Brittanye Blake

3 days ago | walb.com | Brittanye Blake

WALB is working to produce a video for this story. In the meantime, we encourage you to watch our livestream. THOMASVILLE, GA - Camp ARROW celebrates 50 years as a week-long residential camp designed to meet the special needs of children with multiple disabilities. Located at the Camp Tygart facility in southwest Georgia, Camp ARROW has activities designed to encourage independence and foster self-confidence. Each day campers learn and participle in swimming, arts and crafts, music, and games.

4 days ago | wtoc.com | Brittanye Blake

LOWNDES COUNTY, Ga. (WALB) - Hurricane season is underway, but both the city of Valdosta and Lowndes County remain in recovery mode from Hurricane Helene, some nine months later. Valdosta homeowner JaTaryia Thomas said, “I can tell you my house is traumatized. When the rain comes, the thunderstorms come…we don’t play no games. We not staying in here and we’re not waiting for the trees to fall."WALB was there when JaTaryia Thomas and her family lost their home in 2023 from Hurricane Idalia.

4 days ago | walb.com | Brittanye Blake

WALB is working to produce a video for this story. In the meantime, we encourage you to watch our livestream. LOWNDES COUNTY, Ga. (WALB) - Hurricane season is underway, but both the city of Valdosta and Lowndes County remain in recovery mode from Hurricane Helene, some nine months later. JaTaryia Thomas and her family loss their home back in 2023 from Hurricane Idalia. September 2024 three months after moving back in their home, the Thomas family took another hit with Hurricane Helene.

1 week ago | walb.com | Brittanye Blake

WALB is working to produce a video for this story. In the meantime, we encourage you to watch our livestream. COFFEE COUNTY, Ga. (WALB) - According to the U.S Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Statistics, property crimes increase by nearly 10% in the summer months. As the heat starts to rise, so does the crime. Coffee County Sheriff Fred Cole said, “Mainly people out of school, not a lot of people working, opportunities exist.

1 week ago | walb.com | Brittanye Blake

VALDOSTA, Ga. (WALB) - The School Safety law is a direct response to the shooting at Apalachee High School, where investigators say 14-year-old Colt Gray was enrolled on August 14 but had already missed nine days of school before taking a rifle and knife in his backpack on September 4.