September 11th, 2025 – 3:00 PM -WRGA Staff Reports – A Calhoun man was seriously injured in a hit-and-run crash Wednesday night. According to the Georgia State Patrol, the crash occurred on September 10th around 9:08 p.m. on Lovers Lane Road. Troopers say a 42-year-old male pedestrian was in the center of the northbound lane…… Continue Reading
Wednesday, September 10, 2025–9:55 a.m. -Georgia Department of Transportation- If you are going to be traveling on I-75 in Gordon County on Thursday, listen up. Georgia Department of Transportation crews will close the right southbound lane of the interstate between mileposts 314 and 316. Motorists should expect delays in the area and watch for crews…… Continue Reading
Wednesday, September 10, 2025–9:45 a.m. -Gordon County Sheriff’s Office- The Georgia Bureau of Investigation recently opened its new Region 1 Field Office in Calhoun. The building is named after retired GBI Director Vernon M. Keenan, who was also the Special Agent in Charge of the regional office for many years. Gordon County Sheriff Mitch Ralston,…… Continue Reading
Monday, September 8, 2025–10:30 a.m. -AAA South- The Georgia gas price average nudged up a cent, but the impact on wallets remains minimal. Georgians now pay an average price of $2.91 per gallon for regular unleaded gasoline, which is also a penny higher than it was a month ago, and 16 cents lower than it was a…… Continue Reading
Monday, September 8, 2025–7:55 a.m. -News Release- If you haven’t already signed up for the Paper Doll Parade and Breast Cancer Awareness 5K, sponsored by Atrium Health Floyd and Harbin Clinic, you have another chance to receive a discount for the Saturday, Sept. 27 event. The post-Labor Day special will be $26 for the 5K…… Continue Reading
Thursday, September 4, 2025–10:50 a.m. -Gordon County Sheriff’s Office- The driver of a car that crashed head-on into a Dade County family on the Rome Road after fleeing from law officers on August 23 has been returned to Gordon County from Tennessee. 44-year-old Matthew Allen Pickens of Calhoun was taken into custody by Hamilton County,…… Continue Reading
Thursday, September 4, 2025–10:00 a.m. -News Release- The Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) is awaiting CDC/ACIP recommendations and clinical guidance for administering the updated 2025-2026 COVID-19 vaccine. This has been DPH’s protocol since the first COVID-19 vaccines became available in late 2020. Health departments do not have the updated vaccine in stock, and the…… Continue Reading
Thursday, September 3, 2025–11:55 a.m. -Georgia State Patrol- The Georgia State Patrol has released the final Labor Day Holiday traffic statistics. Over the 2025 Labor Day holiday travel period, which began Friday, August 29 at 6:00 p.m. and concluded Monday, September 1 at 11:59 p.m., traffic crashes across Georgia claimed 15 lives. One fatal crash…… Continue Reading
Tuesday, September 2, 2025–12:15 p.m. -Staff reports- A Gordon County Grand Jury has indicted a man arrested in early 2024 on charges of unlawful possession of a destructive device, unlawful handling of explosive devices, aggravated assault, and reckless Conduct. Warrants were issued for Dillon Wayne Long on January 11, 2024, after he allegedly assaulted a…… Continue Reading
Monday, September 1, 2025–1:55 p.m. -Staff reports- A Gordon County Grand Jury has returned an indictment against a man arrested in a fatal shooting and arson in Resaca that occurred back in February. The charges in the indictment against Christopher Lee Dixon include malice murder, felony murder, aggravated battery, first degree criminal damage to property,…… Continue Reading