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    Dangerously cold wind chills ranging from as cold as 15 degrees below in the north Georgia mountains to the single digits above zero in central Georgia.
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    All of north and central Georgia.
    WHEN
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Gordon County Fire & Rescue Chief Heath Derryberry Presents New Fire Engine

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At last night’s meeting of the Gordon County Board of Commissioners, Fire & Rescue Chief Heath Derryberry presented the new fire engine for the department. This engine, which cost about $600,000, was bought with 2018 SPLOST funds and will be stationed at Station 1 on Public Safety Drive.

Gordon County Commissioners looking over the SPLOST funded new fire truck