The Vidalia onion industry is responding to the brutal murder of a 15-year-old Toombs County girl who was vacationing with her family in Florida earlier this summer. The Courtney Wilkes Memorial Agriculture and Veterinary Scholarship will be granted annually to a qualifying senior graduating high school within the Vidalia onion growing region. Donations are currently being accepted with the hopes that a thousand dollar scholarship can be awarded for a minimum of ten years.