Representatives from Lanier County, Wiregrass Georgia Technical College, and the State of Georgia with the Certified Work Ready Community Check presented during the announcement certifying Lanier County a Work Ready Community at the olive groves of the Georgia Olive Farm Tuesday afternoon. Pictured from left, Tim Cochran, Lanier County High School principal, Lanier County Commission Chairman Alex Lee, Lanier County Schools superintendent Keith Humphrey, Penelope Schmidt with WIregrass Georgia Technical College, Denise Lee-Mathis, WIregrass, Norman Bennett, Bioscience Technology of South Georgia project manager, Lakeland-Lanier Chamber of Commerce executive director Ruth May, Sylvia Ragan with Lanier County High School, Wiregrass President Dr. Ray Perren, Ben Copeland, board member on the State Board of Technical and Adult Education, and Robin Folsom with the State of Georgia. Paul Leavy
Norman Bennett, project manager for Bioscience Technology of South Georgia, speaks during the Georgia Work Ready initiative celebration for Lanier County at Georgia Olive Farms Monday afternoon. Paul Leavy
LAKELAND —
Lanier County is now a Certified Work Ready Community.
An event hosted by Georgia Olive Farms Monday was held in celebration of the designation.
Jason Shaw, one of the owners of the co-op, welcomed guests and staff from Wiregrass Georgia Technical College to the farm.
The high-density variety of olive grown in Lanier County was first developed in Spain, Shaw said.
Read more about it in today's edition of The Times.
Nashville honors history, musical tradition
There were more than a few Nashville residents and guests from out of town fiddlin’ around Saturday to celebrate the grand opening of the Georgia Humanities Council and Smithsonian New Harmonies exhibit, celebrating roots music from the state and across the Deep South.
Locals, out-of-towners come out for food, fun at Peach Festival
The Morven Peach Festival drew a smaller crowd than usual in its 26th year, but planners weren't complaining.
Coliform found in drinking water
The cause of a water quality issue is still under investigation by the City of Valdosta Utilities Department after a water sample taken from a line in the area near the intersection of St. Augustine Road and West Hill Avenue tested positive for coliform bacteria.
The Big One: Preparing for mid-America earthquake
It’s a bleak scenario. A massive earthquake along the New Madrid fault kills or injures 60,000 people in Tennessee. A quarter of a million people are homeless. The Memphis airport — the country’s biggest air terminal for packages — goes off-line. Major oil and gas pipelines across Tennessee rupture, causing shortages in the Northeast. In Missouri, another 15,000 people are hurt or dead. Cities and towns throughout the central U.S. lose power and water for months. Losses stack up to hundreds of billions of dollars.
Preparing South Georgia for a disaster
A pair of specialized urban rescuers shed some of their protective gear for a moment and exchange relieved smiles because, on the roads across the swamps of residential rubble, a caravan of Lowndes citizens returns to a county that, according to Lowndes officials, was able to repair its wounds in the aftermath of a Category 5 storm due to a dynamic package of disaster plans.
Valdosta police honor Moody security force
Valdosta Police Chief Brian Childress awarded a set of challenge coins Friday to 12 members of Moody Air Force Base’s security forces. The coin ceremony served as a thank-you from the Valdosta Police Department for the base’s operational support in handling bomb threats and helping in community matters.
Charges filed in bomb threat made from jail
A pair of inmates received additional charges this week when they reportedly phoned a bomb threat from the Lowndes County Jail to South Georgia Medical Center Tuesday, according to the Valdosta Police Department.
Echols deputies seize a half-million in pot
A public indecency call late Friday afternoon led to the seizure of a marijuana grow house, 38 mature plants, and the arrest of an Echols County man, according to the Echols County Sheriff’s Office.
Weekend Update: Morven Peach Festival
News reporter Caitlin Barker speaks to representatives Sandy Rentz and Dawana Nunnally from the Morven Peach Committee, about the Peach Festival taking place this Saturday from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. The band Trailer of Tears will play from 10:30 a.m. until 2 p.m., followed by a parade taking place at 2 p.m.
Just Peachy
Peach tarts, peach ice cream, a peach parade and the Peach Queen — it’s time for the 26th Annual Morven Peach Festival.
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