The Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is looking for the next generation of DNR employees who will care for Georgia’s natural and cultural resources.
Nicholas Godfrey has been selected to serve as Acting Chief of Staff for Georgia Highlands College. Godfrey currently serves as the primary contact for media relations, government relations, and for the University System of Georgia and the Board of Regents. Additionally, he will work to oversee the execution of strategic initiatives and special projects for the Office of the President while enabling greater coordination, collaboration, and communication between all departments, the community, and the Office of the President.
Motorist on Highway 27 encountered some delays near the Chattooga River on Friday. WZQZ News spoke with the Georgia DOT about the roadwork. Joe Schulman, DOT District Six Communications Officer, said, “This is a maintenance project to correct a dip in the road as you reached the bridge headed toward downtown Summerville”. Schulman said that there is not a completion date on the project, but it is not “expected to be too long”.
On November 7, 2022 Dennis Dewayne Dockery, age 65, entered pleas of guilty to Rape, Aggravated Child Molestation, Aggravated Sexual Battery, Incest and Child Molestation. In exchange for his admissions of guilt, the Honorable Don W. Thompson sentenced Dockery to Life, to serve Twenty-Five (25) years in prison without the possibility of parole.
Here is the latest arrest report from the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office for Friday, November 18, 2022:
Chattooga County Tax Commissioner Joy Hampton has some information about insurance fine letters being sent by the Georgia Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV)
Attorney General Chris Carr and the Better Business Bureau (BBB) of North Georgia are warning consumers and businesses to watch out for scammers posing as utility company representatives in an attempt to steal your money.
A forty-two-year-old Summerville woman was arrested in Murray County on drug charges. According to docket records from the Murray County Sheriff’s Office, Latasha Michelle Madden, of a Steven Street, Summerville address was charged by the Murray County Sheriff’s Office with drugs to be kept in the original container, possession of marijuana, possession and use of drug-related objects, possession of meth and loitering and prowling.
While the COVID-19 cases in Chattooga County are substantially less than they were this time last year, there was a slight jump in the number of cases reported over the past week locally. The previous report showed only one new COVID case in Chattooga County, but numbers released this week by the Georgia Department of Public Health show that there were five new cases reported over the past week in the county. Earlier this year, the state health department moved from a daily COVID reporting system to a weekly reporting system. Surrounding counties also saw an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases being reported over the past week.
Chattooga County residents needing some help with children’s Christmas this year have two more weeks to register for Toys for Tots.