WCTV Staff
Updated: Mar. 10, 2023 at 4:10 PM EST
|By WCTV Staff and Mike Rogers
LCSO confirms one dead, another taken to hospital after tree falls on vehicle.
Updated: Feb. 10, 2023 at 6:38 PM EST
|By WCTV Staff
Eastbound lanes of U.S. Highway 84 between Thomasville and Boston are closed at this hour after a head-on collision.
Updated: Jan. 31, 2023 at 9:16 PM EST
|By WCTV Staff
The seat was left open after Republican Sen. Dean Burke stepped down.
Updated: Jan. 15, 2023 at 6:43 PM EST
|By WCTV Staff
A crash took two lives and injured five others Saturday in Decatur County.
Updated: Jan. 9, 2023 at 12:28 PM EST
|By WCTV Staff and Katie Kaplan
An arrest has been made in connection to a recent Thomas County murder.
Updated: Dec. 9, 2022 at 5:46 PM EST
|By WCTV Staff
Thomas County deputy Frankie Rollins is back home from the hospital after being shot three times last week in an off-duty incident.
Updated: Oct. 27, 2022 at 4:01 PM EDT
|By WCTV Staff
A Donalsonville police officer is suspended from her job and facing charges of witness influencing in neighboring Miller County.
Updated: Oct. 10, 2022 at 11:36 AM EDT
|By WCTV Staff
While being detained, officers found suspected marijuana on Russell and a backpack that contained approximately 46.40 grams of cocaine, 5.5 grams of marijuana, scales, and packaging items consistent with the distribution of narcotics.
Updated: Sep. 25, 2022 at 10:50 AM EDT
|By WCTV Staff
Governor Ron DeSantis issues updates on Tropical Storm Ian at the State Emergency Operations Center.
Updated: Aug. 29, 2022 at 6:36 PM EDT
|By WCTV Staff
Jerry Maxwell “Max” Ward, Jr., who operates Quailty Pools & Patio in Valdosta, turned himself in at the Lowndes County jail August 9.
Updated: Aug. 21, 2022 at 10:22 PM EDT
|By WCTV Staff
Authorities are searching for a nearly 2-year-old girl who was abducted Sunday afternoon in Thomas County.
Updated: Jul. 20, 2022 at 1:07 PM EDT
|By Charles Roop, WCTV Staff and Gray News staff
The child had been left in the vehicle for an extended period of time, police said.
Updated: Jul. 12, 2022 at 11:11 AM EDT
|By WCTV Staff and WCJB Staff
The victims of the double homicide in Live Oak had been shot.
Updated: Jul. 11, 2022 at 11:29 AM EDT
|By WCTV Staff
Highway 27 at Woodhull Road is closed due to a crash.
Updated: Jul. 1, 2022 at 2:15 PM EDT
|By WCTV Staff and Emily Van de Riet
A girl suffered serious injuries after she was bitten by a shark at a northern Florida beach Thursday afternoon.
Updated: Jun. 27, 2022 at 4:39 PM EDT
|By WCTV Staff
The officers were able to recover the stolen items, according to the incident report.
Updated: Jun. 9, 2022 at 5:05 PM EDT
|By WCTV Staff
A teacher at a private Christian school in Florida is charged with soliciting sex with a student after deputies say she was sexting with an 18-year-old senior student at the school.
Updated: Jun. 6, 2022 at 2:37 PM EDT
|By WCTV Staff
The victim described the suspect vehicle as a 4-door, early 2000s dark blue or black Ford F-150 with bullet hole rims.
Updated: May. 19, 2022 at 11:23 AM EDT
|By WCTV Staff
Ryan Carr was booked into the Thomas County Jail and is being held without bond.
Updated: May. 16, 2022 at 5:36 PM EDT
|By WCTV Staff
Mothers, grandmothers and even mothers to be said that the situation around the shortage and the uncertainty surrounding how long the issue will last is heartbreaking.
Updated: May. 3, 2022 at 4:41 PM EDT
|By WCTV Staff
LCSO says Shandel Davies was a teacher’s assistant at the school.
Updated: May. 3, 2022 at 3:11 PM EDT
|By WCTV Staff
The Valdosta Police Department told WCTV Jonathan Hancock last worked for the department in 2019.
Updated: Apr. 19, 2022 at 2:01 PM EDT
|By WCTV Staff
Andrew Schluck was convicted of burglary of an occupied dwelling with a person battered and sexual battery.
Updated: Apr. 15, 2022 at 6:31 AM EDT
|By WCTV Staff
Crews in Valdosta responded to two house fires within three miles of each other early Friday morning.
Updated: Apr. 8, 2022 at 3:18 PM EDT
|By WCTV Staff
The department says responding officers were nearby the convenience store because there was a large crowd of people and vehicles creating disturbances.
Updated: Mar. 9, 2022 at 4:29 PM EST
|By WCTV Staff
The crash happened around 5:30 p.m. on March 3 in the area of Black Jack and Sasser Store roads, according to DCSO.
