christopher Deshad Sloan.

The unemployment rate in Colquitt and surrounding counties increased slightly or held even in April, with the exception of Brooks County, which saw an improvement of 0.5 percentage points, according to figures released Thursday by the Georgia Department of Labor.

The college will begin offering an Associate's Degree in Nursing this fall. They're partnering with Southwest Georgia Technical College in Thomasville, which will provide much of the faculty.

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

The Brooks County Sheriff's Office arrested three individuals on Monday, May 18, charging each of them with possession of methamphetamine.

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

Exhuming a stain on Valdosta's past this Saturday may finally put murdered Mary Turner to rest.

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

A suspect in a prescription-fraud case left local pharmacies twice before narcotics agents arrived.

52-year-old David Herndon has been arrested, and charged with manufacturing crystal Methamphetamine.