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Category Archives: Gordon County

Shooting incident near Dews Pond results in six arrests

Shooting incident near Dews Pond results in six arrests

January 22nd, 2024 – 4:45 PM Gordon County Sheriff’s Office – Gordon County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to a ‘shots fired” call at around 10 p.m. at a residence on Meadowlark Lane near Dews Pond Friday. In the aftermath of the shooting event on Meadowlark Lane on Friday night (January 19th), a total of six (6)…read more

Arrest made in connection with an explosive device, domestic violence

Arrest made in connection with an explosive device, domestic violence

January 22nd, 2024 -12:00 PM Gordon County Sheriff’s Office – Gordon County Sheriff Mitch Ralston reports that an arrest has been made in connection with a domestic violence incident that included the discovery of an explosive device: “On January 11, 2024, deputy sheriffs were dispatched to 3102 Red Bud Road in response to a report…read more

GCSO responds to ‘shots fired’ call

GCSO responds to ‘shots fired’ call

Sunday, January 21, 2024–10:03 a.m. -Gordon County Sheriff’s Office- Gordon County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to a ‘shots fired” call at around 10 p.m. at a residence on Meadowlark Lane near Dews Pond Friday. According to the sheriff’s office: Deputies were close by and stopped the cars believed to have been involved within minutes of the…read more

GNTC announces finalists for 2024 GOAL Award

GNTC announces finalists for 2024 GOAL Award

Friday, January 19, 2024–10:51 p.m. -News Release- Four Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) students have been selected as the college’s finalists for the Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership (GOAL), according to Trish Wiggins, coordinator for the college’s GOAL program. Listed are students chosen as finalists for the GOAL award showing (from left) the student’s name,…read more

DPH confirms measles case in metro Atlanta

DPH confirms measles case in metro Atlanta

Friday, January 19, 2024–10:35 p.m. -News Release- The Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) has confirmed a case of measles in an unvaccinated resident of the metro Atlanta area. The individual was exposed to measles while traveling out of the country. DPH is working to identify anyone who may have had contact with the individual…read more

Wind Chill Advisory in effect

Wind Chill Advisory in effect

Friday, January 19, 2024–9:23 p.m. -National Weather Service- A Wind Chill Advisory has been issued for portions of North and West Central Georgia Friday night into Saturday morning to account for dangerously cold wind chills near zero. Minimum temperatures Saturday and Sunday morning are forecast to be in the teens for much of north and central Georgia and the mid-20s for the…read more

Labor market remains strong locally

Labor market remains strong locally

Friday, January 19, 2024–8:30 a.m. -Georgia Department of Labor- The Rome area gained 1,100 jobs from December of 2022 to December of 2023, according to the latest numbers from the Georgia Department of Labor. Rome ended the year with employment at 45,400, up from 44,300 the previous year. The number of jobs was up by…read more

Blood Assurance recommending postponement of elective surgeries

Blood Assurance recommending postponement of elective surgeries

Thursday, January 18, 2023–5:24 p.m. -News Release- Due to a significant decrease in blood donations related to the weather, and an increase in emergency use from several massive blood transfusions over the last 24 hours, Blood Assurance is recommending to more than 70 hospitals around the region to hold off on elective surgeries until at…read more

Fort Moore man charged in GCSO child exploitation investigation

Fort Moore man charged in GCSO child exploitation investigation

January 18th, 2024 – 4:45 PM Gordon County Sheriff’s Office – A Fort Moore, Georgia man, reported to be an active duty soldier in the Army, was arrested Tuesday, January 16th in Muscogee County (Georgia) by military police on request of Gordon County Sheriff’s Detectives after an online undercover investigation. Detectives have charged Andrew James Papest, age…read more

GCSO: Apparent incendiaryThursdaty device found at home on Pleasant Hill Road

GCSO: Apparent incendiaryThursdaty device found at home on Pleasant Hill Road

Thursday, January 18, 2024–10:04 a.m. -Gordon County Sheriff’s Office- Gordon County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to a suspicious package at a residence on Pleasant Hill Road Wednesday. According to Gordon County Sheriff Mitch Ralston: Deputies arrived and found what appeared to be an incendiary device. They were told that there had been a domestic problem earlier.…read more