PRESS RELEASE – The Walker County Sheriff’s Office is warning residents about a phone scam involving callers impersonating law enforcement officers. According to the Sheriff’s Office, several citizens have reported receiving calls from individuals claiming to represent the department. The callers allegedly inform victims of an “active warrant” and demand payment to avoid arrest. Officials […]

WALKER COUNTY, Ga.— Several students at Saddle Ridge Elementary and Middle School in Rock Spring were hospitalized Wednesday after ingesting what authorities described as a “gummy-type substance.” Walker County Sheriff Steve Wilson confirmed that multiple students became ill after eating the gummies while at school. Faculty members quickly reported the incident, and the students’ parents […]

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FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. – Forsyth County deputies are investigating a deadly domestic incident that claimed the life of an off-duty law enforcement officer and left a teenager injured Saturday night in the Villages at Shakerag subdivision. The Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office said the incident began around 7:49 p.m. on September 27, when a juvenile appeared […]

LaFayette, Ga. — A Walker County man has been sentenced to nearly seven decades in prison after being convicted of a string of violent crimes that left one woman severely injured, another terrorized, and a family pet dead. Jarvis Jackson, 43, was found guilty in Walker County Superior Court following a bench trial before Judge […]

WALKER COUNTY, Ga. – On August 28, 2025, Josiah Matthew Backus, age 26, of Walker County, Georgia, was convicted of multiple counts of Aggravated Child Molestation and Child Molestation after admitting to repeated sexual abuse of his 6- and 8-year-old nieces and his 5-year-old nephew. He has been sentenced to Life in prison, with the […]

GEORGIA – August to October marks the height of natural disaster season in the United States, and with it comes a warning from consumer protection groups: be on the lookout for scammers posing as contractors offering too-good-to-be-true repair services. According to recent advisories, fraudulent contractors often descend on communities impacted by hurricanes, floods, and other […]

WALKER COUNTY, Ga. – According to Walker County Sheriff’s Office reports, Ronald Lee Jackson, 48, and his wife, Melissa Sue Jackson, 43, were both arrested in Brooks County, Georgia last week and booked into jail. The Morven City Police Department stopped Ronald and Melissa Jackson, about 18-miles from the Florida line, on July 1st. They […]

PRESS RELEASE – A joint investigation between the Fannin County Sheriff’s Office and the Union County Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Division has led to the arrest of five individuals involved in the possession and trafficking of illegal narcotics. In the early morning hours of June 20, 2025, investigators conducted a traffic stop in Fannin County, Georgia, […]

WALKER COUNTY, Ga. – On May 23, 2025, Jeremy McCrary, a 46-year-old man from Chickamauga, was convicted by a Walker County jury of Felony Murder, Aggravated Assault, and Possession of a Firearm During the Commission of a Felony, for his role in the March 2022 shooting death of Danny Claire, a 53-year-old man from Chickamauga. […]

WALKER COUNTY, Ga. – A Walker County woman has been sentenced to 20 years, with five to serve in prison, after pleading guilty to trafficking fentanyl—an extremely potent synthetic opioid linked to a wave of overdose deaths across Northwest Georgia. Mary Louis Harvey was convicted following an investigation by the Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit Drug […]

WALKER COUNTY, Ga. – The Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) has arrested Kenneth Rankin, 52, an officer with the Georgia Department of Community Supervision, for illegally sharing official data with a criminal suspect tied to a Tennessee drug investigation. He has been charged with Computer Theft and Violation of Oath of Office. In May 2025, […]

WALKER COUNTY, Ga. – On Friday, March 21, 2025, the GBI’s Investigative Office in Calhoun, along with the Walker County Sheriff’s Office, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, the United States Federal Probation Office, and the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office, arrested and charged Nicholas Antiono Cheaton, age 41, of Chattanooga, TN, with Murder in connection to […]

WALKER COUNTY, Ga. – Last night, March 8, around 7:13 in the evening, police were called to an address on Wood Station Road in Rock Spring. Emergency personnel responded in reference to a shooting. Three people were critical wounded and succumbed to their injuries. One person remains in critical condition. Sheriff Steve Wilson stated, that […]

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 – Lafayette, GA – On Thursday Dec. 5, 2024, Christopher Bullock was convicted of Malice Murder, Felony Murder, Aggravated Assault, and Possession of a Firearm During Commission of a Felony. The Trial began Dec. 2, 2024 and concluded with a guilty verdict on Dec. 5, before the Honorable Judge Don Thompson. The evidence […]