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9/21/17
In photo: (from left) Firefighter Jamie Sapp, Firefighter Nicholas Bishop, Sergeant Isaac Harris, and Lt. John Herpin.

The Valdosta City Council recognized Lt. John Herpin of the Valdosta Fire Department for being selected as a recipient of the 2017 Life Saving Valor Award. The award, presented...Read more

9/19/17

Selected local artists and artist teams will be busy painting the town for the city's second annual Dumpster Art public art project on Saturday, Sept. 23, beginning at 9 a.m. This project—a collaboration between the City of Valdosta, Valdosta Main Street, the Annette Howell Turner Center...Read more

9/13/17

Irma has caused a lot of wreck across Florida and Georgia but she hasn't wrecked the plans for the USAF 70 th Birthday Community Celebration, scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 16, at Freedom Park.

The community is invited to show their patriotism at this event that will pay tribute to the...Read more

9/13/17

The City of Valdosta Public Works Department has all hands on deck to pick up the enormous amount of debris that was left behind by Tropical Storm Irma on Sept. 10-11. The city is requesting the patience of citizens as it employs all resources for this daunting task of getting the community...Read more

9/12/17

View video of deployment

The Georgia Search and Rescue (GSAR) Task Force 2 team, managed by the Valdosta Fire Department, received orders on Sept. 12, at approximately 11 a.m., to deploy to Camden County to provide search and rescue support...Read more

9/11/17

The City of Valdosta Public Works Department will resume sanitation services on

Tuesday, Sept. 12. The Sanitation Division...Read more

9/10/17

Valdosta Residents,

Please help us help you Sunday night and Monday. Let's stay off the road as much as possible late Sunday night and all day Monday until the hurricane passes over us. We will have double the amount of officers on our streets starting late Sunday night and all day Monday...Read more

9/10/17

Lowndes County, Ga. – Lowndes County remains under a Hurricane Watch, this morning's briefing from the National Weather Service did not indicate an improvement in forecast conditions. The current forecast from the National Weather Service indicates extremely dangerous conditions to include...Read more

9/10/17

The following is a list of shelters that are currently open or will be open soon. We appreciate the hospitality of those who are serving others during this great time of need.

Crosspointe Church, 4100 N Valdosta Rd, Valdosta– FULL Park Avenue United Methodist Church, 100 E Park Ave,...Read more
9/10/17

The City of Valdosta will open Mathis Auditorium, 2300 North Ashley Street, as a Good Samaritan shelter on Sunday, Sept. 10, at 4 p.m., to shelter those who live in mobile homes, RVs or less-safe housing and need a place to weather the storm.

Those who choose to reside at Mathis Auditorium...Read more

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