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Update: Victim lifeflighted following shooting in Monroe, Ga.

Update: Two men shot, one lifeflighted to Grady Memorial Hospital following incident in parking lot of bar in Monroe, Ga. Monroe Police Department confirm that they were dispatched to Fuzion’s bar at...

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Social Circle PD begins ‘Coffee with a Cop’

Social Circle, GA – The City of Social Circle Police Department is teaming up with Ford’s Restaurant in Social Circle for its first “Coffee with a Cop” event. The community is invited to to get...

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Revisiting a Red State-Blue State Divide

This story was reported by FairWarning (www.fairwarning.org), a nonprofit news organization based in Pasadena, Calif., that focuses on public health, safety and environmental issues. States with worst...

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Breaking: WCFR is on the scene of a working house fire in Monroe area of the...

Walton County Fire Rescue has crews on the scene of a working house fire on Hemingway Drive in Monroe. According to Battalion Chief Craig League, a neighbor called in the fire and the home was well...

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UPDATE: Winder man lifeflighted following wreck on Youth Monroe Road

Update: Nicer Muhanna, 44, of Winder, was lifeflighted to an Atlanta hospital after he was extricated from the black Kia Forte he was a front seat passenger in when it ran off the road and overturned...

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Van overturns in Walton County after swerving to avoid a deer in the road

Walton County Fire Rescue reported an accident in Bold Springs at Carl Davis Road on Sunday morning resulted in a man being transported to hospital with minor injuries. Battalion Chief Craig League...

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Stolen vehicle torched in Walton County

Walton County Sheriff’s Office report that a suspicious fire behind a home on Mt. Creek Church Road in Walton County overnight turned out to be a vehicle that was stolen out of Atlanta. Walton County...

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Human remains found in NE Georgia

Commerce, GA.  The Georgia Bureau of Investigations reported that human skeletal remains were discovered in a wooded area near the intersection of Georgia Highway 59 and Highway 63 in Banks County on...

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Local firefighters recognized for helping fight north Georgia wild fires

Firefighters from Walton County Fire Rescue and the City of Monroe were honored at the Walton County Board of Commissioners meeting Tuesday night for their contributions to fighting wildfires in...

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Man charged in the double murder of his grandparents in Good Hope

The Walton County Sheriff’s Office and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation are on the scene of a double murder on Nunnally Shoals Road in Good Hope, Ga. A relative of the elder couple who were the...

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MPD Reports: Warrants taken on woman for assault with hammer and vehicle

The following are the latest incidents reported by the Monroe Police Department. Due to the length, this report has been split into five parts. This is the first part. Please note an arrest or charge...

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Elderly Good Hope couple believed to have been murdered over the weekend

Andrew Jeremy Bryant, 46. Photo courtesy of Walton County Sheriff’s Office. Police believe an elderly Good Hope couple, allegedly murdered by their 46-year-old grandson, were killed over the weekend....

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3 Monroe teens charged in Watkinsville armed robbery

Robert Cole Fitzpatrick, 17. Photo courtesy of Watkinsville Police Department. Watkinsville Police Department report that three teens from Monroe have been arrested and charged with armed robbery, and...

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Traffic on Highway 11 in Monroe backed up due to tractor off the road

No official details at this time, but traffic on Highway 11 near Brusters in Monroe is backed up due to a tractor off the road and in the wood. Details to follow. Contributed photo.  

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Monroe PD: Man claims aliens trying to break down his door to get him

The following are the latest incidents reported by the Monroe Police Department. Due to the length, this report has been split into five parts. This is the second part. Please note an arrest or charge...

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Breaking: 3 die in early morning fire in Monroe, victims named

Update: Monroe Public Safety Director Keith Glass released the following statement regarding an early morning fire in Monroe that resulted in the deaths of three people, including a child. The City of...

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Update: 62-year-old Monroe woman dies in early morning accident

Update Georgia State Patrol confirm that a 62-year-old woman died in an early morning wreck on Bold Springs Road in Walton County this morning. She has been identified as Cathy Gallashaw, of Monroe....

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MPD Reports: Woman attacks man with hammer, gasoline and attempts to set him...

The following are the latest incidents reported by the Monroe Police Department. Due to the length, this report has been split into five parts. This is the third part. Please note an arrest or charge...

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