A fifty-seven-year-old Chattooga County man was arrested in Walker County late last week. According to docket records from the Walker County Sheriff’s Office, Jeffery Lynn George of a Martin Dairy Road, Summerville address was arrested on Friday morning and booked into the Walker County Jail on an outstanding warrant.
If you had asked the average person in Chattooga County what a PFAS was a few years ago, it’s doubtful many could have told you. But the term – which stands for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, is something water customers with the City of Summerville became very familiar with area residents since January of 2020.
Floyd County Police say that a forty-two-year-old Silver Creek man was jailed after he posted a nude picture of another person on social media, without the victim’s consent. Police say that James Kenneth Owens, Jr. shared the picture on Snap Chat and that the picture was viewed by his friends on social media. Owens has been charged with a felony count of violating the prohibition on nude or sexually explicit communications. Police say that Owens is also accused of calling and sending text messages to the victim whose picture was shared. Owens was charged with additional counts of harassing communications.
Georgia gas prices experienced a slight decrease at the pump compared to a week ago. Georgia drivers are now paying an average price of $3.14 per gallon for regular unleaded gasoline. Monday’s state average was 1 cent less than a week ago, 20 cents less than a month ago, and 63 cents less than this time last year. In our area, the cheapest gas can be found across the state line in Alabama where gas is well below $3 per gallon.
Summerville Police arrested a forty-five-year-old woman on Sunday evening after she was causing a disturbance in a neighborhood near Jerry’s Drive-In. Police had reports of a woman “yelling at houses” on Given Street. When they arrived on the scene, a passing motorist flagged police down and told them the woman was “disturbing people”. Officers located Sandy Waynette Wilson and determined that she was under the influence of drugs. Wilson was arrested and charged with public intoxication and was booked into the Chattooga County Jail.
Lookout Mountain District Attorney issued a statement on Monday regarding his appointment to the bench of the Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit:
A 21-year-old line operator at a LaFayette, Georgia, insulation manufacturer suffered severe head trauma after being caught in a machine’s roller. A U.S. Department of Labor investigation determined that the employer willfully ignored federal workplace safety standards.
Here is the latest arrest report from the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office for Monday, March 6, 2023:
Over the past weekend, the Georgia Department of Corrections announced that eight prison inmates at Walker State Prison in Rock Spring earned on the job training certificates in Animal Care Taking as Animal Trainers. A ceremony was held at the correctional facility to recognize the offenders for their achievement.
Better Business Bureau (BBB) is partnering with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to promote National Consumer Protection Week, March 5-11.
