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UPDATE, 4:17 p.m. Feb. 6:

Valdosta State University is closed as of 4 p.m. due to power outages, according to a statement from university officials. All classes and activities scheduled for after 4 p.m., including the basketball game and the planetarium show, are cancelled. Rescheduled dates will be announced at a later time. 

Odum Library, the Student Recreation Center, the Student Union, the Student Health Center and the VSU Bookstore will all be closed but residence halls will remain open. 

University officials anticipate returning to normal operations and to resume classes Friday, Feb. 7. 

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UPDATE, Feb. 6:

VALDOSTA – Wiregrass has announced it will be closing all campuses and canceling all classes and clinicals Thursday, Feb. 6. 

Valwood has cancelled after school activities for the afternoon of Thursday, Feb. 6 and are monitoring the situation. 

Lighthouse Christian School will remain open as usual, but after-school activities and daycare will close early at 5 p.m.

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VALDOSTA – Valdosta City Schools and Lowndes County Schools have canceled or postponed all after-school activities Thursday, Feb. 6, because of severe weather warnings, school officials said.

Officials for both school systems say they continue to monitor the situation and will notify the public if there are any additional changes.

Scintilla will be closed Thursday and plans to reopen Friday, according to school officials. 

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QUITMAN — Schools in Brooks County will close early Thursday ahead of severe weather expected to move through South Georgia, according to a posting on the school system’s Facebook page.

The Early Learning Center will let out at 11 a.m.; car riders will be released at 11:15 a.m. and bus riders at 11:30 a.m.; and the Child Care Learning Center will let out at 1 p.m., according to the posting.

All afterschool activities Thursday have been postponed and will be rescheduled. The normal schedule resumes Friday.

Terry Richards is senior reporter at The Valdosta Daily Times.