Lookout Mountain CASA Looking For Volunteers

Looking for a profound gift to a child, are you willing to change a child’s story? Lookout Mountain CASA serves Chattooga, Catoosa, Dade and Walker counties with volunteer advocates for youth in foster care. One of the best gifts a child can receive is their voice, be a voice for a child from a hard place. WE are in need of CASA volunteers. Contact Lookout Mountain CASA at 423-402-0843, 706-639-6472 or lookoutmtncasa@gmail.com. Qualifications for CASA Volunteer Advocate: 21 years + Clean background check Completed CASA application with 4 references Completion of 30+ hours of training The next CASA onboarding training will be in January 2023.

Name Of Rome Murder Victim Released

Rome Police have released the name of a murder victim after announcing they had arrested a suspect late last week.

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No Saturday Voting In Runoff Election

For most of the nation, the election is in the rearview mirror, but here in Georgia, voters will need to return to the polls one more time to vote in a runoff election between incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Raphael Warnock and his Republican challenger Herschel Walker.  Neither of the candidates achieved the 50% threshold in the General Election that is required by Georgia law. Another Georgia law is preventing early voting on Saturday before the runoff election.

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Northwest Georgia Man Arrested In Large Dog Fighting Operation

Detectives with the Paulding County Sheriff’s Office arrested a local man for breeding, training, and facilitating over one hundred Pitbulls in conjunction with dog fighting at his Paulding County home. 

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Hays State Prison Hiring Event Tomorrow

Hays State Prison in Trion will be holding a hiring event tomorrow.   The event will take place from 9AM-3PM at the Hays Recruitment Building at 777 Underwood Drive in Trion (across from Wal-Mart).  Annual salaries start at $41,844 with an increase to $43,517.76 in six-months and up to $46,028.40 after your first year.  You can find out more about tomorrow’s event HERE

 

Arrest Summary – November 10-14, 2022

Here is an arrest summary from the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office for November 10-14, 2022:

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Man Arrested For Murder In Rome

The Rome News Tribune reported on Sunday that a twenty-one-year-old man had been charged with murder and concealing the death of the victim in old East Rome.  The newspaper reports that Brandon Christopher Risner was charged after police were notified about an abandoned car and the discovery of a body near Tumlin Road in old East Rome in the area of East 11th Street and Collinwood Road.  Risner was arrested and charged with felony murder, felony obstruction of law enforcement, aggravated assault and concealing the death of another and was booked into the Floyd County Jail on Saturday.  As of Sunday, the identity of the victim had not been released by police.

Summerville City Council Meeting This Evening

The Summerville City Council will hold their regular monthly meeting for November this evening at 5 PM at Summerville City Hall.  There will be a question and answer session starting at 4:30 PM for the public to ask questions of the council and the mayor.  There will be no virtual option for tonight’s meeting, according to Summerville City Hall.  You can see a complete agenda for tonight’s meeting below:

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Northwest Georgia Veteran Receives New Home

On November 11, Veterans Day, an injured Northwest Georgia veteran received a mortgage-free home. The home was custom built by PulteGroup, from Building Homes for Heroes in partnership with Lowe’s.

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Chattooga High School Addressing Vaping Problem

Vaping has been a problem at Chattooga High School, and school officials say that they are addressing the issue.  The school released a statement for students and parents last week.

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