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Walker County Government unveiled an updated design yesterday for a playground expansion at Walker Rocks Park at the Civic Center. Walker County received a Land and Water Conservation Fund grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior-National Park Service to help complete the third... Read More.

Walker County Sheriff Steve Wilson says three people are dead and one injured in an apparent murder-suicide on Saturday night. The shooter is among those dead. A domestic dispute turned deadly when 54-year-old Russell David Payne entered a house on Wood Station Road and... Read More.

Crews have been able to restore power across Walker County. As of last night, North Georgia EMC still had three customers in Walker County without power. Wednesday's storms left more than 500 without power across the county. The Walker County Animal Shelter will provide free... Read More.

More winter weather this morning. Be safe as you drive, in particular if your headed up the mountain. Drive carefully this morning and watch out for black ice. Tuesday nights storms left several Walker County residents without power on Wednesday. As we... Read More.

The Walker County Sheriff's Office is investigating an alleged incident involving Chattooga County Sole Commissioner Andy Allen. The incident happened Monday morning around 8am at a location on Little Sand Mountain Road. Allen was involved in a dispute with William Willson... Read More.

Walker County deputies arrested a Chickamauga man Saturday, after discovering more than two dozen dead roosters on his property along with four living canines in distress. 49-year-old Daniel Keith Bradley is facing 27 counts of aggravated animal cruelty for the 26 dead roosters... Read More.

Try to avoid burning anything today if you can. We'll have low humidity and it's extremely dry. Conditions are favorable for wildfires to spread quickly. The National Weather Service says Walker, Dade, Catoosa and Chattooga Counites have high fire danger conditions... Read More.

The Walker County Sheriff's Office is one of four in the area who are working with US Immigration and ICE to crack down on illegal immigrants who have been arrested. The program applies only to those who face criminal charges. The program allows deputies... Read More.

The Walker County Detention Center reported four felony arrests on Tuesday. Among those arrested, 29-year-old Levi Shields Henderson. Henderson was charged with possession of meth. Catoosa County and Trion Fire Departments spent time yesterday battling fires. In Catoosa County crews worked a large brush fire.... Read More.

If you felt the earth move yesterday morning - it was an earthquake measuring 2.6. The US Geological Survey has confirmed an earthquake in North Georgia. It happened yesterday morning around 8am. The quake was southwest of LaFayette in Menlo. The USGS labeled the... Read More.

Early voting is underway now for the March 18th election in Walker County. The ballot features the race for the Ward 1 City Council seat in LaFayette. A countywide election is for the continuation of the ESPLOST. The special purpose local option sales tax... Read More.

In advance of Saturday's start of the first application period for the new Georgia Promise Scholarship, the Governor's Office for Student Achievement revealed its final list of schools eligible. Two schools in Walker County made the list. Both Rossville Elementary and Middle School were... Read More.