Lanier County News

Can you imagine being taught how to read, write and do math at age 3 - by your 5-year-old brother? That may sound unusual and even amazing, but to Hannah Wildes, that was merely her starting point.

Two full-length movies will be shown in Lakeland this weekend on a big screen located outdoors on the grounds of the Jim and Mary Threatte Arts & Civic Center.

Albert Studstill is charged with simple battery and obstructing an emergency call.

The Lanier County manager was arrested in Berrien County over the weekend on a domestic violence charge.

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.

A $336,233.04 check was presented to the Valdosta City Council Thursday night during its regular meeting.

Members of the Lanier County Board of Education were recognized at the September board meeting for completing board member training activities as prescribed by Official Code of Georgia Section 20-2-230. Training certificates were issued to each board member by Superintendent Keith Humphrey.

The key to good health care in the United States starts at home. You have to control your food intake and get off your fat buns and do some walking or exercise.

For the first time in more than thirty years, a new school is built in Lanier County.

Jeroy Mack, owner of Mack's BBQ in Valdosta, tends to his grill at the Flatlanders Fall Frolic in Lakeland.

Vendor spaces are filled to capacity for today's 36th annual Flatlanders Arts and Crafts Show, which kicks off at 9 a.m. on the lawn of the Lanier County Courthouse.

31--LAKELAND -- Joseph Ashley Eaton's adversities haunt the poems of his first book, "Night's Ocean View." "The death of my father hung over my head for many years," says Eaton, who is 21 and was a small child when his father died.

Conner Purvis takes aim at his target Saturday at a bow hunting seminar in Lakeland.

Representatives from the Georgia Department of Transportation will be in Valdosta Monday to discuss the Statewide Transportation Improvement Plan.

The 39th annual Flatlanders Fall Frolic will kick off Saturday with the Miss Fall Frolic Beauty Pageant and continue with a full day of activities Sept.

Lanier County Schools superintendent Keith Humphrey speaks to students, parents, staff and faculty during the Lanier County Elementary School building dedication and grand opening Tuesday in the main hallway of the ground floor.

It was a classic country summer evening - corn-on-the-cob, homemade blackberry cobbler, fiddling, kids begging for train rides, a farmer's market and folks bantering about the hot weather.

Carl Camon, mayor of Ray City, is running for governor and will be at the following places on Thursday to meet and speak with the public: -- 10:30 a.m., Lanier County Courthouse, Lakeland -- 4-5 p.m., Lowndes County Courthouse lawn , Valdosta.

"It's currently under investigation as far as who actually planted that small grove," says David Fawcett of the Lanier County Sheriffs Office.

On Friday, July 2, 2009, a phone call was placed to Sheriff Norton of suspicious activity in a rural area of Lanier County.