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.
On Thursday, Georgia Labor Commissioner Mark Butler announced that Georgia’s October unemployment rate was 2.9 percent, eight-tenths of a percent lower than the national October 2022 unemployment rate of 3.7 percent. Georgia’s October rate was half a percent lower than last year’s October rate. Additionally, job numbers reached another all-time high, increasing by 3,700 from September.
The GBI is investigating an officer-involved shooting in Cartersville. On Thursday, the Cartersville Police Department asked the GBI to conduct an independent investigation. One man was injured. No officers were injured.
Georgia’s drug-treatment advocates are urging the state government to make wise use of millions of dollars Georgia has received thanks to settlements of lawsuits against pharmaceutical companies and others involved in distribution and sales of prescription opioids.
Summerville City Manager Janice Galloway says that the mayor and city council did not give her much of a choice, and forced her into retirement by refusing to offer her an annual contract. WZQZ News reported earlier this week that Galloway had retired. Galloway said that she was somewhat blindsided when the council didn’t offer to renew her contract. WZQZ News spoke with two city council members this week who said that the city will now begin the search for a interim city manager and will then begin the search for a permanent person to replace Galloway. Galloway, a longtime city employee, has served as city manager since 2018.
Here is the latest arrest report from the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office for Thursday, November 17, 2022:
The Georgia Department of Education is releasing its 2021-2022 list of Title I Distinguished Schools – a designation that recognizes the highest-performing Title I schools in Georgia. Seventy-one schools earned the recognition this year – including Trion Elementary School.