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Category Archives: Gordon County

[VIDEO] Texas Fugitive Indicted in Gordon County

[VIDEO] Texas Fugitive Indicted in Gordon County

January 10th, 2023 – 11:55 AM WRGA Staff Reports – 29-year-old fugitive Dalton Lee Potter of Leakey Texas has been indicted in Gordon County.  Back on September 7th of 2020, Potter was pulled over on I-75 near the Whitfield-Gordon County line after a license plate scanner detected a trailer that had been stolen from Chattanooga.…read more

Georgia gas prices continue to rise

Georgia gas prices continue to rise

Monday, Jan. 9, 2023–8:47 a.m. -AAA South The Georgia gas price average continues to increase at the pump compared to a week ago. Georgia drivers are now paying an average price of $2.81 per gallon for regular unleaded gasoline. Monday’s state average is 5 cents more than a week ago, 11 cents less than a month ago, and 30 cents less than…read more

Broadband grants announced for Floyd, Gordon and Bartow Counties

Broadband grants announced for Floyd, Gordon and Bartow Counties

Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2023–12:43 p.m. David Crowder, WRGA News Floyd, Gordon, and Bartow are three of 29 Georgia Counties that will benefit from a portion of $234 million in preliminary grant awards for broadband internet expansion through the Capital Projects Fund Grant Program. These awards will improve connectivity for communities, households, businesses, and anchor institutions.…read more

Georgia gas prices on the rise

Georgia gas prices on the rise

Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023–2:00 p.m. David Crowder, WRGA News Gas prices in Georgia are heading back up. According to AAA, the average price for a gallon of regular unleaded was at $2.78 on Tuesday. That is up by eight cents from a week ago but still lower than last month’s average of $2.98. The national…read more

Updated: Tornado Watch in Effect for NWGA

Updated: Tornado Watch in Effect for NWGA

January 3rd, 2023 – 12:12 PM National Weather Service – UPDATE: The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has upgraded the hazardous weather outlook to a tornado watch until 9:00 PM Tonight (Tuesday, January 3rd) for Northwest Georgia. Previously reported: The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a hazardous weather outlook as several…read more

Alabama Man arrested, charged With Rape, aggravated Child Molestation

Alabama Man arrested, charged With Rape, aggravated Child Molestation

December 29th, 2022 – 3:00 PM Gordon County Sheriff’s Office –  On December 13, the Gordon Sheriff’s Office initiated an investigation into allegations of rape, aggravated child molestation, and other offenses involving a child under the age of ten years. The investigation was in response to a DFCS referral to law enforcement. Detectives conducted interviews…read more

Gordon County Man arrested after ramming Car into Deputy Patrol Vehicle

Gordon County Man arrested after ramming Car into Deputy Patrol Vehicle

December 28th, 2022 – 4:05 PM Gordon County Sheriff’s Office – At about 9:20 pm Tuesday night deputy sheriffs were dispatched to Stendal Drive near Calhoun in response to a report of a domestic disturbance in which a drunken man was assaulting another man with edged weapons and tools, and had stolen a vehicle. A…read more

Overturned Calhoun Fire truck

Overturned Calhoun Fire truck

December 27th, 2022 -12:30 PM Georgia State Patrol- These details are preliminary as the crash is still under investigation.  According to the Georgia State Patrol, On December 26, at approximately 2:09 PM, Troopers responded to a fire truck rollover on GA 3 in Gordon County near Soldiers Pathway. The investigation determined a fire truck driven by…read more

Updated: Winter Weather Advisory issued for Floyd, Gordon, and Bartow

Updated: Winter Weather Advisory issued for Floyd, Gordon, and Bartow

December 26th, 2022 – 8:20 PM Staff Reports – December 27th Update: Snow fell across much of north Georgia yesterday evening, coating roadways. Some of the snow melted, creating slush which has likely turned into black ice as temperatures have fallen into the middle 20s to around 30 degrees. Black ice will be most likely…read more

North Georgia E.M.C. And TVA Rolling Blackouts

North Georgia E.M.C. And TVA Rolling Blackouts

December 23, 2022 -1:30 PM WZQZ Radio – The Tennessee Valley Authority and some of the utilities it provides power to will be conducting rotating outages on Friday. North Georgia EMC is one of the TVA cooperatives that is participating in the rolling blackouts, and this will affect people with NGEMC power today in the…read more