David Ralston, the self-described “country lawyer” who helped set the state’s political agenda as the powerful speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives, died Wednesday.
A twenty-seven-year-old Chattooga County man was arrested this week on charges of statutory rape. Chattooga County Sheriff Mark Schrader told WZQZ News that Cameron Felton was arrested after a complaint about him living with a fifteen-year-old juvenile outside of Trion. Sheriff Schrader said that when investigators went to the address, they found the two had been living together and were having a sexual relationship. Felton was arrested on statutory rape charges and booked into the Chattooga County Jail on Tuesday of this week.
A wanted fugitive from Walker County has died after an exchange of gunfire with U.S. Marshals early Wednesday morning at Shallowford Road hotel in Chattanooga.
Here is the latest arrest report from the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office for Wednesday, November 16, 2022:
Unified in Recovery, a local non profit organization helps people obtain and maintain long term recovery from substance use disorder as well as mental health challenges.
The organization is working on a project called Motel Christmas. Unified in Recovery currently has a donation box inside Living Life on Target on Commerce Street. They are needing donations of unopened/unwrapped toys as well as basic essentials such as gloves, toboggans, blankets, shampoos, toothpaste etc. The will be collecting all donations by December the 9th at 5PM.
The Chattooga County Library in Summerville will be having a movie night on Friday, November 18th and will be showing the movie “Polar Express”. Children can come in their pajamas and bring a blanket and pillow to watch the movie. Hot chocolate and cookies will be served before the movie. The library is located at 360 Farrar Drive in Summerville.
This week, Attorney General Chris Carr announced that the State of Georgia, along with 39 other states, has joined a $391.5 million multistate settlement with Google over its location tracking practices. This is the largest multistate privacy settlement reached by a coalition of attorneys general in the history of the United States. Georgia will receive more than $12.4 million from the settlement.
Here are the latest health inspection scores from the Chattooga County Environmental Health Department for the first half of November, 2022:
A thirty-eight-year-old Rome man was booked into the Floyd County Jail on Saturday for multiple charges including burglary and drug trafficking.
AAA predicts 54.6 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more from home this Thanksgiving. While that national figure remains slightly below pre-pandemic levels, travel in Georgia is forecast to be one of the busiest in nearly two decades (since 2005).