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The Medicine Ridge Singers perform a prayer song during the 175th Trail of Tears memorial event at New Echota.
New Echota honors Cherokee
It has been 175 years since soldiers appeared on the doorsteps of Cherokee Indians in the Southeast and forcibly removed them from their homes. They were made to march west to Indian Territory on ...
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GCREA group installs new officers for the coming year
The Calhoun Gordon County Retired Educators met at Jim Lay’s home for the final meeting of the year. Netha Dunlap, President for 2012-2013, installed the new officers for 2013-2014. The newly ins...
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Sonoraville's Madison Fowler signs with Brenau. (Alex Farrer, CalhounTimes.com)
College signing: Sonoraville's Fowler inks to be track manager at Brenau
Sonoraville senior Madison Fowler (seated, second from left) signed a scholarship on Monday to be a manager for the track and field program at Brenau University (Gainesville, Ga.). Fowler said of...
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Red Cross thanks donors
The American Red Cross would like to recognize and thank all of the community partners and major donors in Northwest Georgia who responded to the needs of the Gordon and Bartow County communities ...
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Jim Lay thanks Jimmy Blackmon in front of guests at the Calhoun Depot, where Blackmon returned for a quick talk to his hometown.
Blackmon returns to ‘Southern Roots’
Jimmy Blackmon, a native of Gordon County and 1987 graduate of Calhoun High School, recently came back to visit and speak to guests on behalf of the Gordon County Historical Society Thursday, May 1...
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Commencement speaker, Pastor LeClare Litchfield, challenged the graduates to trust God that, “He who began a good work in you will be faithful to complete it...”
GCA graduates of 2013 celebrate with commencement
A total of 49 graduating seniors from Georgia Cumberland Academy took the stage during a commencement ceremony Saturday, May 18, signaling the end of a school year, as well as the end of two days o...
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Don't forget to mark your calendar for these events on Thursday, May 23
The Family Connection of Gordon County Board of Directors invite all to a reception hon-oring Whitney Carnes, Gordon County Schools social worker for the past nine years, from 9:00 a.m. until 10:...
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Sonoraville's Josh Nicholson signs with Brewton-Parker. (Alex Farrer, CalhounTimes.com)
College Signing: Phoenix's Nicholson signs to run for Brewton-Parker
Sonoraville senior Josh Nicholson (seated, second from right) signed a track and field and cross country scholarship on Friday with Brewton-Parker (Mount Vernon, Ga.). Nicholson said of the signin...
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Today: Patchy fog before 9am.
May 23, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 84. Light west wind increasing to 5 to 10 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 57. North wind ...
Brownie troop donates to PCA
May 22, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
Prevent Child Abuse Gordon County received a donation of baby supplies from a 2nd and 3rd grade Calhoun Elementary Brownie troop. The girls had a Pajama Day at school to raise money for this proje...
Hail and 40 mph wind expected in Gordon County
May 22, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
Significant weather advisory for dime sized hail and 40 mph winds in Murray, Bartow, Floyd and Gordon counties until 5:15 p.m. At 4:18 p.m. the National Weather Service Doppler Radar indicated st...
Prep Football: Warriors have productive scrimmage after first spring under new coach Humphreys
by Alex Farrer, Calhoun Times Sports Editor
May 22, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
Gordon Central fans got to see a little taste of the brand of football new head coach David Humphreys will employ this fall with the Warriors. And judging by the results on the field on Friday at G...
County schools approve new ‘feeder program’
by STAFF REPORTS
May 22, 2013 | 4 4 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
As students prepare to meet the end of another school year, the Gordon County School system is in the full swing of change. With announcements of the change in Ashworth Middle’s principal, resigna...
Kamikaze Dali battles for title
by ERIK GREEN
May 22, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
It’s the amalgamation of guitars, banjos, mandolins and, often, haunting vocals. Call it folk, New Grass or even roots Americana. Whatever you want to call it, it’s a sound that has been resurrect...
Increased investment could mean stronger retirement fund
by AARON MANN
May 22, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
Governor Nathan Deal signed House Bill 71, sponsored by Rep. Lynne Riley (R-Johns Creek), which amends current law to allow the Georgia Municipal Employee Benefits System retirement fund to increas...
Prep Football: Sonoraville moves on from tough 2012, displays positives in scrimmage
by Alex Farrer, Calhoun Times Sports Editor
May 22, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
After the way the 2012 season went for the Sonoraville football team, the Phoenix were looking for any positives they could find this spring. On Friday at their annual spring game to wrap up spring...