Summerville Police released a report this week about a domestic incident that happened earlier this month. According to the report, police were called by a witness who said that a man and woman were fighting on Martin Street.
Ray Stevens | Photo Credit: Angela Talley
Legendary singer-songwriter Ray Stevens has been revealed as a 2022 inductee into the Musicians Hall of Fame. Stevens will enter on November 22 during a formal induction ceremony at Nashville’s Municipal Auditorium. He’ll be inducted alongside Vince Gill, Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives, Don McClean, engineer George Massenburg and producer Jim Guercio.
The DeKalb County, Alabama Investigations Division has recently been investigating a case regarding apparent child pornography. An investigator, who is also assigned to the Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force, received a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) that an individual residing in DeKalb County had been involved in sharing and downloading child pornography via a social media platform.
The Wal-Mart store in Chattooga County is hiring associates. On Friday, the local Wal-Mart posted on social media: We’re hiring here at Walmart 756. As an associate, you receive 10% off fresh foods and general merchandise. Apply online and reference Store 756 to work with us: https://careers.walmart.com/
A Northwest Georgia organization has received two grants from the Georgia Community Foundation’s Rural Health Fund.
Georgia Highlands College (GHC) has partnered with Rehabilitation Enables Dreams (RED) to offer college access to students in the RED “Restorative Justice Program.”
Work continues on Habitat for Humanity – Coosa Valley’s 58th and 59th home builds. Volunteers are sought to assist on Saturdays with the builds in Floyd County, which are slated for completion just in time for Christmas, according to Betsy Allgood, Executive Director.
The Rome International Film Festival (RIFF) is proud to announce that its headquarters for 2022 will be Rome Playa Azul Media (PAM) Studios. The studio recently sponsored a Latinx Film Category in the submission categories for the festival and will be hosting and promoting various Latin-focused events and screenings that were chosen from the category during the Nov. 10 – Nov. 13 event. Their sponsorship will reflect the support of a multi-year partnership with the studio and festival.
A Northwest Georgia man will be serving time in prison for dumping drums of toxic waste. Fifty-six-year-old Amin Ali of Dalton was charged in Federal court for dumping the drums with toxic waste in a chicken house in Catoosa County. Ali pleaded guilty and has been sentenced to two months in Federal prison with one year of supervised release. The clean up of the toxic waste was over $500,000. You can read a full report from the U.S. District Attorney’s Office of Northwest Georgia below:
Vince Dooley with Walker County Sheriff Steve Wilson (Photo Credit: Sheriff Steve Wilson)
Former University of Georgia football coach and director of athletics Vince Dooley died Friday afternoon at the age of 90, UGA says.