QUITMAN, GA (WALB)- A south Georgia soldier is enjoying her first night with her family in months.

She returned to Quitman today after a 10-month deployment in Afghanistan. And she surprised her son and her mother at her little boy's school.

Thursday morning 4-year-old Jeremiah Edwards sang along with his Pre-K class for their end of the year program. Little did he and his grandmother know, his mom who he hadn't seen in 10 months was going to walk through the doors.

ALBANY, GA (WALB)-  A Dougherty County rape crisis center hopes to raise $15,000 at a tasty event Thursday night at the Merry Acres Event Center.

 The Lily Pad Center provides support services to more than 300 child victims and roughly 150 adults every year. About two hundred people are expected to show up for the fourth annual 'Farm to Fork' Fundraiser.

Attendees will be fed a southern style meal featuring organic chicken, fresh produce and boiled peanuts, all donated by nearby farmers.

VALDOSTA, GA (WALB)-  

A Valdosta State University student is recovering in the hospital after he was shot at a party early this morning.

Valdosta Police say a party got out of hand last night at Grove Apartments.

Shortly after police responded to the complex for a noise complaint, they heard gunshots in an upstairs unit.

22-year-old Aric Simmons was taken to South Georgia Medical Center with a gunshot wound to his lower torso.

So far police have made no arrests.