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The Georgia Cotton Commission is pleased to announce the guest speakers at the Commission’s 2024 Annual Meeting scheduled for Wednesday, January 31, 2024, at the UGA Tifton Campus Conference Center. The annual meeting is held in conjunction with the UGA Cotton Production Workshop conducted by the UGA Research & Extension Cotton Team. The UGA Cotton Production…
Tifton, GA (December 7, 2023) – The GBI and the Tifton Police Department arrested and charged Izaya Harpe, age 16, of Tifton, GA, with felony murder on Wednesday, December 6, 2023. The arrest is in connection to a shooting that took place in Tifton, GA. The preliminary information indicates on Thursday, November 30, 2023, at…
Moultrie, Georgia (December 6, 2023) – The GBI has arrested and charged Jerry Benford, age 61, of Moultrie, with aggravated assault. On Monday, December 4, 2023, at around 10:55 a.m., the Moultrie Police Department requested the GBI to assist with the investigation. The investigation determined that a dispute occurred between Benford and the victim…
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The 2023 football season has given us many Friday nights of exciting football, including memorable playoff games over the first four rounds. Now it will give us what promises to be one more exciting rounds of Georgia high school state championship games from Monday, December 11 through Wednesday, December 13 at Mercedes Benz Stadium, and we’re here…
Congratulations to Valdosta High defensive standout Eric Brantley, our November 2023 ITG Next Georgia Male Athlete of the Month, presented by Georgia Farm Bureau Insurance. Brantley is a senior defensive end who also played running back at times this season. He played his last game as a Wildcat when Valdosta lost to Carrollton in the second round…
The Valdosta High School boys basketball team still has some time until their season kicks off with a scrimmage against Houston County – followed by their inaugural Titletown Tip-Off Classic Tournament that will see Valdosta host the best of the best basketball talent in Georgia on Nov. 18 – but head coach James Lee wouldn’t…