Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) has awarded its first Roper Corporation Scholarships.
Tammy Chandler, a student in the Computer Support Specialist program, and Hayleigh Cochran, a student in the Business Management program, are the recipients of the scholarship. Both are students at GNTC’s Walker County... Read More.
The identities of the two people who lost their lives in the LaFayette plane crash last week have been identified. The deceased are Russell Edward Jones, 48, of LaFayette, GA, and Steven Boyd Powell, 52, of Cartersville, GA. Both Jones and... Read More.
With the high winds and dry conditions in Walker County several calls went out to the Walker County Fire Department over the weekend. Brush fires along with wildfires that were caused by various things.
Per the US National Weather Service, during these windy and... Read More.
LaFayette, GA-Lafayette Public Safety Director, Stacey Meeks, has confirmed the victims identities that passed away in the plane crash at Barwick–LaFayette Airport yesterday. Russel Edwards Jones, who lived in Lafayette Georgia, and Steve Boyd Powell, who lived in Cartersville Georgia.
Mr. Powell was the owner... Read More.
Walker County Sheriff, Steve Wilson, asks the community to help locate missing 65 year old Timothy McSears. "Suspicious," is the word Sheriff Wilson used to describe the situation as his vehicles remain at his home. The search has been on-going for two weeks. The... Read More.