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Category Archives: Gordon County

GNTC announces President’s and Dean’s Lists for fall 2021

GNTC announces President’s and Dean’s Lists for fall 2021

February 4, 2022–1:00 p.m. GEORGIA NORTHWESTERN TECHNICAL COLLEGE Georgia Northwestern Technical College is proud to announce the students on the President’s and Dean’s Lists for the 2021 fall semester. To be eligible for the President’s List, the student must maintain a GPA of 3.8 or higher during the semester with a course load of at…read more

Truck fire shuts down I-75 near Adairsville Wednesday

Truck fire shuts down I-75 near Adairsville Wednesday

February 2, 2022–5:18 p.m. WBHF RADIO A tractor-trailer fire shut down two lanes of I-75 northbound just past Adairsville for about two and a half hours Wednesday The fire quickly spread to the shoulder of the road and the median. Bartow County Fire & Emergency Services had two engines, a squad, and a Battalion Chief…read more

Vaccines remain effective at preventing COVID-19 deaths

Vaccines remain effective at preventing COVID-19 deaths

February 2, 2022–10:22 a.m. GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH According to the latest statistics from the Georgia Department of Public Health, there is a possibility of still getting COVID-19 if you are vaccinated.  However, the vaccine continues to prove effective in preventing hospitalization or death. From January 2 of 2021 to January 26 of this…read more

Flood Watch issued for the area

Flood Watch issued for the area

February 2, 2022–7:18 a.m. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE The National Weather Service has issued a Flood Watch for most of North Georgia from Thursday morning through Friday morning.  Floyd, Bartow, Chattooga, and Gordon Counties are all included in the watch area. Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone…read more

GNTC’S GOAL, Rick Perkins Award winners announced

GNTC’S GOAL, Rick Perkins Award winners announced

February 1, 2022–5:35 p.m. STAFF REPORTS A Walker County man has been named Georgia Northwestern Technical College’s Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership winner. Robert William Rutledge, a drafting technology student at GNTC’s Walker County campus will now compete in the state GOAL competition in Atlanta in April. Meanwhile, Crista Resch, director of Ultrasound programs and…read more

Raffensperger defends 2020 election count

Raffensperger defends 2020 election count

February 1, 2022–10:53 a.m. STAFF REPORTS Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger was a guest on WRGA’s First News on Tuesday to, in his words, set the record straight about the 2020 Election. “Here’s what really happened in Georgia,” he said.  “28,000 Georgians skipped the presidential race and yet they voted down-ballot.  David Perdue got…read more

Report: Woman tried to kick police officer in the face

Report: Woman tried to kick police officer in the face

January 31, 2022–6:45 p.m. FLOYD COUNTY JAIL RECORDS A Cedartown woman, wanted on a warrant for armed robbery in Gordon County, was arrested on Avenue B in Rome Sunday. According to Floyd County Jail records, 34-year old Lori Jane Ponder was located in the high rise where she was not a resident. She then fled…read more

Gordon Residence yields Illegal Firearm, Drugs, Evidence of Animal Cruelty

Gordon Residence yields Illegal Firearm, Drugs, Evidence of Animal Cruelty

January 26th, 2022 – 12:00 PM Gordon County Sheriff’s Office – Gordon County Sheriff Mitch Ralston Reports: On Tuesday afternoon, January 25, deputy sheriffs and officers from the local Georgia Department of Community Supervision (DCS) conducted a probationary search at a residence on Earl Street in Plainville. The search yielded an illegally modified (“sawed-off”) shotgun…read more

GNTC names GOAL Semi-Finalists

GNTC names GOAL Semi-Finalists

January 23, 2022–5:57 p.m. NEWS RELEASE Four Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) students have been selected as the college’s semi-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 semi-finalists for the GOAL award showing (from left to right) the student’s…read more

COVID-19 status report for January 20

COVID-19 status report for January 20

January 20, 2022–6:20 p.m. GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH 262 more COVID-19 cases were reported in Floyd County, according to Thursday’s status report from the Georgia Department of Public Health. The new cases bring the total to 20,727 since the start of the pandemic. We are now at 2,784 cases in the last two weeks.…read more