News Headlines From Georgia 1017 WJTH 5-16-25

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In today’s news:

Recycling ready! Keep Calhoun Gordon Beautiful is the source for information about the newly arrived roll offs at the Harris Beamer and Dews Pond Compactor sites; four more are heading to our other sites in the next few weeks.

Monday at GNTC from 10 a.m. until 12:00 p.m. all seniors from area high schools can meet with prospective employers that have immediate openings.

It’s budget time – Gordon County, city/town governments and our area school systems are publishing the proposed budgets – links below

Gordon County

Gordon County BOE

City of Calhoun

Calhoun Schools

A new beer wine and liquor store is approved to open near Walmart on Belmont Drive – that passed at Calhoun’s last city council meeting. The minutes are posted here.  Curtis Parkway and Peters Street will also soon be home to a new liquor, beer, gas, and (State Approved) slot machine business. The machines, called ding-dings, are licensed at a rate of eight per day by the Georgia Lottery Corporation.

This classic area quartet was just coming off the air from a live performance on 900 AM in the 1960’s. Tune into Sunday Morning Gospel Time starting Sunday at 6 AM.

Foxx’s tomatoes and peppers in the Coffee, Country, and Great Conversation Window Garden. Brent will be sure to remind him to water them; we hope to have enough to share with all our listeners. Thanks to the Pepper Man for our garden!

By: Brent Jones