Saturday, May 18 2013 9:47 PM EDT2013-05-19 01:47:12 GMT
Thomasville Police are looking for two men who attempted to rob a store, scaring customers and clerks. Police say they responded to the Dollar General on West Jackson Street around 9:15pm Friday. EmployeesMore >>
Thomasville Police are looking for two men who attempted to rob a store, scaring customers and clerks.
Saturday, May 18 2013 6:59 PM EDT2013-05-18 22:59:02 GMT
Dougherty County police are searching for a motorist who hit a pedestrian and then fled the scene. Authorities say it happened around 11pm Friday near the 3900 block of Radium Springs Road. PoliceMore >>
Dougherty County police are searching for a motorist who hit a pedestrian and then fled the scene. More >>
Saturday, May 18 2013 6:58 PM EDT2013-05-18 22:58:50 GMT
It's graduation time for high schools in Dougherty County and students are ready to embark on their next journey. 230 graduates received their high school diplomas from Westover Comprehensive High SchoolMore >>
230 graduates received their high school diplomas from Westover Comprehensive High School this Saturday morning.More >>
Saturday, May 18 2013 6:44 PM EDT2013-05-18 22:44:14 GMT
Investigators are trying to find some clues as to who took nearly two dozen cell phones from a Mitchell County School. Pictures of the Baconton Community Charter School file room show where students cellMore >>
Investigators are trying to find some clues as to who took nearly two dozen cell phones from a Mitchell County School.More >>
Saturday, May 18 2013 12:48 PM EDT2013-05-18 16:48:01 GMT
The family of an Albany teenager who died on Friday, isn't sure how they'll pay for her funeral. 16-year old Keyanna Lang died from a heart condition. Due to her illness the family couldn't keep lifeMore >>
The family of an Albany teenager who died on Friday, isn't sure how they'll pay for her funeral.More >>
QUITMAN, GA (WALB) -
Highway 84 in Brooks County is closed from mile marker 13 to I-75 because of water on the road.
Officials are detouring traffic to Highway 333 in Quitman for eastbound traffic, and Hwy 133, Exit 18 at I-75 for westbound traffic.
Lowndes County has many areas with standing water as well. The parking lot and playground at the Valdosta/Lowndes County YMCA are mostly submerged at noon Friday.
All the water is a nightmare for the sanitation department in Valdosta. The system has been swamped by water from the Withlacoochee River watershed system, and it has overwhelmed the city's efforts to keep sewer water separated from flood water.
The city says that up to six million gallons of untreated sewage will be discharging directly into the river each day until the flood waters recede, and the treatment plant can be returned to normal operation.
Valdosta has closed Gornto Road at the Earl Wetherington Foot Bridge near the YMCA, due to exceeding water levels of the Sugar Creek indefinitely. The Engineering Department is in constant contact with the Lowndes County EMA regarding information on the Withlacoochee River crest activity.
Stephen Abel is reporting from Brooks County and Lowndes County today, and will have more information later on WALB.
The Withlacoochee River is at the bottom of the Highway 84 Bridge
The parking lot and playground at the Valdosta/Lowndes County YMCA are mostly submerged at noon Friday
Highway 84 crosses the Withlacoochee River
DOT crews block Highway 84 in Brooks County
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