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
December 7th, 2022 – 5:36 PM Staff Reports – Thursday night is Downtown Calhoun’s Christmas Parade: The theme for this year is “Christmas in Candy Land.” The parade is set to begin at 7 PM. The parade will feature a wide variety of floats, marching bands, vintage cars, tractors, and more. At 6:30 PM, local…… Continue Reading
December 4th, 2022 – 8:20 PM Georgia State Patrol – According to the Georgia State Patrol at around 12 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 2, Troopers responded to a single-vehicle traffic crash involving an overturned concrete truck on Hall Memorial Road. The investigation revealed that the truck, driven by Carlos Abdel Cabrera Melian, age 47, of…… Continue Reading
December 4th, 2022 – 8:10 PM Gordon County Sheriff’s Office – Update: More details have been released regarding a murder that occurred in Gordon County over the weekend. According to a report by the Gordon Gazette, the Gordon County Sheriff’s Office released the name of the body of a man found inside of an automobile…… Continue Reading
November 20th, 2022 – 9:00 PM Gordon Gazette – First responders worked a single-vehicle accident that involved a fatality late Thursday night on the eastern side of Gordon County. The accident occurred just before 10 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 17, 2022. The Georgia State Patrol preliminary report stated that the vehicle was traveling east on…… Continue Reading
November 15th, 2022 – 4:45 PM Gordon County Sheriff Mitch Ralston – On Sunday morning, November 6, 2022, our deputies received information from authorities in Clinton County, Illinois that a fugitive wanted in connection with a kidnapping and suspected homicide had fled Illinois and was believed to be hiding in Gordon County. Deputy Sheriffs immediately…… Continue Reading
November 11, 2022 -5PM Gordan Gazette – RIDLEY NAMED GORDON COUNTY SCHOOLS TRANSPORTATION EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR: Gordon County Schools is pleased to announce the 2022-2023 School Transportation Employee of the Year, Jane Ridley. “Jane has been battling cancer for 4+ years, and even while actively taking her Chemotherapy treatments she comes to work with…… Continue Reading
November 10th, 2022 – 4:10 PM Staff reports – According to the National Weather Service in Peachtree City Gordon County, Bartow County, Polk County, and Floyd County will remain under a wind advisory until 7 PM Friday. The remnants of Tropical Storm Nicole are expected to impact Northwest Georgia bringing up to potentially 3 inches…… Continue Reading
November 9th, 2022 – 3:35 PM City of Calhoun Press Release – The City of Calhoun Animal Control needs some help moving animals again. To prevent euthanasia, City Animal Control will offer free adoptions this week, ending Nov. 11, 2022. Adoptions come with spay/neuter and rabies vaccine. You must be a Gordon County resident to…… Continue Reading
November 7th, 2022 – 4:30 PM Press Release – The Associated General Contractors of Georgia (AGC Georgia) is partnering with Duffey Southeast, Inc. to host construction students from 15 high schools for the Northwest Workforce Development Alliance Skills Challenge. The competitions will be held on Thursday, Nov. 10th, beginning at 8:30 a.m. at the Coosa…… Continue Reading