Tuesday, October 3, 2023–10:35 a.m. -News Release- AdventHealth Redmond was identified as one of the nation’s 100 Top Hospitals® according to an independent quality analysis provided by PINC AI™ and reported by Fortune. The hospital was ranked in second place as a 25 Top Teaching Hospital, which is part of the larger 100 Top Hospital…… Continue Reading
Tuesday, October 3, 2023–10:32 a.m. -News Release- LGE Community Credit Union, a $2.04 billion asset institution based in Atlanta, has announced that it finalized its acquisition of Greater Community Bank, a community bank with branches in Bartow, Floyd, and Gordon counties. At closing, the two financial institutions became one entity operating under the LGE Community Credit Union…… Continue Reading
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,…… Continue Reading
Monday, October 2, 2023–10:07 a.m. -David Crowder, WRGA News- Georgia gas prices continue to decline. Georgia drivers are now paying an average price of $3.24 per gallon for regular unleaded gasoline, which is 6 cents less than a week ago, 36 cents less than a month ago, but 7 cents more than this time last year. It now costs an…… Continue Reading
Monday, September 25, 2023–8:02 a.m. -David Crowder, WRGA News- Georgia gas prices continue to decline at the pump compared to a week ago. Georgia drivers are now paying an average price of $3.30 per gallon for regular unleaded gasoline. Monday’s state average is 9 cents less than a week ago, 29 cents less than a month ago, and 18 cents more than…… Continue Reading
September 23rd, 2023 – 11:00 AM Gordon County Sheriff’s Office – On Friday (September 22nd) at about 4 AM, a man arrived at the Gordon County Sheriff’s Office and entered the Jail lobby, asking if the Office was open at that time. The Jail desk officer told him the business office was closed and the…… Continue Reading
September 21st, 2023 – 2:35 PM Gordon County Sheriff’s Office – On Sunday night, September 17, 2023, Gordon sheriff deputies who had been alerted that Calhoun Police were in pursuit of a subject who’d fled on foot in the vicinity of I-75 and US 41 North were patrolling that area in search of the fugitive.…… Continue Reading
WRGA Staff Reports – On Sunday (9/17/23) at 2:03 p.m., Georgia State Patrol Troopers responded to a hit-and-run crash with multiple injuries on GA 61 (US 411) within the city limits of Fairmount. The preliminary investigation revealed that the driver of a Ford F-150 was traveling northbound on GA 61 at a high rate of…… Continue Reading
Monday, September 18, 2023–9:57 a.m. -David Crowder, WRGA News- While the national average for gasoline rose during the past week, Georgia drivers saw prices fall at the pump, thanks in most part to a suspension of the state’s gas tax. Georgia drivers are now paying an average price of $3.39 per gallon for regular unleaded gasoline which is…… Continue Reading
September 14th, 2023 – 11:52 AM Gordon County Sheriff’s Office – A traffic stop in Gordon County has led to a large seizure of meth and synthetic cannabis. Gordon County Sheriff Mitch Ralston Reported that on Thursday night (September 7th) deputies on patrol on Union Grove Road stopped a suspicious sedan. A search of the…… Continue Reading