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Category Archives: Gordon County

Man arrested after standoff in Calhoun

Man arrested after standoff in Calhoun

April 7, 2022–10:31 a.m. CALHOUN POLICE REPORT More information has been released regarding the arrest of a man after a brief chase and standoff with police in Calhoun Wednesday evening. According to the Calhoun Police report, officers were dispatched to the Applebee’s on Highway 53 after getting a call about someone driving recklessly in the…read more

GNTC offers three programs in high-demand Cybersecurity field

GNTC offers three programs in high-demand Cybersecurity field

April 6, 2022–6:19 p.m. NEWS RELEASE A program of study at Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) is training students to guard sensitive information in a world where hackers are getting smarter every day. “Cybersecurity is both protecting the computers of the world and finding security holes; it’s learning how to set up our networks and…read more

Calhoun Healthcare evacuated due to an electrical issue

Calhoun Healthcare evacuated due to an electrical issue

April 6, 2022–5:00 p.m. CALHOUN TIMES Calhoun Healthcare on Highway 41 was evacuated due to an electrical issue Wednesday morning. The Calhoun Times reports that firefighters got the call at around 8:09 a.m. and were able to locate a shorted electrical outlet that had caused light smoke in areas of the building. Further investigation found…read more

Calhoun woman reported missing

Calhoun woman reported missing

April 5, 2022–6:20 p.m. CALHOUN POLICE DEPARTMENT Calhoun Police Department detectives are requesting your assistance with locating a missing person. Darla Marie Snyder, AKA Darla Marie Stokes, left walking from her residence on Peters Street, 3-25-2022 at approximately 8:00 pm. She was wearing blue jeans, a black and gray shirt, and Christmas slippers. She was…read more

Gordon County Sheriff’s K9 Passes Away

Gordon County Sheriff’s K9 Passes Away

April 5th, 2022 – 1:50 PM Gordon County Sheriff’s Office – Gordon Sheriff Mitch Ralston regrets to announce that longtime K9 deputy “Eros” has passed away. Eros, a German Shepherd, retired from service in December 2020 after 5 years on patrol with his partner/handler Deputy F.D. Pullen. Eros was specially trained to sniff out illicit…read more

Man arrested on an aggravated assault charge

Man arrested on an aggravated assault charge

April 4, 2022–10:20 a.m. FLOYD COUNTY JAIL RECORDS A 47-year old Calhoun man was booked into the Floyd County Jail Sunday on a felony warrant charging him with aggravated assault. According to the warrant, William Troy Anderson Jr. held a box cutter to a woman’s throat during an argument on Carpenter Road and told the…read more

Grant covers tuition costs for students in high demand career fields

Grant covers tuition costs for students in high demand career fields

April 4, 2022–10:16 a.m. NEWS RELEASE Students who wish to pursue one of Georgia’s high-demand careers may be eligible for a grant to pay 100% of tuition costs for select in-demand technical certificate and diploma programs at Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC). HOPE Career Grant programs of study fall in the aviation, business, health, public…read more

Georgia gas prices fall another 8 cents

Georgia gas prices fall another 8 cents

April 4, 2022–10:08 a.m. AAA SOUTH Georgia gas prices continue to decline at the pump compared to a week ago. Georgia motorists are now paying an average price of $3.87 per gallon for regular unleaded gasoline. Monday’s state average is 8 cents less than a week ago, 27 cents more than last month, and $1.16 more than this time last year.…read more

[VIDEO] COVID-19 update from Dr. Gary Voccio

[VIDEO] COVID-19 update from Dr. Gary Voccio

April 3, 2022–3:27 p.m. GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH Dr. Gary Voccio, health director for the ten-county Georgia Department of Public Health Northwest Health District, gives us a cautiously optimistic update on the coronavirus in Northwest Georgia. He also discusses public health’s Tuberculosis (TB) program. Before Covid-19, TB was the world’s deadliest infectious disease. For…read more

Blood assurance donating $10 for every donor to Ukraine relief

Blood assurance donating $10 for every donor to Ukraine relief

March 31, 2022–7:30 p.m. NEWS RELEASE In response to the devastation in Ukraine, from April 1-8, Blood Assurance will donate $10 for every blood donor it sees to the BCA Foundation for Ukraine Support. BCA (Blood Centers of America) has reached out to international contacts and chosen vetted charities that are providing vital aid to…read more