December 26th, 2022 – 8:20 PM Staff Reports – December 27th Update: Snow fell across much of north Georgia yesterday evening, coating roadways. Some of the snow melted, creating slush which has likely turned into black ice as temperatures have fallen into the middle 20s to around 30 degrees. Black ice will be most likely…… Continue Reading
December 23, 2022 -1:30 PM WZQZ Radio – The Tennessee Valley Authority and some of the utilities it provides power to will be conducting rotating outages on Friday. North Georgia EMC is one of the TVA cooperatives that is participating in the rolling blackouts, and this will affect people with NGEMC power today in the…… Continue Reading
December 23, 2022 -1:30 PM WZQZ Radio – The Tennessee Valley Authority and some of the utilities it provides power to will be conducting rotating outages on Friday. North Georgia EMC is one of the TVA cooperatives that is participating in the rolling blackouts, and this will affect people with NGEMC power today in the…… Continue Reading
December 23, 2022 -1 PM Gordan County Gazette- Due to the extreme frigid temps coming into the community this week, Grace Church, located at 401 Peters Street in Calhoun, is scheduled to open a weather shelter in their gym on Friday night. The shelter will open each night at 6 p.m.… Continue Reading
December 22nd, 2022 – 4:20 PM Staff Reports – A Wind Chill Warning has been issued as dangerously cold wind chills (-10 to -20 degrees) are expected this weekend in the following counties: Floyd, Gordon, Polk, Paulding, Bartow, and Chattooga. A wind chill warning has not been issued in Georgia in almost 5 years .…… Continue Reading
December 20th, 2022 – 4:30 PM Staff Reports – Extremely cold temperatures are expected across North Georgia starting Thursday night and into the weekend. According to the National Weather Service in Peachtree City, there is potential for some wintry precipitation in the North Georgia area late Thursday into Friday morning as rain could potentially quickly…… Continue Reading
December 19th, 2022 – 5:33 PM Floyd County Jail Records – A 29-year-old inmate at the Floyd County Jail has received multiple additional charges after an incident occurred in which he attacked jail officers. According to Floyd County Jail Records Ernesto Bail Perez of a Coleman Drive Calhoun address allegedly kicked a jail officer (injuring…… Continue Reading
December 14th, 2022 – 4:17 PM Gordon County Emergency Management – Gordon County as a whole is better prepared for disasters with the recent Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) approval of its local hazard mitigation plan, which is a long-term strategy to reduce the community’s vulnerability to natural disasters. Jurisdictions that adopted this plan include…… Continue Reading
December 11th, 2022 – 4:05 PM Staff Reports – The Governor’s Office of Highway Safety recently honored 31 different Georgia law enforcement agencies for their year-round work to save lives and reduce traffic crashes on our roads during the 23rd annual Governor’s Challenge Awards held Friday at the Macon Centreplex. The Rome Police Department was…… Continue Reading
December 11th, 2022 – 3:55 PM Staff Reports – December 14th update: According to a report by the Gordon Gazette and the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office, 50-year-old William Bryan Abernathy of Calhoun was released from the hospital and booked into the Cherokee County Adult Detention Center on Tuesday night. He is being charged with vehicular…… Continue Reading