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Whitfield County Sheriff now investigating medical documents dumped in Dalton landfill
WHITFIELD COUNTY, Ga. — Law enforcement is now actively investigating the dumping of medical records in a Dalton landfill, our newsroom confirmed on Monday. It's a story that has led to new questions, and we continue to dig deeper to find answers. We first broke this story last week,...
Chickamauga Man Gets 30 Years, Including 14 To Serve, For Providing Drugs To Teen
A Chickamauga, Ga., man has pled guilty to distributing illegal drugs to teenagers. David Broadrick pled guilty without a sentence recommendation on the eve of his trial at Ringgold for distribution of methamphetamine, cruelty to children in the second degree, illegal use of a communication facility, two counts of theft by receiving stolen property and two counts of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
Individual Finds Gun On The Side Of The Road - And Other Collegedale Police Calls
An individual in the 4400 block of Ooltewah Ringgold Road reported finding a gun on the side of the road. Officers found the weapon and secured it at the police station. Officers assisted a citizen in the 5500 block of Jonquil Lane with questions about a civil matter. A traffic...
Calhoun Gets Update from PFAS Mitigation Engineer
CALHOUN -- InSite Engineering Principal Engineer and CEO Bryan Pate was in town to provide an update to city officials and residents about the ongoing "forever chemical" mitigation process. Like a host of other municipalities across the nation, the City of Calhoun has been attempting to find ways to significantly reduce traces of per- and polyfluorinated substances in its drinking water supply. PFAS are more often called “forever chemicals" due to the difficulty in removing them from the environment once they enter. ...
GNTC Students Place At State FBLA Competition
Five Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) students have qualified to compete in June in the Future Business Leaders of America Collegiate National Leadership Conference. Six GNTC students competed in 12 events at the Georgia Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) Collegiate State Leadership Conference in Atlanta, where students from the...
Around Town: “You Might Be Republican If” Due in Rome Saturday. Plus: Greene 'Meanies'
Football star Travis Kelce is set to host a new game show, “Are You Smarter Than a Celebrity?” Perhaps his brother, Jason, is available to emcee one of the hottest items in Georgia right now: “Are You Really a Republican?” That subject played out in federal court on Wednesday stemming from the civil war among “conservatives” in Catoosa County over who can truly be labeled a Republican. That answer, whether...
Man charged after yelling threats to Murray County middle school students, says sheriff
CHATSWORTH, Ga. — A Georgia man faces charges after authorities say he yelled at students from his red pickup truck in a middle school parking lot in Chatsworth, forcing a countywide school lockdown. This happened Tuesday morning at Bagley Middle School at about 9 a.m., according to Sheriff Jimmy...
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