Veterans Day is a holiday started as a day to reflect upon the heroism of those who died in our country’s service and was originally called Armistice Day. It fell on November 11th because that is the anniversary of the signing of the Armistice that ended World War I. However, in 1954, the holiday was changed to “Veterans Day” in order to account for all veterans in all wars.
Go Draw a Fish! The 25th Anniversary Fish Art Contest is now officially underway.
For the first time in two weeks, Chattooga County reported a new COVID-19 case, according to numbers released from the Georgia Department of Public Health on Wednesday of this week. Earlier this year, the Department of Public Health went to a weekly reporting system instead of a daily reporting system. There were 101 deaths reported across the state last week. In addition, there were 3,693 new cases of COVID-19. There were fourteen COVID-19 patients in Rome area hospitals last week.
Local law enforcement welcomed visitors from the Israeli Police Departments on Wednesday as part of the Georgia International Law Enforcement Exchange program (GILEE).
Summerville Police responded to a call from a complainant after he discovered someone had broken into his storage unit on Oil Mill Road. The complainant told a responding deputy that someone from A&C Storage had called him to inform him that the lock had been cut off his storage unit. Jeffery White told the responding officer that he had not been to the unit since before Labor Day and was made aware of the theft on Wednesday of this week. A long list of tools were stolen from the unit. The incident had been turned over to an investigator.
Camp New Dawn in Walker County, will host its 15th Annual Turkey Shoot Event this Saturday, November 12th. It will also be the 25th Anniversary Celebration for the Camp Ministry.
A thirty-three-year-old Rome man was booked into the Floyd County Jail on Tuesday for burglary charges. According to Floyd County Jail Records, Samuel Lewis Burger of a Cleveland Avenue address allegedly used a pry bar to break into a laundry mat on Shorter Avenue and stole $4,000 worth of quarters. The incident happened back on October 29th of this year. Jail reports stated that Burger was also wanted for a theft that occurred back in August as well. Burger is being charged with two counts of second-degree burglary and theft by receiving stolen property.
Hays State Prison is holding a Hiring Event coming up on November 15th from 9 AM – 3 PM at the Hays Recruitment Building at 777 Underwood Drive in Trion. You can find details below:
Here is the latest arrest report from the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office for Thursday, November 10, 2022:
