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May 27, 2021–2:58 p.m. NEWS RELEASE State troopers and local law enforcement are asking everyone to make the summer travel season a safe one this year by remembering to click their seat belt or risk being handed a ticket. Preliminary data from the Georgia Department of Transportation shows the number of people killed in traffic…… read more
May 26TH, 2021 – 12:10 pm Georgia Department of Transportation – To ease potential Memorial Day weekend traffic congestion, the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) will suspend construction-related lane closures on interstates and major state routes starting at noon on Friday, May 28, and continuing to 5 a.m. on Tuesday, June 1, 2021. Motorists should be aware…… read more
May 26, 2021–6:09 a.m. AAA SOUTH Motorists hitting the road this week to celebrate the unofficial kick-off to summer will be greeted with the most expensive Memorial Day weekend gas prices since 2014. Georgia gas prices are down 3-cents a gallon from last week as the supply has stabilized somewhat since the Colonial Pipeline cyber-attack. However,…… read more
May 25th, 2021 – 4:05 PM Gordon County Sheriff’s Office – Sheriff Mitch Ralston recognized three jail staff members for saving the lives of two jail inmates, in two separate medical emergencies at the jail, in 2020. Jailor Justin L. Goforth received the Sheriff’s Meritorious Service Award medal for life-saving actions on July 11, 2020, during which he rescued an inmate…… read more
May 24th, 2021 – 5:10 PM Georgia Emergency Management – The Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency closed out operations at the eight mass vaccination sites across Georgia on May 21, after administering 357,668 total doses of Pfizer and Johnson and Johnson vaccine. “Our goals were to address the vaccination needs of underserved populations…… read more
May 24th, 2021 – 3:45 PM Gordon County Sheriff’s Office – A Ranger Man has been Arrested For Rape, Aggravated Child Molestation, and Other Sexual Offenses Against a Child… According to Gordon County Sheriff Mitch Ralston, (In mid-May) Sheriff’s detectives initiated an investigation into allegations of child molestation against a minor under the age of…… read more
May 19, 2021–9:59 a.m. NEWS RELEASE The City of Calhoun’s Police Dept. and the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety are asking all motorists to make this summer a safe travel season by buckling their seat belt before every trip, whether sitting in the front or back seat. Calhoun Police is joining sheriff’s offices, police departments,…… read more
May 17, 2021–9:35 p.m. NEWS RELEASE First Chatsworth Bankshares Inc. (“FCBI”), parent of First National Community Bank (“FNCB”), and Heritage First Bancshares, Inc. (“HFBI”), parent of Heritage First Bank (“Heritage First”), jointly announced today the execution of a definitive agreement under which FCBI and FNCB will merge with HFBI and Heritage First through an all-stock…… read more
May 17, 2021–5:21 a.m. AAA SOUTH Georgia gas stations are still recovering from surging demand last week. Gasoline sales were reportedly 2-3 times stronger than normal as drivers lined up at pumps to top off their tanks. According to Montrae Waiters, spokeswoman AAA-The Auto Club Group, “The restart of the pipeline last Wednesday was very…… read more
May 16, 2021–6:43 p.m. STAFF REPORTS Two people have been arrested and charged in the shooting death of a Cartersville man that occurred on Christmas Eve. According to previous reports, authorities believe 22-year-old Jordan McDougle was shot at an apartment building in Dalton. McDougle was then dropped off at AdventHealth Gordon in Calhoun, where he…… read more