Clinch County News

Northside, Peach County and Wilcox County are once again headed to the Georgia Dome, this time to play for GHSA state titles.

A former Georgia Superior Court judge who pleaded guilty to a federal corruption charge has been sentenced to three years on probation and fined $100,000. Brooks E. Blitch III of Homerville was sentenced Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Valdosta.

Brooks E. Blitch, III the former Chief Superior Court Judge of the Alapaha Circuit was sentenced before the Honorable Hugh Lawson, United States District Judge for the Middle District of Georgia in Valdosta, Georgia on December 1, 2009 along with Berrien Sutton, Daniel V. Leccese, Sr.

Patriot Jatarius Jackson is pursued by Wesleyan defenders in Friday night's quarter-final victory for the Wilcox County team.

Clinch County is closer to taking over another unwanted state asset, a jail to go with its golf course.

An undercover operation by the South Georgia Drug Task Force led to the arrest of a Homerville man last week.

A* Lowndes is the 18th largest county in Georgia and growing, but it is one of only 21 of the state's counties that has a commission smaller than at least five members.

This Monday, Congressman Jack Kingston of Georgia will be holding a town hall meeting in Clinch County.

An anonymous tip led to the arrest of a Homerville man on drug-related charges Thursday.

A Clinch County man enjoying a bit of night hunting was recently apprehended by agents and charged with a drug-related crime.

A former Georgia Superior Court judge has pleaded guilty to a federal corruption charge, in a deal with proseutors that keeps him out of prison.

A former Georgia Superior Court judge has pleaded guilty to a federal corruption charge, in a deal with prosecutors that keeps him out of prison.

Two regional genealogy libraries are set to merge, creating what may be the most comprehensive genealogy facility in the Southeast.

Great things are happening at Valdosta Technical College. Over 450 students completing the requirements for their respective certificate, diploma or degree during the fall, winter or spring will graduate from Valdosta Technical College at 7 p.m. tonight at the Valdosta State University P.E. Complex.

The trial of a former Clinch County judge facing federal corruption charges has been postponed after he suffered life-threatening complications from a ruptured appendix.

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We are told that clothes in one of the holding cells caught fire after 50-year old Michael White used wires to spark those flames.