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Vanessa Elise Blackmon, who graduated on May 2 with an Associate of Science degree in Nursing from Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC), has also completed a two-year scholar’s certificate program at the Blue Ridge Area Health Education Center. Blackmon attended classes at GNTC’s Walker County Campus in Rock Spring, resides in Dalton and is employed as a Nurse Tech II in […] The post GNTC Nursing graduate receives prestigious professional honor appeared first on Polk Today.

The 2024 Boys’ Varsity Baseball team used their talents and teamwork to bring home multiple victories. With many home runs, double plays, stolen bases, and even a few broken records, the team always had the audience on their feet. They ended the season with a record of 25-9 and won the region championship. Starting off the regular season, the team beat Lafayette (9-0). They let a few games get away from them against Gordon Lee (11-3) and Ringgold (11-1). The following week they came back with a seven to zero win against Lakeview. Then to put the cherry on top, the Generals learned from their past defeat and got back at Gordon Lee (6-2). They won against Coahulla Creek (6-3) and turned around to beat Lakeview again (1-0). The boys rallied up a five game winning streak; they beat Lafayette (11-0), won three times against Southeast Whitfield County (10-0, 16-1, & 15-0), but were defeated in a non-region game against the Brentwood Academy Eagles. The Generals rallied back and beat Cedartown in a three games series (5-2, 10-9, & 14-9). The boys lost the first game out of another three game series, this one being against Central Carrollton (8-7), and they split the double header winning the first game (9-5) and losing the second game (9-2). The team beat Dalton (5-3), but Dalton came right back at them and won (2-1). The Generals ended the regular season with a seven game winning streak against teams all across the region like Cleveland (5-3), three straight wins against Sonoraville (2-1, 3-2, & 6-0), and three consecutive wins against Northwest Whitfield (8-4, 11-9, & 8-2).

The Social Circle High School football team will have a game with Gordon Central High School on May 17, 2024, 22:30:01 CST. ALWAYS WANTED TO DUNK LIKE A TOTAL BADASS, OR DEVELOP ROCK-SOLID WORK ETHIC....

DALTON, Ga. (WDEF) — We’ve never seen a running back at Dalton like the speedster Jahmyr Gibbs. Now, we’ll never see another Catamount wear his jersey number one. The Detroit Lions star returned to his hometown tonight, as Dalton High School retired Gibbs’ jersey. News 12’s...

Chatsworth, GA-(WDEF-TV) Ridgeland and Murray Co battled in a spring scrimmage on Wednesday evening in Chatsworth. Ridgeland enjoyed the upper hand winning 28-7.

It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Patrick Henry Academy can now relate to. They fell just short of the Calhoun Academy Cavaliers by a score of 6-5 on Friday. Patrick Henry Academy has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games. For Calhoun Academy's part,...

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - Several school districts are fully or partially closing in north Georgia after severe weather swept through overnight and continues into Thursday. LIVE UPDATES: All of north Georgia under tornado watch until 1 p.m. Several rounds of rain and storms are expected to move through...

Note: The following item was provided by Georgia Northwestern Technical College for publication on Polk Today. -KtE Special receptions were held at all six Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) campuses recently to honor and congratulate 2024 Dual Enrollment students. The receptions were held at the Catoosa County Campus, Ringgold; Floyd County Campus, Rome; Gordon County Campus, Calhoun; Polk […] The post GNTC holds special receptions for Dual Enrollment students appeared first on Polk Today.

The 365th episode of the Alfa Insurance “Georgia Prep Sports: Drive for the GHSA State Title” videocast will open with the complete results from the Baseball Quarterfinals beginning with Tuesday night’s Game 3 scores. Host Craig Sager II will welcome on North Murray Mountaineers head football coach...

Georgia Northwestern Technical College provided the following release to congratulate new graduates from campuses across Northwest Georgia. More than 170 Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) students crossed the stage of the Dalton Convention Center on Thursday, May 2, to the cheers of their families, friends and instructors. Vince Stalling, Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) […] The post GNTC honors Spring 2024 graduates appeared first on Polk Today.

CALHOUN, Ga. — Some parents in Calhoun, Georgia are criticizing a daycare in their community, after a child in their care escaped and walked into the street. Surveillance footage from Small World Daycare shows a young boy open the front door of the building and walk out. Video from...

The Georgia Military College soccer team will have a game with Christian Heritage on May 03, 2024, 17:30:01 CST. Building the Complete Soccer Athlete: Train Like a Pro!.

DALTON, Ga. (WDEF) – Dalton Public Schools welcomed its new superintendent on Tuesday. The Dalton Board of Education unanimously approved Dr. Steven Craft contract at Tuesday’s board meeting. Dr. Steven Craft will succeed Dr. Tim Scott who is retiring. Craft came to Dalton early this year as the...

The Pickens Baseball team wrapped up its regular season and entered the GHSA state playoffs on Monday night with a thrilling doubleheader sweep of Adairsville by the scores of 10-2 and 5- 4 in eight innings to advance to this week’s second round. The Dragons moved their record to 27-5 on the year with the victories and continued their magical two-season run of two consecutive region titles along with three straight appearances in the Sweet 16 dating back to 2022.

Greensboro Lake Oconee handed Dalton Christian Heritage a tough 7-3 loss in Georgia high school baseball on April 30.