Calhoun News

Public hearing for the community to be held Monday, June 11, during the regularly scheduled City Councl meeting The City of Calhoun has begun discussing the city's budget for the 2012-2013 Fiscal Year.

Monument Rammed,0125 Woman arrested for ramming police monument Eds: APNewsNow. CALHOUN, Ga.

Memorial Day is often referred to as the first weekend of summer but it is also a time to remember those who died serving our country.

Police have confirmed that the remains of a Calhoun man were found in Cobb County.

On Friday, April 20, faculty, staff and students of Calhoun Primary School celebrated Earth Day by participating in the second annual "Going GREEN" day.

Visitors from all over the United States adorned in Civil War battle uniforms from the Confederacy and the Union army descended upon Resaca this past weekend for the 148th Annual Battle of Resaca Reenactment.

The following information -- names, photos, addresses, charges and other details -- was taken directly from Bartow County Sheriff's Office jail records.

Keith Gaillard, buyer with Ohio Valley Antiques, examines some gold pieces at the Calhoun KOA.

Graduates of Calhoun High School, classes of late 1940s and early 1950s and spouses of graduates.

BMW has honored Racemark International CEO Ginger Bailey with the Minority Supplier Award for May.

The thrill and drama of intense competition was in great supply the second weekend of May, when the sixth annual Georgia String Band Festival busted down with some of the most skilled musicians on the planet gathering in Calhoun to vie for top honors and prizes, just as they have done since 1924.

The skeletal remains discovered Wednesday morning of I-75 in Cobb County, have been positively identified as Norris Milton Dove, Jr.

Carol Herndon, Friends of New Echota Secretary-Jennifer Greeson and President-Donna Myers, Mary Cooper, Darlene James, Helen Conley , and Debbie Glore Members of the Delta Nu chapter of Epsilon Sigma Alpha recently met with city and county officials to have the week of May 14 proclaimed as ESA Week.

According to the Gordon County Sheriff's Office, Byron Jackson Mullins, age 28, from Pineville, West Virginia, was arrested this afternoon near Marine Drive in Calhoun.

The Calhoun Police Department are currently investigating a new lead in a missing person's case, which involves a local man who was reported missing by family members back in August 2010, said CPD Chief Garry Moss on Thursday afternoon.

Driver's education classes will be offered by the Gordon County Schools Driver Education Program to all students during the summer.

The Calhoun Police Department charged a Calhoun man with arson, terroristic threats and criminal damage to property Wednesday, May 23.

Gordon County Board of Commissioners recently provided local government approval for a $9,000 Emergency Solutions Grant application from Georgia Department of Community Affairs for Action Ministries, Inc.

Flags will fly and patriotic music will fill the air as Memorial Day celebrations take place across Rome and Floyd County on Monday.

Floyd County's 2011 budget called for using $2.2 million from its fund balance to cover costs, but the final figures are in and just $685,699 was tapped.