October is National Pedestrian Safety Month. Pedestrian deaths in Georgia are up 46% over the past ten years. That’s according to the latest numbers released by the federal government. Alex Cabral of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says an estimated 75-hundred people got struck and killed by cars in the United States in 2021, the most pedestrian deaths in the nation in more than 40 years.
A growing shortage of qualified health care workers in long-term care facilities has spurred a team of researchers at the University of Georgia College of Public Health to take action.
Walker County Sheriff Steve Wilson said on Wednesday that a LaFayette man was arrested and charged in connection with molesting a child under the age of sixteen.
Here is the latest arrest report from the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office for Wednesday, October 12, 2022:
A Northwest Georgia man who is currently incarcerated at the Floyd County Jail for armed robbery, is now facing six additional robbery charges that date back over two years.
This Fire Prevention Week (October 9-15), the American Red Cross urges everyone to practice their two-minute home fire escape plan and test their smoke alarms to stay safe from the nation’s most frequent disaster.
AAA has long been an advocate for “Move Over” laws, requiring drivers to slow down and move over for emergency responders on the roadside, yet there continues to be an alarming number of fatalities. Nearly 350 people are struck and killed outside a disabled vehicle each year, and roughly a quarter of motorists do not know that Slow Down, Move Over laws exist in their state. AAA – The Auto Club Group hopes to broaden the law and educational efforts with its new “Move Over for Me” campaign that asks drivers to move over for all motorists stuck on the roadside as well as first responders.
The film being featured at this year’s Rome International Film Festival is a story from Chattooga County. The film features music from Chattooga County residents and is the story of a woman who realizes that slaves were a part of her ancestral home
Floyd County Fire Marshal Mary Catherine Chewning, Assistant District Attorney Natalie Staats and Ken LeCroy, Georgia Arson Control Consultant presented a check for $8,500 to an out-of-state confidential informant Monday for information that led to the arrest and conviction of two men for the arson of a stately home at 11 Craton Road south of Rome in February of 2019.
A Rome woman who has a house on Martin Street in Summerville, reported a break-in to Summerville Police on Friday of last week.
