GEORGIA – FYN became aware of an arrest made this morning at the Georgia State Capitol thanks to a new program called The Georgia Hour with BKP on VoiceofRuralAmerica.com. Georgia State Senator Colton Moore was seen being shoved to the ground and arrested as he tried to defy a ban that would keep him from […]

PRESS RELEASE – The Whitfield County Fire Department is investigating a house fire that claimed the lives of five people early Wednesday morning. The fire destroyed a residential property on Tree Top Lane in the City of Cohutta. The call was received at 3:30am and a total of 9 fire trucks and two battalion chiefs […]

The race in Georgia has been called! Georgia has turned red! News outlets have called the race in Georgia as a tight race between former President Trump and Vice President Harris. Trump was able to flip the state after Biden previously won the state in 2020. Final numbers are still too early to know, but […]

ATLANTA – As Hurricane Helene approaches Georgia, Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John F. King is urging Georgians to take several precautions before the storm. “Hurricane Helene is expected to make landfall along the Gulf Coast as a major hurricane and continue into Georgia with devastating wind speeds,” said Commissioner King. “Because these damaging winds […]

WHITFIELD COUNTY, Ga. – At the request of the Whitfield County Sheriff’s Office, GBI agents are investigating an officer involved shooting in Whitfield County, GA. Alicia Mayorga-Rangel, age 32, of Dalton, GA, was shot and killed in the incident. No deputies were injured in the incident. On September 20, 2024, at about 11:35 p.m., Whitfield […]

GEORGIA – In the aftermath of Wednesday’s horrific school shooting, multiple schools across Georgia are reporting threats of violence. Fannin County School System stated that they “wanted to make you aware there have been multiple threats made to schools throughout the state of Georgia over the past 48 hours.” The shooting that took place at […]

PAULDING COUNTY, Ga. – Sheriff Gary Gulledge, the Paulding County Sheriff’s Office, and the Paulding County community mourn the loss of one of their Deputies. On Saturday, August 17, 2024, at approximately 6:13 PM, Deputy Brandon Cunningham was gunned down as he responded to a domestic dispute. A male suspect ambushed Deputy Cunningham and his […]

PRESS RELEASE – At the Georgia Republican Party State Committee meeting preceding the state convention held on May 18th, a resolution introduced by Sam Carnline, co-founder of GeorgiansForTruth.org and Georgia GOP State Committeeman, was passed unanimously by the committee members. The resolution expresses grave concerns over irregularities in the 2020 presidential election in Fulton County that […]

WHITFIELD COUNTY, Ga. – A deadly dispute took place early in the morning on Friday, Nov. 24, resulting in one man dead. William Holmes, 43, of Whitfield County was arrested after one man was found dead at a residence at 531 Patton Street. Allegedly, Holmes was at the scene initially to escort a woman receiving […]

WHITFIELD COUNTY, Ga. – A senior football player at Northwest Whitfield High School has been arrested for assault after he hit another student across the face with a gun. William Caid Combs, 17-year-olds, is now facing aggravated assault charges after an altercation took place off school property on Oct. 1. According to reports, Combs was accompanied […]

WHITFIELD COUNTY, Ga. – Five former employees at the Elbert Shaw Regional Youth Detention Center in Dalton have been indicted after Alexis Sluder died in custody in August 2022. Sluder was an Ellijay resident who had been transferred to the detention center. She was there less than 24 hours before she died due to an […]

PRESS RELEASE – Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John F. King is asking the public to help identify the culprit behind a fire at Cove Baptist Fellowship Church in Whitfield County. At approximately 11:30 PM on August 9th, investigators from the State Fire Marshal’s Office were requested by the Whitfield County Fire Department to respond […]

PRESS RELEASE – Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John F. King announced today that Farmers Insurance has rescinded tens of thousands of nonrenewal notices to Georgia consumers initially scheduled to go into effect in August. “It was brought to our attention this week that Farmers Insurance had alerted their customers that they would be non-renewing […]

PRESS RELEASE – The Dalton Police Department is asking for the public’s help to identify two people who used stolen credit cards to make a fraudulent purchase in Dalton and Fort Oglethorpe and attempted several others. The victim’s cards and other belongings were stolen from their vehicles while parked at the Dalton Golf and Country […]

PRESS RELEASE – The Dalton Police Department arrested 29-year old Marcus Antroune Freeman Tuesday afternoon on charges resulting from a shooting behind the Kroger shopping center on West Walnut Avenue. Freeman, of 4177 Brown Bridge Road in Whitfield County, was charged with aggravated assault and reckless conduct. Nobody was hurt in the incident. The incident […]

PRESS RELEASE – The Dalton Police Department arrested 62-year old Terry Charles on charges related to the abuse and abandonment of animals. Terry turned himself in this morning on warrants for his arrest. On June 13th, Charles went to the Humane Society of Northwest Georgia’s headquarters on Veterans Drive and left three kittens in the […]