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19/07/2025

VALDOSTA — SGMC Health awarded Cherise Giddens, Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer, as the recipient of the health system’s first-ever DAISY Lifetime Achievement Award.

Read more at: https://valdostadailytimes.com/2025/07/17/giddens-receives-lifetime-award-for-nursing/

18/07/2025

VALDOSTA — Valdosta High School has long been known as a powerhouse in Georgia high school football, but under Head Coach Shelton Felton, the program has elevated its reputation for developing Division I athletes.

Read more at: https://valdostadailytimes.com/2025/07/16/valdosta-high-continues-to-produce-division-i-talent/

18/07/2025

LAST CHANCE to enjoy Peach State Summer Theatre’s “A Closer Walk With Patsy Cline.” It’s an opportunity for the entire family to follow the story of Patsy Cline, from her Virginia hometown to the Grand Ole Opry, Las Vegas, and Carnegie Hall. Based on audience feedback, it's definitely a heartfelt down home good time.

Schedule: 2 p.m. Saturday, July 19
Location: Valdosta State University Fine Arts Building, Sawyer Theatre
Tickets: Visit www.valdosta.edu/psst for pricing and links to the online box office. The in-person box office is located on the first floor of the VSU Fine Arts Building and is open from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and from noon to 2 p.m. Sundays. 🔥 🍑
VSU College of the Arts Peach State Summer Theatre Valdosta State University Theatre & Dance

18/07/2025

VALDOSTA — Four young athletes from Lowndes County are preparing to represent Georgia on one of youth baseball’s biggest stages.

Read more at: https://valdostadailytimes.com/2025/07/17/lowndes-county-quartet-to-represent-georgia-at-national-8u-baseball-games/

17/07/2025

VALDOSTA — Wawa officially opened its doors in Valdosta on Wednesday morning, bringing with it not just its signature coffee and hoagies, but a burst of energy, celebration, and commitment to the community.

Read more at: https://valdostadailytimes.com/2025/07/16/valdostas-gottahava-wawa/

17/07/2025

VALDOSTA — Valdosta Police Department arrested three teenagers for breaking into a car, then running away from police.

Read more at: https://valdostadailytimes.com/2025/07/15/three-teens-arrested-after-car-break-in/

17/07/2025

🧡 Help Us Help Others! 🧡

LAMP is in need of essential items, and your donation can make a big difference.

We’re currently asking for the following supplies:

🧺 Liquid or Powder Laundry Detergent
�🗑️ 55-Gallon Trash Bags
�🧻 Toilet Tissue
�🧼 Bleach
�🥫 Canned Vegetables

We accept donations 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. For your convenience, the best time to drop off donations is between 8 AM and 4 PM. Every item donated helps provide dignity and care to individuals and families in need.

17/07/2025

VALDOSTA — The City of Valdosta responded to a sewer overflow into Sugar Creek Sunday.

Read more at: https://valdostadailytimes.com/2025/07/14/city-responds-to-sewer-overflow-in-sugar-creek/

16/07/2025

VALDOSTA – After more than a dozen years on TV in “Impractical Jokers,” one might think James “Murr” Murray and crew could no longer fool anyone in the general public.

Read more at: https://valdostadailytimes.com/2025/07/14/impractical-joker-coming-to-wild-adventures/

16/07/2025

VALDOSTA — After two and a half months of active pursuit, the last suspect in a shooting at Friendly Express was apprehended by police.

Read more at: https://valdostadailytimes.com/2025/07/14/shooting-suspect-caught-after-two-month-pursuit/

16/07/2025

VALDOSTA — During the annual “Passing of the Gavel” ceremony, on June 25, Thressea H. Boyd was officially installed as president of the Rotary Club of Valdosta for the 2025–2026 Rotary year.

Read more at: https://valdostadailytimes.com/2025/07/13/rotary-club-launches-new-year-with-renewed-focus-on-service-and-growth/

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Valdosta had been a haven during the Civil War.

Founded in 1859-60, little more than a year prior to the start of the war, Valdosta was a town created on the move.

The town was created to be closer to a railroad passing through Lowndes County, a rail- road that refused to move four miles away to Troupville, what was then the county seat of Lowndes.

So, Troupville residents moved to the railroad tracks and incorporated the town of Valdosta to greet the trains.

During the war, Valdosta was considered a safe distance from the bloody battles and carnage as the Union Army invaded the South.

Families moved to Valdosta looking for a safe place during the war.

After the war, many of the newer Valdosta residents moved back to their original towns. Others stayed, often at the physical and eloquent insistence of the man who created the news- paper that would become The Valdosta Daily Times.

One-hundred-fifty years ago, March 20, 1867, The South Geor- gia Times was founded.

In the 1870s, the newspaper became The Valdosta Times.

Then, Valdosta was a town of impermanence and wood. Downtown buildings were made of wood.

The first courthouse was wood.

Churches were wood.

A conflagration destroyed the First Baptist Church and threatened to take the rest of Valdosta with it.

By the early 1900s, downtown buildings were converting to the permanence of brick and stone.

What people now refer to as the historical Lowndes County Courthouse was a new building in 1905. A murder trial caught the attention of the state, region and nation. It brought hundreds of people to town as it was tried in the new courthouse.

Responding to interest in the trial, The Valdosta Times be- came a daily publication, changing its name for the first time on Oct. 16, 1905, to The Valdosta Daily Times.

Daily was not seven days a week then. At times, the paper reverted to The Valdosta Times, curtailing the number of days it printed on several occasions through the decades.

The newspaper has been a part of the community for al- most as long as there has been a Valdosta. One of the oldest institutions in Valdosta.

A namesake of the city. A promise then and now of telling the stories of a city and its neighbors.

BY DEAN POLING

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