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Georgia Child Welfare Agency Faces $85.7 Million Shortfall as Service Cuts Raise Alarm

Georgia’s child welfare system is grappling with a projected $85.7 million budget shortfall that has triggered widespread service reductions and sparked bipartisan concern at the state Capitol. The crisis centers on the Georgia Division of Family and Children Services, which operates under the Georgia Department ...

Gordon County Man Arrested For Aggravated Child Molestation

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE… October 8, 2025 Sheriff Mitch Ralston Reports : On September 16, 2025, deputy sheriffs were dispatched to a private residence on Kentucky Drive near Calhoun in response to a report of a domestic disturbance in which a shot was fired. No one was injured, ...

Gordon County Man Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison for Child Molestation Crimes

September 19, 2025 Tony Nataniel Hasty, Jr., 41, will spend the next twenty years in the state penitentiary for crimes against a child. Superior Court Judge Suzanne H. Smith sentenced Mr. Hasty on Thursday, September 18 to an 80-year sentence with the first twenty years to be ...

GSP Investigating Calhoun Crash Involving Car and 4-Wheeler; Child Airlifted with Injuries

The Georgia State Patrol is investigating a Saturday morning crash in Calhoun that left an 11-year-old seriously injured after a 4-wheeler collided with a car. Troopers were called to the scene around 10:23 a.m. on August 30, 2025, at the intersection of Pioneer Drive SE ...

Resaca Man Sentenced For Exploiting A Child

A Resaca man has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for coercing a Lafayette County Mississippi child into sending sexually explicit images through an online gaming platform. Davin Buckner, 24, was sentenced Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Greenville Mississippi after pleading guilty ...

Bartow County Man Sentenced to Life for Child Sex Offenses

A Bartow County man has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole after being convicted of a series of child sex offenses committed in 2021. On June 26, a jury found 37-year-old Ryan Navin Persad guilty of eight sexual offenses involving ...

City of Calhoun Police hold Child Safety Seat Check

On Wednesday, we were joined on air by officers from the City of Calhoun Police Department. They were on the way to a Child Safety Seat Check. The event, held on a regular basis, is a check-up of the seats installation, a resource for ...