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One person was killed and another injured in a single-vehicle accident – taking place Wednesday night in Cherokee County.

According to Alabama State Trooper reports the driver of the 1993 Jeep, identified as 66 year old Judith P. Jackson of a Pisgah address, was fatally injured in that crash, while the passenger in the vehicle, 15 year old Chase Jackson of a Rome Georgia address was transported to Floyd Medical Center for treatment.

The wreck occurred at 11:45pm approximately, seven miles north of Gaylesville on Highway 35.

That accident remains under investigation by state troopers.

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The Historic Preservation Division of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources is holding its 4th-annual online photo contest to coincide with Preservation Month in May. This year’s theme is `The Civil War in Georgia. ` Entries will be judged based on creativity, choice of subject matter, and composition. Contest judges include representatives from several statewide organizations, including the Georgia Civil War Commission, the Georgia Battlefields Association, and the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation, and HPD. All submissions will be displayed in a gallery on HPD’s Facebook page at www.facebook.com/georgiashpo.

The top entry will receive an annual membership to the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation and a copy of the comprehensive Crossroads of Conflict: A Guide to Civil War Sites in Georgia. Winners will be announced in a press release and on the HPD website and Facebook page.

Submitted photos must be taken of a site or building associated with the Civil War in the State of Georgia. Information on many sites is available at Georgia’s Civil War Sesquicentennial website – www.gacivilwar.org .

Submit your photos via email to georgiashpo@yahoo.com. Limit two submissions per photographer. Submissions must be received by May 26, 2013.

Additionally, photos must:

Be 1200×800 pixels at 300 ppi (pixels per inch) or larger.

Be your original work, submitted with a Creative Commons license.

Along with the photograph, please provide the following information:

Photographer and hometown

Photo location and description of the building or site depicted

Full contest details including submission guidelines are available on the HPD website at Click Here for More Info

The Historic Preservation Division (HPD) of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources serves as Georgia’s state historic preservation office. Its mission is to promote the preservation and use of historic places for a better Georgia. HPD’s programs include archaeology protection and education, environmental review, grants, historic resource surveys, tax incentives, the National Register of Historic Places, community planning and technical assistance.

Floyd County Schools received an email this week informing them that the State Board of Education`s charter committee will look at the possibility of the system`s charter contract being violated. An advisory committee has asked the board to look at if February`s Reduction In Force (FIF), violated the system`s agreement. The Charter Advisory Committee voted unanimously that the system breached its agreement by not involving the Local School Governance Teams when the decision was made to layoff 120 of the system`s employees.

Floyd County School`s Superintendent Jeff McDaniel said that the system was in compliance with the charter contract and that the system did not have to go to the LSGT when the decision was made to conduct the RIF.

Mohawk Industries will be utilizing the services of the state Labor Department later this week at the Rome Career Center in an effort to recruit new employees.

The Calhoun-based manufacturing company is looking to fill a wide variety of positions including lift truck and twister operators, customer service representatives, financial and accounting analysts and even a licensed nurse with two years of experience.

All applicants will be drug-screened onsite at the recruitment. Those looking to apply for any job must have a high school diploma or GED and anyone applying for a professional position must have at least a bachelor’s degree and field experience.

The Mohawk employee recruitment will take place from 9 am to noon Friday at Rome Career Center on Riverside Parkway.
 

Police were called to Mount Berry Square Mall Thursday morning in response to a suspicious package but officials now say it was a false alarm.

The box was filled with recycled plastic bottles according to Mt. Berry's Ann Smith.

Major Tommy McGuire with the Floyd Sheriff's Field Operations Department confirmed a call about the package had been received but said no bomb threat was ever called in.

The mall was not evacuated. 

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