September 28th, 2022 – 4:00 PM From the Calhoun Times: According to a report from the Calhoun Times, Calhoun Chief of Police Tony Pyle and the Calhoun City Schools Board of Education honored Calhoun Middle School assistant principal Misty Lewis with a certificate for heroic actions and a junior police officer badge for thwarting an…… Continue Reading
September 27th, 2022 – 3:18 PM Updated September 28th, 2022 – 10:00 AM Staff Reports – Some local High Football games have changed the day and time of the games due to the threat of inclement weather coming from Hurricane Ian: -The Rome @ Woodstock game has been moved to Thursday at 7:30 p.m. –Armuchee’s…… Continue Reading
September 21st, 2022 – 11:35 AM Gordon Gazette – According to a report by the Gordon Gazette, A Calhoun woman was pronounced dead after she fell off of a cliff in Maine. According to a Scarborough, Maine Police Department media release, just before 10:30 a.m. Monday morning, Sept. 19, Scarborough Communications Center was contacted about…… Continue Reading
September 20th, 2022 – 2:20 PM The Gordon Gazette – Via the Gordon Gazette: Detectives with the Calhoun Police Department are investigating a robbery at the Dollar General on Curtis Parkway in Calhoun. The robbery happened late Monday night when a white female entered the store and handed a store employee at the checkout counter a…… Continue Reading
September 19th, 2022 – 5:40 PM WRGA Staff Reports – In Gordon County, progress continues on the new Calhoun Police Department building located at McDaniel Station Road. The City of Calhoun gave an update on Monday stating that other than a few supply chain issues, the building is mostly complete and the goal is to open…… Continue Reading
September 12, 2022–7:00 p.m. AAA SOUTH Georgia gas prices continue to decline. Georgia drivers are now paying an average price of $3.25 per gallon for regular unleaded gasoline, which is 8 cents less than a week ago, and 30 cents less than a month ago. According to AAA, the decrease in crude oil prices has had a noticeable impact at…… Continue Reading
September 11, 2022–11:26 a.m. NEWS RELEASE The Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) will begin offering the new bivalent COVID-19 booster this week, as shipments of the vaccine arrive in the state. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommend the bivalent booster manufactured by Pfizer…… Continue Reading
September 11, 2022–11:26 a.m. NEWS RELEASE The Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) will begin offering the new bivalent COVID-19 booster this week, as shipments of the vaccine arrive in the state. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommend the bivalent booster manufactured by Pfizer…… Continue Reading
September 7, 2022–5:36 p.m. NEWS RELEASE Blood Assurance is reporting a significant blood supply shortage after multiple traumas over Labor Day weekend. As of Tuesday morning, the blood center had just a one-day supply of the crucial O-negative and O-positive blood types, as well as B-positive blood. Moreover, A-positive and A-negative blood are also in…… Continue Reading
September 3, 2022–7:43 p.m. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE After a Sunday that saw several inches of rain and flooding, we remain under a Flood Watch until 8 p.m. Monday evening. According to the National Weather Service, excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations. Creeks and streams may…… Continue Reading