Sonoraville senior wide receiver Langston Butler accepted a scholarship offer by signing Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026 to play football at Shorter University. Butler’s junior year was cut short after an injury which required surgery. He is what Phoenix head football coach Denver Pate described as an overcomer. “After what he went through last year, going down with a knee injury against Murray, just to watch him battle back and deal with that and the mental strain it puts on you is

Shyloh Chavez with Anderson Heating, Air and Insulation was on Coffee, Country & Great Conversation with Brent and Brandi at Georgia 101.7 recently, and discussed a couple of great rebate programs available by the state to assist residents with energy efficiency upgrades. The Home Efficiency Rebates (HER) and Home Electrification and Appliance Rebates (HEAR) provide Georgians with rebates for whole home energy efficient retrofits or electrical appliance upgrades. Rebate amoun

At the Tuesday night, Feb. 3, 2026 meeting of the Gordon County Board of Commissioners, all five members voted unanimously to place a moratorium on the building of data centers in the county until the Unified Land Development Code (ULDC) can be updated with regulations for the building and operations of such centers. Commissioner Chad Steward suggested the moratorium during the data center discussion in Tuesday night’s work session, saying he was going to bring the motion bef

New Echota-Cherokee Capital State Historic Site will be hosting Super Museum Sunday on February 8 th , 2026, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Super Museum Sunday  is an annual statewide event started in the 1980s by the Georgia Historical Society as part of the annual Georgia History Festival .   Since the inauguration of the event in the 1980s, thousands of visitors have participated that would not normally visit these sites. What started as a small effort to encourage the public to explore l

Red Cross phlebotomist Nelaja Rondeu asissts Alabama A&M University student Jayla Hall in making her first blood donation at the Magic City Classic Blood Drive. The American Red Cross urges people to take action now to help offset the severe impact of recent winter storms on efforts to rebuild the blood supply during an ongoing blood shortage. Donors of all blood types are asked to make a blood donation appointment as soon as possible. Over 500 blood drives have been cancele

Jaylene Triplett with her new baby. A mother-baby nurse at Hamilton Medical Center (HMC) for the past four years, Triplett says her birth experience at HMC’s Turner Maternal and Infant Care Center exceeded expectations. That confidence is what led her to drive about 30 miles to deliver her first child there. Triplett said she never questioned where she wanted to give birth. She insisted on making the drive because she trusted the care — and she said the experience lived up t

Michael Forker, a 74-year-old man from LaFayette, was convicted by a Walker County jury of Child Molestation, Sexual Exploitation of Children, and five separate counts of Invasion of Privacy on December 3, 2025. Following his conviction, Forker was sentenced by Lookout Mountain Superior Court Chief Judge Brian House to 65 years with the first 58 years to be served in the Georgia Department of Corrections. This case began when the victim, a juvenile female relative who was liv

From left: Rafael Huerta, managing director of the Latin American Association in northwest Georgia; Dr. Heidi Popham, president of GNTC; scholarship recipients Yvonne Beltran, Ronaldo Ramirez, Guadalupe Nuñez, Melissa Del Real, Joseph Guerrero, Leslee Menjivar; Haley Chapman, senior community relations and public relations specialist at Mohawk Industries Inc; and Eliezer Velez, LAA Chief Operations Officer pose for a picture during the LAA-Mohawk Scholarship Ceremony at GNTC’

​Veterans Coffee Hour is every Friday at 10:30 a.m. at the Calhoun-Gordon County Library, located at 100 North Park Avenue in downtown Calhoun. Veterans are invited to enjoy coffee and chat in a relaxed environment.

Whether you’ve caught the common cold or something more serious, being sick as a mom or dad is hard. You want to show up for your children and keep your home running smoothly, but accomplishing everything while you’re trying to recover can be tough. Your kids may think you’re a superhero, but we know that even the strongest parents can use a little support sometimes — especially when they’re feeling under the weather. We’re sharing some practical strategies to help you balanc