By T.S. Carter LANIER COUNTY, Georgia – Temperatures are headed below freezing in coming days, but for blueberry growers in Lanier and surrounding counties the freeze is but one more challenge in a growing season in which nothing has been easy. Hurricane Helene’s fall visit may be a distant memory, but its consequences…
LAKELAND, Lanier County, Georgia – SGMC Health proudly recognized Sandra Robinson, Pharmacy Technician, and Joyce Calhoun, Environmental Services, as Health System Heroes at the February Board of Directors meeting for their outstanding dedication and compassionate service. Robinson demonstrated quick thinking and decisive action when she encountered a man in distress outside the hospital. She immediately sought…
By Carol A. Gasser Moore ADEL, Cook County, Georgia – Jonathan Hall (33) of Sparks has been taken into custody by the Cook County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO), since the CCSO issued a citizens alert. CCSO Sheriff Doug Hanks has expressed his appreciation for the “deputies and officers that assisted with this, and…
By Carol A. Gasser Moore LANIER COUNTY, Georgia – Rodarius “Rod” Swanson (26) and Travion Snell (24), both of Coffee County have been sentenced by Alapaha Judicial Circuit Superior Court Judge Dick Perryman on Tuesday, February 4. They had been convicted for the 2022 murder of Savion McRae (19) on Friday, December 20, 2024. …
By Carol A. Gasser Moore LAKELAND, Lanier County, Georgia – A Grand Opening has been set for the new location of the Lanier County Health Department (LCHD) in Lakeland. Excitedly, The Lanier County Health Department invites our community to the grand opening celebration. The new LCHD is fully in its new facility at 114…
By Carol A. Gasser Moore VALDOSTA, Lowndes County, Georgia – Calvin James Smith, Sr., aka “Rollo” of Adel has been found guilty. Smith is the head of an armed drug trafficking organization (DTO) based out of Cook County. Two (2) co-conspirators were found guilty of numerous federal charges following a two-and-a-half-week trial in Valdosta.…
By Carol A. Gasser Moore – Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Mississippi – Severe storm watchfulness began on Wednesday, February 12 and extends into Thursday, February 13. Weatherpersons predict severe wind gusts and possible tornados which could impact the Lower Mississippi Valley into western Georgia. So far in Georgia there has been heavy rain, but weather predictions…
UPDATE: GDOT’s Juanita Birmingham shared this announcement yesterday afternoon (Thursday, February 13): “I just heard from the area manager, and the road reopened this morning.” Thank you Georgia Department of Transportation!!! By Carol A. Gasser Moore STATENVILLE, Echols County, Georgia – In January about the time that South Georgia experienced snow, the Georgia Department…
By Carol A. Gasser Moore VALDOSTA, Lowndes County, Georgia – Valdosta Police Chief Leslie Manahan has released information about a weekend arrest. According to a Valdosta Police Department (VPD) report, at around 7:45 p.m., on Saturday, February 8, the Lowndes County E911 Center began getting multiple phone call from the same caller. The caller…
By T.S. Carter ENIGMA, Berrien County, Georgia – Enigma, Georgia residents are pleading for peace and harmony among their mayor and City Council members. And no wonder! The Berrien County city of about 1,200 residents has been on tenterhooks for a while now as the council’s verbal brawls – and sometimes physical ones…