Department of Public Health free COVID-19 test sites in Northwest Georgia will be closed Columbus Day, Monday, October 10. Regular hours will resume Tuesday, October 11. Free test sites are:
Congratulations to the Chattooga High School 2022 Homecoming Queen and her court.
Queen: Bailey Thomas
1st: Emma Hamilton
2nd(tie): Serenity Swift and Rhequia Walker
Junior: Kaylan Moseley
Sophomore: Preslee Hurley
Freshman: Addie Veatch
Democrat Stacey Abrams continues to raise more money than incumbent Republican Brian Kemp in the Georgia governor’s race, but her heavy spending means she has less cash remaining for the final sprint through the Nov. 8 election.
Everything’s coming up candy and pumpkins in downtown Summerville on Saturday, October 29. Summerville Main Street will team up with the Summerville Trion Optimist Club to present a Pumpkin Palooza with Pumpkin Derby and the Halloween Candy Walk! This fall celebration will be held down the East Washington Streetscape to the Summerville Depot. Hours for the Pumpkin Palooza will run from 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Vendors will be on hand with a variety of foods, crafts, and retail for the public’s pleasure. Interested vendors should contact Susan Locklear by email at slocklear@summervillega.org for vendor registration information.
A man faces a murder charge after his arrest in the shooting death of his father-in-law after a domestic dispute at a home in East Rome on Friday.
Will you take advantage of the upcoming week-long primitive weapons deer hunting season opening Saturday, Oct. 15?
A LaFayette woman, whose address has a history of neighbor complaints and drug arrests, has been charged by the LaFayette Police Department.
The Summerville City Council will hold their regular monthly meeting for October coming up tomorrow evening at 5 PM. The council’s meetings are open to the public. You can join the meeting virtually following the instructions below:
Governor Brian P. Kemp announced Friday that Georgia’s September net tax collections totaled almost $3.1 billion for an increase of $279.2 million, or 9.9 percent, compared to FY 2022 when net tax collections approached $2.82 billion. Year-to-date, net tax revenue collections totaled roughly $7.62 billion for an increase of $513.8 million, or 7.2 percent, through the end of this quarter.
According to the latest numbers from the Georgia Department of Public Health, there were twenty new COVID-19 cases reported over the past week in Chattooga County. That was up from two cases reported the previous reporting period. Across the state, there were eight-seven COVID-19 deaths across the state over the past week. There were ten COVID-19 cases being treated at Atrium Health Floyd and three patients being treated for COVID-19 at Advent Health Redmond this past week. New statistics are released weekly on Wednesday from the Georgia Department of Public Health.