Updated: Mar. 2, 2022 at 10:43 AM EST
|By WCTV Staff
The Lowndes County Board of Commissioners says construction of the new food bank is slated to begin in the fall.
Updated: Feb. 16, 2022 at 3:32 PM EST
|By WCTV Staff
The auctioneer’s website indicates the bell’s estimated value is between $2.5 to $5 million.
Updated: Feb. 14, 2022 at 5:30 PM EST
|By WCTV Staff
Verizon customers across the Peach state are experiencing a service outage Monday afternoon
Updated: Jan. 31, 2022 at 4:54 PM EST
|By WCTV Staff
In recent years the Valdosta Police Department reported a decrease in crime rates. The trend continued in 2021 with a 4.8 percent decrease compared to 2020.
Updated: Jan. 26, 2022 at 12:04 PM EST
|By WCTV Staff
Lowndes County Sheriff Ashley Paulk released a breakdown of approximately 17 boxes of files and evidence related to the death of Kendrick Johnson.
Updated: Jan. 20, 2022 at 1:16 PM EST
|By WCTV Staff
TPD says the suspect is a white man, who is thin and “possibly dirty looking,” wearing a dark trench coat. Police say he was last seen carrying a TJ Maxx bag.
Updated: Jan. 18, 2022 at 12:35 PM EST
|By WCTV Staff
VFD says the fire happened at 6 Meadow Run Circle around 5:12 p.m. Monday, Jan. 17.
Updated: Jan. 11, 2022 at 10:09 AM EST
|By WCTV Staff
Residents in Thomas County are being asked for their help in locating a shooting suspect in and around the Ochlocknee, Ga area.
Updated: Jan. 10, 2022 at 10:17 AM EST
|By WCTV Staff
Thomas County’s transmission rate was 783 new COVID-19 cases per 100,000 residents as of Jan. 5, 2021.
Updated: Dec. 30, 2021 at 6:24 PM EST
|By WCTV Staff
Storm damage reports in Cook County, Georgia
Updated: Dec. 30, 2021 at 1:31 PM EST
|By WCTV Staff
Bainbridge Public Safety is reporting a possible tornado and damage on Broad and Evans, Independent and Calhoun streets.
Updated: Dec. 28, 2021 at 2:08 PM EST
|By WCTV Staff
Bainbridge Public Safety says no shots were fired after a gun was “involved” in a fight between two men in the grocery section of Walmart on Tuesday.
Updated: Dec. 13, 2021 at 10:58 AM EST
|By WCTV Staff
Bo the Elephant has a new friend at Elephant Refuge North America in Attapulgus, Georgia.
Updated: Nov. 30, 2021 at 1:12 PM EST
|By WCTV Staff
The bridge’s removal will happen at night beginning Dec. 6 and will impact traffic.
Updated: Nov. 30, 2021 at 12:27 PM EST
|By WCTV Staff
Donovan McCray, 22, was the suspect of two shootings in the area of Sims and Powell streets, one on Nov. 4 and another on Nov. 10.
Updated: Nov. 20, 2021 at 4:11 PM EST
|By WCTV Staff
Authorities are searching for a double homicide suspect considered "armed and dangerous" by Bainbridge police.
Updated: Nov. 5, 2021 at 2:03 PM EDT
|By WCTV Staff
A total of three people were shot, and the shooting happened around 9:30 p.m., according to BPS.
Updated: Nov. 5, 2021 at 10:49 AM EDT
|By WCTV Staff
According to TCS, the transmission rate in Thomas County is 43 new COVID-19 cases per 100,000 residents, putting the county in the “moderate” level of new cases.
Updated: Oct. 29, 2021 at 2:36 PM EDT
|By WCTV Staff
Allen Cheney, a Thomasville native who operates Thomasville Pictures, is an executive producer of the film, while his business partner Ryan Smith is a producer, according to a report by the LA Times.
Updated: Oct. 27, 2021 at 10:25 AM EDT
|By WCTV Staff and Gray News staff
The design read “CUT HERE” over his ear, with an arrow pointing to where surgeons would make an incision during the surgery.
Updated: Oct. 19, 2021 at 9:48 AM EDT
|By WCTV Staff
Kipp Newberry died on Friday, Oct. 15, the Ivey Funeral Home website says.
Updated: Oct. 16, 2021 at 4:51 PM EDT
|By WCTV Staff
A brief ride malfunction sparked panic among fairgoers for a moment at the Deep South Fair. No injuries were reported.
Updated: Oct. 4, 2021 at 11:45 AM EDT
|By WCTV Staff and Gray News staff
Gov. Ron DeSantis announced the diagnosis in a statement Monday morning, saying he was saddened to report the news.
Updated: Sep. 24, 2021 at 2:50 PM EDT
|By WCTV Staff
According to the department, the call about the fire came in around 4:46 a.m.
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