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Man Convicted of Cherokee Drive-By Shootings Gets 20 Years Prison
A Cartersville man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison after admitting to two drive-by shootings in 2022 in Cherokee County. Timothy Joseph Gregory, 31, of Cartersville, entered a negotiated guilty plea May 1 to multiple charges related to two separate drive-by shootings in Canton, the Cherokee County District Attorney’s Office announced. One of the shootings took place on May 10, 2022, in a subdivision near Canton, and the...
Man Wanted in Cherokee and Forsyth Arrested After Two Years
A man who was wanted for two years in Cherokee and Forsyth counties has been taken into custody, the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office announced. Vanus Nichols, 42, was arrested in Dawsonville April 11 by the Forsyth County Warrant Unit, with assistance from JCaF Task Force, Dawson County Sheriff's Office and the US Marshals Office, the FCSO reported. Nichols had been on the run since April 2022. He had a felony...
Homeowners hunker down during storm in north Georgia
ELLIJAY, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - Strong storms caused significant damage in north Georgia early Thursday morning. William Buckner lives in Gilmer County and was stunned at the debris in his yard. “It came in so quick,” Buckner said. His family has owned land off Old Highway 5 in...
Several roads, facilities closed in Dalton from storm damage
DALTON, Ga. (WDEF) — Dalton government officials said numerous roads and facilities were closed Thursday morning due to the overnight storms. However, the fire department said it resulted in no injuries. Here is a list of closures in Dalton:. All lanes of Walnut Avenue, between Dug Gap and Lakeshore...
Dalton residents evacuate from flooding apartments with firefighters, 11Alive crew during severe storm
DALTON, Ga. — Heavy rains triggered severe flooding, prompting the evacuation of an apartment complex on Fourth Avenue in Dalton in the early hours of Thursday. At 12:31 a.m., 11Alive Reporter Cody Alcorn reported on the rising waters in Dalton, providing real-time updates on X, formally known as Twitter. Within minutes, the situation escalated as the flooding intensified.
Cherokee County Under Tornado Watch Until 1 p.m. Thursday
Nearly 60 Georgia counties including Cherokee are under a tornado watch until 1 p.m. Thursday, the National Weather Service reports. A tornado watch means the conditions for a tornado to form are present in a system, not that one has been detected or sighted. A warning indicates that a tornado has been sighted or indicated by weather radar. Thunderstorms were coming through the area eastward across north Georgia Thursday morning; the forecast for Cherokee shows the chance of another thunderstorm before 11 a.m., then a chance of showers of thunderstorms, mainly between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m., per the NWS. The chance of precipitation for Thursday is 90%, with new rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
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