MURRAY COUNTY, Ga. – Rachelle Louise Terry, 43, a Murray County School Administrator, has been arrested on numerous charges including child molestation. Terry has been booked in the Murray County Jail after The Georgia Bureau of Investigation was asked to look into Terry following some claims from earlier this year. The GBI has released their […]

GORDON COUNTY, Ga. – A residential fire was called in Thursday evening when a fire broke out at Plantation Place on Buck Blvd SE Calhoun, GA. Life force was seen on the seen of the house fire. It is not known if any injures occurred but the owners of the home have drawn a lot […]

WARMING CENTER OPEN WHEN TEMPS FALL BELOW 30 DEGREES … The Gilmer Warming Center will be open December 4th when temperatures fall below 30°. The doors will open at 5 o’clock and guest will leave by 7 AM the following morning. If you have no where to go on those cold nights come and join […]

LUMPKIN COUNTY, Ga. – An inmate at the Lumpkin County Detention Center was caught plotting an escape before his plans we thwarted by detention staff. Charles Edward Cates Jr. allegedly planned an attempted escape from the detention center on Nov. 11. Detention staff received information on the inmates plan and began to investigate the tips […]

ELBERT COUNTY, Ga. – The Georgia Bureau of Investigation announced today that Paul Brooks, 54, was arrested in Elbert County for obscene internet contact with a child. The investigation into Brooks was launched when the Georgia Bureau of Investigation Child Exploitation and Computer Crimes unit was asked to assist the Elbert County Sheriff’s Office of […]

GEORGIA – A judge in Fulton County Superior Court has overturned the six week abortion ban in Georgia. Judge Robert McBurney made the decision today in a ruling to strike down the law that had been in place since July. McBurney ruled that the six week ban violated the U.S. Constitution and U.S. Supreme Court […]

FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will be conducting a quota deer hunt on lands around Buford Dam Nov. 15-17, 2022. “This is an archery-only management hunt conducted for public safety and the overall health of the deer population in the Buford Dam area. Deer–car collisions along Buford Dam Road are […]

TOWNS COUNTY, Ga. – Fentanyl has been recovered during a vehicle search as the result of drug activities being reported, according to the Towns County Sheriff’s Office. The Towns County Sheriff’s Office Investigators were told of ongoing drug activity in an area of Towns County which prompted Deputies and K-9 units to set up more […]

PICKENS COUNTY, Ga. – The results are in! The race to watch for Pickens County was the City Council Special Election race. After 100% of the precincts reporting, Kristeen MacNeill has won the race. Other county elections were uncontested. The county voted Republican for federal and statewide elections.

GILMER COUNTY, Ga. – The results are in! The Limestone Valley Soil and Water race is called. Michael Bushey has won with 65% of all votes. John Marshall for County Commissioner Post 2 and Charlie Paris for County Commission Cahirman are uncontested. The county voted republican for all the federal and statewide elections.

DALTON, Ga. – On Oct. 13, the Dalton Police Department responded to a reported shoplifting incident at the Walmart at 815 Shugart Road in Whitfield County, according to the incident report. When Police arrived at the Walmart, they were directed to the female suspected of shoplifting. The suspect was identified as Amanda Dawn Headrick, 36, […]

GORDON COUNTY, Ga. – A traffic alert has been issued Gordon County after reports of a motorcycle accident with severe injuries. The accident occurred on New Town Road at Jones Road in Gordon County, a common area for accidents that have happened in the past. The incident was reported on Northwest Georgia Scanner within the […]

TOWNS COUNTY, Ga. – Towns County Sheriff’s Office received a tip that a member of Memorial Baptist Church, Nancy Kelly, was being exploited by a man posing as a handy man. Christopher James Plush and his accomplish Devin Barry Lowery, stole a large amount of cash, prescription drugs, hundreds of rare coins, a handgun and […]

Gilmer County, Ga. – The ‘Be on the lookout’ (BOLO) alert for Leonard Higdon has officially been called off after he has been found dead in North Dakota. Higdon was originally issued a bolo on Oct. 8, after it was discovered he had ties to Gilmer and Fannin Counties. He was wanted for his connection to […]

Since the declaration of the opioid crisis by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in Oct. 2017, the growing popularity of Fentanyl has been a driving force in exponentially fueling the crisis. In fact, “from 2019 to 2021, fentanyl-involved overdose deaths increased by 218.4 percent,” according the Georgia Department of Public Health. During […]

HARTWELL, Ga. – After a months-long investigation known as “Operation Straight to the Hart”, multiple violent gang and drug offenders have been arrested as of Oct. 27. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation released a statement today detailing the investigation. The investigation also led to the arrest of Jaquavious Waller, 21, and Len’darrius Keese, 20, who […]