Brooks County News

BROOKS COUNTY, GA A south Georgia school system is getting $50,0000 to help bridge the achievement gap between students.

Downtown Valdosta is not the heart and soul of this community. Do the best you can with what you have and stop wasting money on it.

Three men arrested in connection with the May 30 murder of a Quitman teen have been indicted by a grand jury in Brooks County Superior Court.

Seven local school systems received recognition for having Title I distinguished schools.

Incumbent Barwick Mayor Ned Simmons was returned to office Tuesday with a safe victory margin of 54 percent of the vote.

South Georgia Regional Library has planned a Halloween treat by taking a walk through "Weird Georgia" Saturday.

Ten days of courtship led to a "lifetime of love" for a Naylor couple. Charlie and Jenny Mullinex celebrated their 56th wedding anniversary on Oct.

Valdosta Technical College nursing student Shea Jones shows a group of onlookers the features of the new Medical Education Technologies Inc.

Brooks County hosts event this weekend By Dean Poling QUITMAN - With the economy canceling the Midnight Sun horse show this year, a Brooks County organization will host a tour of homes this weekend.

With early voting underway and election day on Tuesday, Nov. 3, candidates who qualified to have their names on the ballots in neighboring cities are counting down the days until registered voters decide whether or not their political aspirations will become a reality.

The arrest of two individuals in Brooks County on Thursday, October 1st completed a year long investigation of a local Brooks County man and his wife for drug trafficking.

Brooks County is now a Certified Work Ready Community. Brooks County is the second county in Valdosta Technical College's eight-county service area to receive the certification.

Brooks County School System Superintendent Debra Folsom and Brooks County High School Principal Howard Akers look over the supplies at the Teacher's Harvest store.

Horses can be the key to turning lives around, according to the owner of Hopes and Dreams Riding Facility.

Universal health care supporters rallied together in Brooks County Wednesday night.

Search efforts for a missing Valdosta man have been temporarily suspended. 47-year-old Keith Rocheleau went missing more than three weeks ago.

The wreckage was found at 12:30 Friday afternoon by the Georgia State Patrol Aviation Unit.

A Florida-bound plane's last radar coordinate was over Brooks County Thursday night.

A small plane crash in Brooks County claims the lives of two Florida men. The Brooks County Sheriff's Office says the pilot and his passenger were traveling from Montgomery, Alabama to South Florida when their small plane crashed into a thick wooded area just after midnight last night.

Investigators have been looking for Keith Rocheleau since he disappeared three weeks ago, but those searches haven't turned up anything.