For the seventh consecutive year, Atrium Health Floyd Medical Center has earned Gold certification from the American Heart Association (AHA) for the care it provides heart failure patients. The AHA releases its Get With The Guidelines honorees annually.
Summerville Police responded to a burglary call on Northwest Congress Street on July 19th. According to police, local real estate agent Betty Brady told police that someone had broken into the empty house that is for sale. Police observed damage to the back door of the residence where someone had used something to pry the deadbolt in order to gain access to the residence. Brady said that there was nothing missing from the residence that is owned by an out of town client in Knoxville, Tennessee.
The Summerville City Council has narrowed the list of potential candidates for the position of City Manger, down to three. The council met on Monday evening in a special called meeting and approved travel expenses for the finalist. The council then went into executive session to narrow down the list of candidates to the finalists. They include:
Here is the latest arrest report from the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office for Tuesday, July 23, 2024:
On July 18th, a Steven Street, Summerville man came to the Summerville Police Department to report a burglary. Edward Bennett told police that someone stole a 70-inch television and two electric guitars off his screened-in porch. Someone also stole a box of audio speakers from Mr. Bennett’s automobile. The victim told police that he did not have surveillance cameras but needed a report to turn in to his insurance company.
Georgia Northwestern Technical College serves the nine counties of Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Floyd, Gordon, Murray, Polk, Walker, and Whitfield. GNTC is the largest college in Northwest Georgia and is one of the largest technical colleges in the state of Georgia with six campus locations in Catoosa, Floyd, Gordon, Polk, Walker, and Whitfield counties. GNTC provides quality technical and academic instruction through traditional and distance education delivery methods leading to associate degrees, diplomas, and technical certificates of credit programs, as well as through customized business and industry training, and adult education services. The deadline to enroll for the fall semester is next Tuesday, July 29, 2024.
Contact the GNTC Admissions Office at (866) 983-4682, or visit one of the GNTC campuses Monday through Friday, 7:45 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. or you can email Admissions.
The Town of Trion will hold their regular council meeting for July coming up this Thursday, July 25th at 6 PM at Trion Town Hall. On the agenda for this week’s meeting, the council will consider the annual donation to the Chattooga County Agricultural Fair that is coming up next month. Also, the council will discuss the renewable energy plant that is being proposed for the Trion Industrial Park. This will be a time for both the public and council members to discuss the proposed new industry. The meeting will get underway at 6 PM and the public is invited to attend. You can see a complete agenda for Thursday’s meeting below:
The American Red Cross urges donors to give blood or platelets now to reinforce the blood supply as much as possible before the summer winds down. Type O blood donors and those giving platelets are especially needed to help keep hospital shelves stocked through August.
A Georgia prisoner is accused of attempting to smuggle drugs into the Floyd County Prison in July of last year. According to arrest warrants, forty-nine-year-old Isaac Azriel Ross along with three other inmates used the prison phone system to arrange for a civilian to leave a bag in a garbage can at the Rome-Floyd Recycling Center on Lavender Drive.
Georgia gas prices decreased at the pumps compared to a week ago. Georgians are paying an average price of $3.34 per gallon for regular unleaded gasoline (subject to change overnight). Monday’s state average was 5 cents less than a week ago,7 cents more than a month ago, and 1 cent less than this time last year. It costs drivers an average price of $50.10 to fill a 15-gallon tank of regular gasoline. Georgians are now paying 15 cents less to fill up at the pump compared to a year ago.
