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Sunday, October 29, 2023–7:19 p.m. -News Release- Halloween is Tuesday, bringing a large number of pedestrians to local neighborhoods for trick or treating. The Georgia Department of Transportation (Georgia DOT) is proactively sharing anticipated rush hour travel forecasts for October 31 for interstates and surface streets around metro Atlanta so drivers can adjust their Halloween…… read more
Tuesday, October 24, 2023–4:15 p.m. -Blood Assurance- Due to multiple trauma patients being treated this morning at area hospitals, the community blood supply has reached a critically low level. Blood Assurance is in dire need of both O-positive and O-negative blood donors to roll up a sleeve and be someone’s hero. Other blood types are…… read more
October 9th, 2023 – 5:20 PM Georgia Forestry Commission – Georgia’s annual ban on outdoor burning ended September 30 in 54 counties, primarily in the northern half of the state. From May 1 through the end of September, the Georgia Environmental Protection Division mandates the restrictions to protect air quality from emissions that may increase…… read more
Wednesday, October 4, 2023–10:05 a.m. -Georgia Department of Transportation- Should I stay or should I go? That’s often the question drivers ask when they reach the “Decision Zone,” the area approaching an intersection where some will decide to stop and others will go through the signal when it changes to yellow. That decision by a…… read more
Tuesday, October 3, 2023–10:18 a.m. -FEMA News Release- FEMA, in coordination with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), will conduct a nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) and Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) on Wednesday. The national test will consist of two portions, testing WEA and EAS capabilities. Both tests are scheduled to begin at approximately 2:20 p.m. ET on Wednesday,…… read more
September 21st, 2023 – 4:30 PM Hiriam Police Department Press Release : “At approximately 7:22 pm, Wednesday, September 20, 2023, Officers of the Hiram Police Department responded to a call of shots fired in the Walmart located at 4166 Jimmy Lee Smith Road. Officers arrived to find members of the public fleeing the building. Officers…… read more
Tuesday, September 12, 2023–6:25 p.m. -Staff reports- Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene has issued a statement on the Impeachment Inquiry launched into Joe Biden by House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. “There are two ways to open an impeachment inquiry,” she said. “The House can take a vote, or the Speaker of the House can announce in start…… read more
September 12th, 2023 – 11:20 AM Press Release – Governor Brian P. Kemp today declared a state of emergency due to the 40-year-high inflation and negative economic conditions. As part of this declaration, Georgia is suspending the state’s excise tax on motor and locomotive fuel to provide direct relief to families throughout the state. The…… read more
Thursday, September 7, 2023–6:06 p.m. -Georgia Department of Public Safety- Traffic crashes in Georgia over the Labor Day holiday travel period which began Friday, September 1, at 6:00 p.m., and ended Monday, September 4, at 11:59 p.m., resulted in 21 deaths. Statewide, Georgia State Patrol Troopers investigated eight fatal crashes resulting in nine fatalities. Local agencies reporting…… read more
Tuesday, September 5, 2023–11:32 a.m. -David Crowder, WRGA News- The Georgia Department of Transportation has awarded a total of 44 projects, worth approximately $27.6 million, ranging from resurfacing and reconstruction to bridge construction and safety projects. A couple of bridge rehabilitation projects in Floyd County are included – the bridge on Highway 411 over Highway…… read more