No new COVID-19 cases were reported last week in Chattooga County.  New numbers will be released today.  The Georgia Department of Public Health moved from a daily reporting of cases to a weekly report in the spring of this year.  In all, there have been 7,431 COVID-19 cases in Chattooga County since the beginning of the pandemic and 145 deaths have been attributed to COVID-19 in Chattooga County.  Statewide there were 2,614 new cases last week with 68 deaths, according to the Georgia Department of Public Health.

Here is the latest arrest report from the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office for Tuesday, November 1, 2022:

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The Georgia Department of Transportation (DOT) says inflation is driving up the costs of road projects.  Many of planned projects are coming in more than 40% of projected costs.  As a result, the Georgia DOT has rejected some high bids and is waiting on other projects, hoping that prices will come back down.

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The City of Summerville will be making changes to Broad Street coming up next week.

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The Sexual Assault Center of Northwest Georgia that serves residents in the area, including Chattooga County, is presenting the “Fall Rome Underground Tours”.  The event is a fundraiser for the organization that helps victims of sexual assault in our area.

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Counselors will be on hand this morning at Chattooga High School after a tragic automobile accident on Sunday that took the lives of Chattooga High School students. 

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Holly Hogan was chosen to represent Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) at the Dinah Culbreath Wayne EAGLE Leadership Institute state competition on March 1-2, 2023.

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The Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit Drug Task Force made two drug arrests recently in Chattooga County. 

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