Today: Snow likely, mainly after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 36. Calm wind becoming west around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. Total daytime snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.

Tonight: A 30 percent chance of snow, mainly before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 19. Northwest wind between 10 and 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Friday: A slight chance of flurries. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 28. North wind between 10 and 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Friday Night: A slight chance of flurries. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 18. North wind around 5 mph.

Saturday: A slight chance of flurries. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 33. North wind between 5 and 10 mph, with gusts as high as 15 mph.

Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 17.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 39.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 16.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 49.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 22.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 48.

Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 25.

Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 53.

AM 1180 Chattooga County Radio will update any cancellations for area events throughout the day .....

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
532 AM EST THU JAN 7 2010

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THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA.

.DAY ONE…TODAY AND TONIGHT
LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTH AND PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

.SYNOPSIS…
A COLD FRONT OVER THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY REGION WILL MOVE ACROSS
NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT…BRINGING
A MIXTURE OF PRECIPITATION.

.PRIMARY HAZARDS…
ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL MAKE DRIVING HAZARDOUS.

.DISCUSSION…
A COLD FRONT OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY IS EXPECTED TO MOVE
INTO NORTHWEST GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON…THEN ACROSS THE REST OF
NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA TONIGHT. WITH A COLD AIRMASS ANCHORED
OVER THE STATE…A MIXED BAG OF PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO
ACCOMPANY THE FRONT. LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN ACROSS
EXTREME NORTH GEORGIA BY NOON…THEN ACROSS THE REST OF NORTH
GEORGIA DURING THE AFTERNOON. RAIN MAY BECOME MIXED WITH SNOW
ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA BY LATE DAY. SCATTERED LIGHT
SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH AND PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL GEORGIA TONIGHT. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THIS DEVELOPING
WINTER WEATHER SITUATION…SEE THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN…FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
SNOW FLURRIES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS EXTREME NORTH GEORGIA FRIDAY
INTO SATURDAY. OTHERWISE…NO HAZARDOUS IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT…
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT REQUESTED BUT SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED
TO SUBMIT REPORTS OF SNOW AMOUNTS THROUGH THE WEB BY GOING TO
WEATHER.GOV/ATLANT

Annie Mae Adams, age 60 of Summerville, Charged with Simple Battery FVA

Ryan Alan Chamberlain, age 29 of Centre, AL., Charged with Probation Violation

Billy Joe Durham, age 42 of Summerville, No Charges Listed

Tony Lee Evans, age 48 of Trion, Charged with Probation Violation

Karl Ervin Johnson, age 47 of Summerville, Hold for Floyd County

Clete Allen Shropshire, age 42 of Summerville, Held for Child Support

Charles Nahum Turner, age 47 of Summerville, Charged with Simple Battery FVA

Both Trion and Chattooga County School systems have made the decision to have school today.  School officials with both systems will be monitoring the weather situation this morning and make and decisions about sending students home early later today.

Walker County Schools, Dade County Schools, DeKalb County Alabama and Ft. Payne City Schools are all closed.  Cherokee County Alabama Schools will be dismissed at 11:30 AM Central time this morning.

According to the Kiplinger’s Personal Finance list of the 100 best values in public colleges, Georgia had four schools make the grade, with the University of Georgia leading the way at number 6 in the county. Other schools included; Georgia Tech at No. 15, North Georgia College and State University at No. 78 and Georgia Southern University at No. 90.

Coosa Valley News

A federal appeals panel has reversed a death sentence of a Georgia man convicted of the 1989 kidnap and murder of a pregnant woman.

The three-judge panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta on Tuesday upheld the convictions against James Ray Ward. But it found there was "improper bailiff-jury communication" during the penalty phase of his trial and ordered a new sentencing hearing.

A Walker County jury convicted Ward of feticide and the kidnapping and murder of 23-year-old Nikia Gilbreath. Ward argued in appeals that jurors asked a bailiff during deliberations whether they could impose a sentence of life without parole, and the bailiff told them it wasn’t an option.

The appeals panel found that it violated Ray’s right to an impartial jury and that the communication should have handled in court.

Ward was also arrested for the December 1989 rape of a Gordon County woman.

According to court documents, the Gordon County woman later told police that Ward had taken her to an abandoned home and told her it was a "good place to dump bodies."

RNT

A report of a vehicle fire came in to Chattooga 911 around 10:30 PM on Wednesday evening.  The vehicle was located on the Summerville side of Taylors Ridge.  According to reports there were several adults and children standing next to the burning van.  A woman reported to 911 that a child’s hand may have been broke.  It’s not clear how the fire started.  Emergency crews responded to the scene.  AM 1180 Chattooga County Radio will have more information as it becomes available.

Map Updated at 7:48 AM

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Spencir Bridges, 11, of Los Angeles, on Tuesday visited By Faith Studio in LaFayette to offer some advice and some of his personal experiences in the field of acting to local young aspiring actors.

Spencir is the son of Hollywood actor Todd Bridges and Dori Bridges, who is also a performer and originally from Trion.

Spencir has starred in various projects, including “Daddy Day Camp” with Cuba Gooding Jr., “The Starter Wife” with Sandra Bullock, and the Hallmark movie “The Three Gifts” with Dean Cain, just to name a few.

Spencir told the crowd what life is like for a young actor and following in his parents’ footsteps in Hollywood.

Spencir and Dori answered several questions from the audience about several aspects of the working actor, in-cluding what kind of headshots and photography to use, finding agents, and how the actors on television and movies are just like everyday people.

Several parents took the time to ask the mother and son about what parents and their children can expect in as-piring to be actors, schooling for young actors and avoiding potential Hollywood scams.

Spencir and Dori told the crowd of the importance of praying and keeping close to God, even in Hollywood.

Spencir said he enjoys video games and other activities like most children his age and how he treats life as an actor as a fun thing to do, rather than taking it too seriously.

Dori was asked how she keeps her acting son grounded in reality, and she said she keeps him in school with other children, where she is also employed as a special education assistant, and doesn’t let the fame go to his head.

Spencir said he enjoys coming to Georgia, where he gets to visit his family, from his mother’s side, and he enjoys trips to Georgia to get away from the loud and heavy traffic in Los Angeles and he plans to study computers once he goes to college.

Near the end of their visit, Vince Stalling, producer for By Faith Studio, thanked the Bridges for attending, and Dori performed a gospel song as requested by Stalling.

Later, Spencir signed autographs for all those in attendance and answered additional questions, proving that you can be a success in Hollywood and still be a down-to-earth kid.

Walker County Messenger