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🌱 Calhoun man accused of DUI after crash with Gordon fire engine
Spotted on the Calhoun calendar: CHS Volleyball vs. SE Whitfield
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- Calhoun man accused of DUI after crash with Gordon fire engine
Today's riddle: What did one strawberry say to the other strawberry? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high of 90 and low of 66 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Wednesday: A t-storm around in the p.m., temps: high: 89, low: 71.
- Thursday: Humid; a p.m. t-storm or two, with a high of 87 and low of 69 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Calhoun Man Charged With DUI After Crashing Into Fire Engine (fetchyournews.com) — A Calhoun man was arrested after authorities say he crashed into a stopped Gordon County fire engine on I-75 near U.S. 41, then drove away. Calhoun police helped locate the heavily damaged vehicle at a nearby apartment complex, where the driver was taken into custody and later charged with DUI, leaving the scene, and other traffic offenses. 
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Calhoun
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- CHS Volleyball vs. SE Whitfield
Calhoun City Schools Calhoun, GA 30701
5:00 pm - CHS Softball @ Ridgeland
Calhoun City Schools Ridgeland High School
5:30 pm - Volleyball @ Chattooga
Ashworth Middle School 150 Oak Hill Rd, Lyerly, GA 30730, USA
4:30 pm - CMS Softball vs. Gladden
Calhoun City Schools City of Calhoun Recreation Department, 700 W Line St, Calhoun
4:30 pm - Football @ Calhoun
Red Bud Middle School Calhoun, GA 30701
4:45 pm - Volleyball vs. Heritage @ Home
Red Bud Middle School Calhoun, GA 30701
5:00 pm - Softball @ Armuchee
Ashworth Middle School Armuchee Middle School
5:00 pm - CMS Football vs. Red Bud
Calhoun City Schools Calhoun High School
5:00 pm
Tuesday August 25
Wednesday August 26
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Golf vs. Christian Heritage, Calhoun & Adairsville
Ashworth Middle School 1591 Spring Place Smyrna Rd, Chatsworth, GA 30705, USA
4:00 pm - CMS Volleyball
Calhoun City Schools Westside (Whitfield County)
4:00 pm - Football @ Chattooga
Ashworth Middle School Middle School Rd, Summerville, GA 30747, USA
4:30 pm - CHS Volleyball vs. SE Whitfield
Calhoun City Schools Calhoun, GA 30701
5:00 pm
Tuesday August 25
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Dreaming about starting your own business?
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- Mohawk Industries, Inc. posted a job opening for VP Manufacturing- Commercial- Calhoun, GA in Calhoun. Apply here.
- Hut American Group, LLC posted a job opening for Shift Leader in Calhoun. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Calhoun here.
🗞 Nearby News
Adairsville
- Adairsville wins at Mt. Zion-Carroll; Lady Cats fall at Hiram (bartowsportszone.com)
- Jeanette McDonald Lochridge, affectionately known as 'Net', age 87, of Cartersvill (coosavalleynews.com)
Dalton
- Dalton enrollment falls to 10-year low (daltoncitizen.com)
- Bottoms heads into deep-red Northwest Georgia as Jackson rallies with Kemp (11alive.com)
- City Of Dalton Dedicates Lon McCamy Alley (chattanoogan.com)
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: If you weren't so sweet, we wouldn't be in this jam! (Thank you Patti F. for sending it in!)
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