The commission overseeing the regulation of medical marijuana will be voting on rules for the program on Wednesday of this week. The state is facing a lawsuit from 16 companies that were denied a medical marijuana license by the state – including one company that planned to operate a facility in the Trion Industrial Park in Chattooga County.
Mohawk says that inflation is hurting the demand for carpet. The company says that the worsened conditions of the economy are leading the company to longer than expected idling of some of its manufacturing facilities.
Eight people have been charged with illegal trafficking of venomous and prohibited exotic snakes, according to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources.
Lawmakers in Atlanta heard from the Georgia Division of Family & Children Services as the General Assembly got underway in Atlanta. DFCS workers say that one problem that needs to be addressed is the number of children forced to stay in hotels – a practice called “hotelling” – because no foster homes can be found for them.
Chattooga County businesses and residents affected by flooding over Labor Day Weekend in 2022 , are eligible to apply for low-interest disaster loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration and the SBA has set up a Disaster Loan Outreach Office in Summerville, but time is running out to visit that office – it will close on Thursday of this week.
Here is the latest arrest report from the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office for Sunday, January 22, 2023:
A protest against the planned construction of a police department training center in an Atlanta suburb turned violent on its fringes Saturday, with groups smashing windows and damaging a police vehicle and other property, news reports and authorities said.
Senorise Perry has accepted a coaching position at Wofford College in South Carolina. The Chattooga High School alumni and former pro-football player will be running backs coach at Wofford. Perry spent seven seasons in the NFL with the Bears, Dolphins, Bills and Titans from 2014-20. Wofford College is on a 175 acre campus in Spartanburg, South Carolina. It is one of the few four-year institutions in the southeastern United States founded before the American Civil War that still operates on its original campus.
The Rome News Tribune reports that a pedestrian who was struck by a truck and knocked off the Second Avenue Bridge Thursday afternoon died overnight, and police are still investigating the circumstances surrounding the incident, according to Rome police.
