Here is the latest arrest report from the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office for Sunday, November 27, 2022:
Citing threats from non-native species, the Georgia Department of Natural Resources has expanded limits on animals that can be bought, sold or kept as pets in the state.
The Peppermint Project is a new Holiday event at James H. Sloppy Floyd State Park featuring the story “The Woodland Elves of the Peppermint Cave” written by Nell Farrar, a member of the Friends of Sloppy Floyd.
The Summerville City Council will hold a called meeting coming up tomorrow at Summerville City Hall. According to an agenda for the meeting released on Wednesday of last week, the premise for the meeting is to talk about the mid-year budget. It will be the first meeting for the council since Summerville City Manager Janice Galloway’s contract was not renewed by the council. There is no item on the agenda about the city manager’s position, but it will be the first opportunity council members have to talk about the hiring of an interim city manager since the announcement about Galloway’s forced retirement. The council has expressed their plans to hire an interim city manager and then start the search for a permanent city manager to replace Galloway. Tomorrow’s meeting will be held at 5:30 PM at Summerville City Hall and the public is welcomed to attend.
Georgia State Troopers have been busy investigating holiday traffic fatalities in Georgia during this Thanksgiving holiday travel period that began on Wednesday. Half-way through the holiday travel period, there were already ten fatalities. The travel period ends tonight. Most of the fatalities were being reported around the Atlanta metro area. Last year, during the 2021 Thanksgiving holiday weekend, state troopers investigated 589 crashes, resulting in 267 injuries and 20 deaths. Those traveling back home today are being encouraged to buckle up, slow down, don’t drive distracted and never drink and drive.
Retailers are after you money this Holiday season with Black Friday and Small Business Saturday behind us – Cyber Monday is coming up tomorrow. But it’s not just businesses that want your Holiday cash – scammers are out to get your money as well. Experts say that while you are taking advantage of Cyber Monday deals, be aware of scammers. One of the tactics used by scammers that targets online Holiday shoppers is termed “smishing”.
The Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) is urging Georgians to get vaccinated against flu right now. Flu activity is already widespread in Georgia – earlier than we’ve seen in recent years. You have time to protect yourself and your family and friends by not waiting another day to get vaccinated.
A parent of a student at Chattooga High School reported a social media threat to the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office last week. The parent said that he had seen messages on social media sent to his child with threats to “shoot up” their residence. A responding deputy spoke with a school resource officer from Chattooga High School who said that they were aware of the threats and were taking action do deal with the student or students in question who had allegedly sent the threatening messages. The parent said that they wanted a report on file at the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office concerning the incident.
Quick action by some Northwest Georgia police officers prevented a Thanksgiving tragedy. According to a media release from the Polk County Police Department, shortly after midnight on Thanksgiving day, officers responded to a call in Cedartown in reference to a suicide attempt.
In the latest round of COVID-19 numbers, Chattooga County saw a slight decrease in the number of new cases over the past week. The Georgia Department of Public Health reports COVID-19 cases weekly and the new reports come out on Wednesday of each week. Last week, there were five new COVID-19 cases reported in Chattooga County. This week that number dropped to four new cases. Hospitalizations in Northwest Georgia from COVID-19 were up slightly this past week. Also, the Georgia Department of Public Health reported three COVID-19 deaths in Northwest Georgia; one each in Bartow, Gordon and Polk Counties.