Gordon County News

District Attorney Joe Campbell had a long night Tuesday, as it took longer to get election results from Bartow County than it did in Gordon County.

Carl Swearingen, chairman of the board of Georgias Department of Technical and Adult Education, will be the guest speaker at the Gordon County Chamber of Commerce July Booster Breakfast.

By Mark Millican markmillican@daltoncitizen.com Traveling to California to battle yet one more blazing inferno was nothing new to Victa "Vicky" Edge.

Gordon County elections officials are expecting a 42-45 percent turnout for Tuesdays party primary elections, about 10 points higher than in 2004.

Coosa Valley Technical College's Gordon County campus will be the site of a pilot program that will allow new law enforcement officers to receive basic law enforcement training and obtain college credit at the ...

Gordon Countys population grew by 2.5 percent between July 1, 2006 and July 1, 2007, according to information released today by the U.S. Census Bureau.

The lawyer for a man accused of having 10 pounds of marijuana says something about the arrest smells.

Deacon Balliew said he was surprised by a plaque presented to him during last weeks Chamber Booster Breakfast honoring his work as founder and long-time director of the Winners Club of Calhoun.

The countdown has started for this years Star Spangled Celebration in Calhoun. The big event is scheduled for Friday, July 4 at the Northwest Georgia Regional Fairgrounds on Rome Road, Highway 53, just west of ...

Gordon Countys first county planner resigned June 27, telling officials he wanted to return to a family-owned business and concentrate his efforts there.

The carpet industry has been "very good" to Whitfield County for years, providing scores of jobs to local workers and money to numerous philanthropic endeavors, said Karen Brewer Horne, a candidate for the ...

Calhoun police arrested a man wanted in a Bartow County shooting without incident Sunday, officials said Monday.

With "probably 60 percent" of Murray County High School's graduating seniors not going on to college each year, Kenneth L. "Sam" Bright says vocational training is the key.

Thousands of ham radio operators will be showing off their emergency capabilities this weekend.

Four candidates have qualified to run for Gordon County Probate Judge. Joel Hall, Dianne Kirby, Richie Parker and Russell Thomas all qualified for the non-partisan position, which is being vacated by the ...

Year-long project changes county flood plain maps Jackie Ralston Gordon County resident Jackie Ralston took on the Federal Emergency Management Agency and won a reversal in to their flood study.

Republican hopefuls vying in the July 15 primary made promises and stumped for votes Monday night around the themes of immigration reform, taxes and technology.

Downtown Rome will host 280 speeding cyclists Saturday in the Georgia Cup Criterium Cycling event.

An open, efficient government was the central message among incumbents and opponents alike at the Gordon County 2008 General Primary Election Political Forum Thursday night.

A drainage tunnel collapsed underneath the northbound lanes of Interstate 75 in Gordon County at mile marker 313, near Georgia 53 late Tuesday afternoon.