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November 15, 2021–10:39 a.m. AAA SOUTH Georgia gas prices remain unchanged this week as motorists continue to pay an average price of $3.25 per gallon for regular unleaded gasoline. Monday’s state average is 15 cents more than last month and $1.28 more than this time last year. Although gas prices have managed to remain stable for the past few weeks,…… read more
November 10th, 2021 – 3:45 PM Polk County Police Department – On November 9th the Polk County Police Department was dispatched to the area of Highway 101 in reference to a motorcycle pursuit that began in Gordon County and ended at Floyd County at the Polk County Line. Officers spotted the motorcycle in the area…… read more
November 9, 2021–3:25 p.m. STAFF REPORTS Former US Senator Max Cleland has died. Cleland passed away Tuesday morning at his home in Atlanta. He was 79. In addition to serving in the US Senate from 1997 to 2003, Cleland was Georgia’s Secretary of State from 1982 to 1996. He also served in the Veteran’s Administration under…… read more
November 8, 2021–6:15 p.m. AAA SOUTH Georgia gas prices remain elevated as we head toward the holidays. Motorists continue to pay an average price of $3.25 per gallon for regular unleaded gasoline. Monday’s state average is 22 cents more than last month and $1.33 more than this time last year. AAA anticipates pump prices will remain elevated through…… read more
November 4, 2021–11:58 a.m. STAFF REPORTS A Gordon County man has been sentenced to life without parole plus 130 years and 24 months in the murder of his wife more than two years ago. Dwight Juliuse Jones shot and killed Krystal Lynne Jones during a standoff with Gordon County Sheriff’s Deputies on September 12, 2019, at…… read more
November 4, 2021–10:35 a.m. NEWS RELEASE As AdventHealth expands throughout Northwest Georgia with the purchase of Redmond Regional Medical Center, leadership roles have evolved in the organization’s Southeast Region. Mike Murrill, previous president and CEO of AdventHealth Gordon and AdventHealth Murray, has assumed the president and CEO role at Redmond, soon to be renamed AdventHealth…… read more
November 3, 2021–7:39 p.m. GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH Following the recommendation of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), the Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) and health districts throughout Georgia will offer Pfizer pediatric COVID vaccine to children 5-11 years old. Vaccination will begin…… read more
November 3rd, 2021 – 4:00 PM Staff Reports – City of Calhoun’s Police Department announced that it has been awarded another major traffic enforcement grant in the amount of $20,970.40 from the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety (GOHS) in Atlanta. The Calhoun Police Department received the grant in recognition of its lifesaving work as the…… read more
November 3, 2021–11:18 a.m. NEWS RELEASE Georgia Northwestern Technical College’s (GNTC) Dwight Watt, an instructor of Computer Information Systems Technology, was named the 2021 Unsung Tech Hero of the Year by the Chattanooga Technology Council (ChaTech). The award was announced recently during the second annual Chattanooga Technology Excellence Awards (TechX). “Dwight possesses tremendous technical acumen, a laudable…… read more
November 2, 2021–10:00 p.m. STAFF REPORTS Ed Moyer has been elected to Post 3 on the Calhoun City Council. Moyer defeated incumbent George Crowley by 38 votes to win. Meanwhile, for Calhoun City Council Post 4, it was Ray Denmon III winning another term. He defeated challenger Alvin Long by 34 votes. For Resaca Town…… read more