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A black Georgia teenager found dead inside a rolled-up gym mat at his high school nine years ago was killed in a bizarre accident, a new report concluded. Lowndes County Sheriff Ashley Paulk ruled out any crime related to the 2013 death of 17-year-old Kendrick Johnson at Lowndes High School in Valdosta. Paul reopened the case in March in the face of theories that someone killed the teen and officials covered up the truth. “All of the evidence, testimony, interviews, grand jury testimony and even the blunt coercion and intimidation of some persons being questioned does not produce anything to...

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Right Side Broadcasting Network interviews and event speakers starts at 3 p.m. Trump is supposed to be on at about 7 p.m. Any FReepers at the rally should check in here!

VALDOSTA – Any driver who's hit a deer or spotted one standing on the shoulder of the road should appreciate the new fencing along portions of Interstate 75. Old fence with a height of four or five feet has being replaced with eight-foot game fence in various locations in Crisp, Turner, Tift and Lowndes counties through small Georgia Department of Transportation maintenance service contracts, according to a DOT press release. Fence replacement just concluded in Lowndes County and must be inspected by the department. The other counties are complete. Contractors were also asked to use wire to fill in bottom...

Tamelonie Thomas was one of several students removed from a recent Donald Trump rally at Valdosta State University. But Thomas, a black VSU student, said the incident was not racially motivated. "It was not racial," she said. "There was profanity and the entire group was taken outside because of the profanity." A few of the students were dressed in all black clothing and were located behind the stage where Trump was scheduled to speak. They were removed about 30 minutes before the Republican front-runner began his fiery campaign speech last Monday evening. According to Thomas, some of the students talked...

Protests have been going on all week (after) Air Force veteran Michelle Manhart, was briefly detained during the flag-trampling protest for taking the flag and refusing to return it. Valdosta Police Chief Brian Childress told the Valdosta Daily Times that thousands of people who "just want to come down here and support the American flag" are expected to descend on Valdosta State University.

The parents of a south Georgia teen found dead inside a rolled-up wrestling mat in a high school gym want federal authorities to reopen a case that had been declared an accident, the family's attorney said Wednesday.

Controversy leads to resignation request By Johnna Pinholster September 15, 2009 12:03 am — VALDOSTA — The Rev. Floyd Rose called for Valdosta City School Superintendent Dr. Bill Cason’s resignation Monday night. During the regular Board of Education meeting Rose, president of the Valdosta/Lowndes County Chapter of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, spoke to the board about the superintendent’s decision not to air President Barack Obama’s speech on education during school hours. Rose and hundreds of others converged on the BOE office demanding answers for why the speech was not shown in a school system that is predominately black. On...

VALDOSTA, Ga., Jan. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Little Caesar Enterprises, Inc. today celebrates the grand opening of the fifth store to open under the Little Caesars Veterans Program as U.S. military veteran and Little Caesars franchisee Patricia Evans opens her doors for business at 1650 F Baytree Road in Valdosta, Georgia. "The Little Caesars Veterans Program has provided me the opportunity to transition to a new career as my family and I begin the next chapter in our lives," said Evans. "I am proud to be the first woman to open a store under this program, and I'm excited to be...

Charles Harmon Director of University Relations Sementha Mathews Manager of Public Information and Media Relations 5,000-year-old treasure rediscovered in library storage room Dr. Melanie Byrd, professor and coordinator of planning and program review in the History Department, holds a piece of the treasure in the palm of her hand. Valdosta State University Odum Library has uncovered an ancient treasure that excites even the mildest Indiana Jones wanna-be. The treasure is a collection of 5,000-year-old Babylonian cuneiform clay tablets, dating back from 2300 BC to 500 BC. Cuneiform is one of several writing systems of the ancient East, in which wedge-shaped...

VALDOSTA, Ga. (AP) -- Three Moody Air Force Base airmen have been arrested in an alleged scheme to take bulletproof vests from the base and sell them to drug dealers for $100 each. Airman 1st Class Brian Aubray Skelton, 22, was arrested on a charge of theft by receiving stolen property and remained in Lowndes County Jail on Tuesday. Airman Todd Louis Boutte, 22, and Airman 1st Class Jared Wayne Roberts, 21, were in military custody, said Lowndes County Sheriff Ashley Paulk. Boutte and Roberts were accused of taking the vests from the base while Skelton was accused of distributing...