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GHSA informs Vikings of investigation towards team
The Lowndes Vikings are officially under investigation.

Lowndes High School officially received a letter from the Georgia High School Association, the state’s governing body for high school athletics, that the school is under investigation for its actions in last Friday’s game against the Colquitt County Packers.

October 4, 2012
NFL ends lockout with officials
So long, replacement refs. The NFL's regular crews will be back on the field starting Thursday night.

After two days of marathon negotiations — and mounting frustration among coaches, players and fans — the NFL and the referees' union announced at midnight Thursday that a tentative agreement had been reached to end a lockout that began in June.

September 27, 2012
Blazers blow out Rams, 43-10, at Cowboys Stadium
The 18^th-ranked Valdosta State Blazers blew out the Angelo State Rams 43-10 on the final day of Lone Star Football Festival at Cowboys Stadium on Saturday afternoon to win their second-straight game.

September 15, 2012 1 Photo
Blazers end losing streak, hammer Wildcats, 62-14
The Valdosta State football team ended its four-game losing streak, dating back to the end of the 2011 season, with a commanding 62-14 win over Fort Valley State Saturday night at Bazemore-Hyder Stadium.

September 8, 2012
Update - 12 killed, 59 wounded in Colo. theater shooting
A gunman wearing a gas mask and black SWAT gear hurled a gas canister inside a crowded movie theater during a midnight showing of the new Batman movie Friday and then opened fire, killing 12 people and wounding nearly 60 others in an attack so bizarre that some moviegoers at first thought they were watching Hollywood special effects.

July 20, 2012 1 Photo
Alabama shooting suspect in custody
The man accused of the shooting death of former Lowndes football standout Ed Christian and two other men Saturday night at an Auburn, Ala. apartment complex turned himself in late Tuesday night, according to a report by The Associated Press.

June 12, 2012
VSU softball stays alive; wins 5-4 in 11th inning
VSU Blazers softball won a squeaker this morning in the NCAA Softball Championship Tournament in Louisville, Ky.

May 17, 2012
City of Valdosta water restrictions lifted
Community returns to odd/even Outdoor Water Use Schedule

May 3, 2012
VSU softball wins fourth straight GSC title
The Valdosta State softball team, the No. 1 ranked team in the nation, claimed its fourth straight Gulf South Conference tournament championship Sunday afternoon.

April 29, 2012 1 Photo
North Florida fires reducing visibility in Fla., Ga.
Wildfire season has begun in Florida. Thousands of acres are burning, particularly in Central and North Florida. Smoke is creating reduced visibility in the Jacksonville area as well as along Interstate 75 in Florida and Georgia.

April 9, 2012
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