Lowndes County News

United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia Michael Moore has announced via press release that 34-year-old Lowndes County resident Devasko Dewayne Lewis has indicted by a Federal Grand Jury on May 16th for two counts of making false statements in a matter within the jurisdiction of a federal agency and conspiracy to continue ... (more)

Saying now is the right time, Gainesville City Council appears ready to move forward with the formation of a land bank authority.

What's even more unimaginable for the Johnsons of Valdosta, Georgia, is how their 17-year-old son died: by suffocating after falling headfirst into a rolled-up gym mat at his high school on January 11.

Well who's the bread winner in your family? More and more we're seeing "moms" as the head of the household.

On Saturday, May 11, a gospel rally in honor of Lowndes County High School student Kendrick Johnson was held at the Crossing Jordan Baptist Church in downtown Valdosta.

What's even more unimaginable for the Johnsons of Valdosta, Georgia, is how their 17-year-old son died: by suffocating after falling headfirst into a rolled-up gym mat at his high school on January 11.

A new report from the federal government ranks Georgia 2nd in the country for identity theft.

The Lowndes County Sheriff's Office and Valdosta Police Department have responded to numerous residential burglaries that have occurred primarily in the southwest portion of the county.

A Tifton woman remains jailed in a medical facility charged with trying to run down two U S Marshals with her car.

On Saturday, May 4, the Valdosta Daily Times had published an interview with members of the Lowndes County Sheriff's Office --led by Sheriff Chris Prine-- and they commented on the results of a Georgia Bureau of Investigation final autopsy report which was completed one week short of four months and first explained via a conference call on ... (more)

That announcement came just an hour before friends, family and civil rights activists marched outside Lowndes High School demanding justice.

On April 6, 2013, Valdosta Police Department personnel responded to a call from the Lowndes County Department of Family and Children Services regarding an injured 6 week old baby.

This year the Chi Upsilon Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. has been working hard to make AKA supreme in service to all mankind.

Former Central High School principal Steve Smith is coming out of retirement to temporarily fill the void left by polarizing superintendent Romain Dallemand, who stepped down in Februrary.

Prosecutors in Panama City are seeking to revoke the bond of a Lowndes County teen believed to have faked his death and traveled to Denver.

Last week, I told you about Old Mac, Samuel McWhir Varnedoe, the strict schoolteacher as remembered by Cornelia Jones Pond, one of his students.

Steve Smith, who once led Central High School, is returning to the Bibb County school system as its new interim superintendent.

On Monday, April 29, the family of Kendrick Johnson said they believe there is a need for the U.S. Justice Department to step in and independently investigate the mysterious death of a Lowndes County teenager who was found dead, upside down in wrestling mats on January 11.

The sanitary sewer overflow located just west of the Withlacoochee River crossing on Highway 133, discovered by the City of Valdosta on April 24, was confirmed on April 25 to actually be a Lowndes County force main that runs parallel to a City of Valdosta sewer main.

Cheers, tears and hugs marked the scene outside the Lowndes County Jail in Valdosta Thursday evening.