(From left) Mark Upton, Marketing Management program director and FBLA coordinator at GNTC; FBLA contestants representing GNTC Jared Weaver and Ashley Weaver; Trish Wiggins, director of Student Engagement at GNTC; and Elizabeth Anderson, executive vice president and chief academic officer at GNTC, celebrate the Weavers being finalists at the FBLA Collegiate National Leadership Conference, held June 6-8 in Las Vegas. Two Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) students w

All it takes is for one caring adult, an everyday hero, to help a child in foster care from our community to help on their behalf. Are you an everyday hero? Would you like to help local foster children? If so, Gordon County is in need of everyday heroes to become CASA volunteers. On Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026, a CASA informational meeting will be held beginning at 6 p.m. at Trinity Baptist Church, located at 1170 Rome Road SW I Calhoun. A Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) i

At the latest meeting of the Calhoun City Council on Monday, June 8, 2026, both the City and Calhoun City Schools presented their proposed budgets for Fiscal Year 2026-27, which begins July 1, 2026 and runs through June 30, 2027. City Administrator Paul Worley presented for the City, saying that the budget is able to be balanced due to the conservative financial operations within the City government and despite economic pressures faced by the city such as inflation and constr

Vitruvian Health Care System is pleased to announce the appointment of Chris Self as its new chief strategy officer (CSO), effective June 8, 2026, as the organization continues to expand its services, strengthen its regional presence, and invest in the future of healthcare across Northwest Georgia and Southeast Tennessee. Self will report to Jeff Myers, president and CEO of Vitruvian Health. “Chris brings a wealth of experience to Vitruvian Health Care System in this new CSO

Jacob Tolson, a 2022 graduate of Calhoun High School, is celebrating being the champion of the 69th Avista 2026 NAIA Baseball World Series, held in Lewiston, Ohio. His team, Tennessee Wesleyan University, won the championship game on May 30, 2026. The 6' 1" catcher is a starter with TWU, a private university located in Athens, Tenn. Tolson, a graduate student at the university, received his Bachelor's degree from TWU in 2025 and will receive his MBA in July. The eighth-seeded

At 46 years old, Jathan Reeves looked and felt perfectly healthy, but one morning last November, he couldn’t read the words on his computer. He called his wife from his workplace in Dalton to tell her. When she answered, he was physically unable to form the words. One hour later, he was receiving a “clot buster” injection at Hamilton Medical Center after his care team determined he had suffered a stroke. The injection worked, but Reeves showed such severe impairment that by

From left, Brad Holt and Eric Hozouri. Food City recently announced the promotion of two store managers - Brad Holt and Eric Hozouri - to the role of district manager, where they will join the Senior Staff executive leadership team. They succeed Steven Jones and Brian Hemminger, who have both advanced into senior director positions. Jones was recently promoted to Senior Director of Produce & Floral Operations and Hemminger was promoted to Senior Director of Food Service & Sta

Ryan P. Earnest, president and CEO, First National Community Bank, Rome, has been elected by his peers to serve as Vice Chairman of the Georgia Bankers Association (GBA). “Ryan is a respected leader whose extensive experience and commitment to community banking make him an excellent choice for this role,” said Susan V. Moss, GBA chairman and president and CEO, Planters & Citizens Bank, Camilla. “His leadership, industry insight and dedication to service will help advance the