Georgia Masons Grandmaster Michael Kessler presented a check to the Chattooga Chamber Foundation for Chattooga Flood Relief on Sunday of this week. The ceremony took place at the Chattooga Civic Center in Summerville.
A county-wide competition to “Clean up Chattooga” County is coming in April. The event organizers are encouraging civic clubs, churches, businesses, youth organizations and others to come together and build teams to go out and pick up litter in various locations in the county.
U.S. Senator John Ossoff (D-GA) was in Northwest Georgia yesterday to announce new life-saving equipment that is coming to Chattooga County with Atrium Health’s free standing emergency department.
Concerns about self-driving cars are significantly higher than last year, according to an annual automated vehicle survey just released by AAA. The survey reveals 68% of drivers are afraid of riding in a self-driving vehicle. That’s up from 55% in 2022, and the largest annual increase since 2020.
A thirty-four-year-old Chattooga County man was arrested in Armuchee in Floyd County on Thursday of this week after Floyd County Police charged him with driving under the influence. Vincent Ray Hix, of a Highway 100 Summerville address, was arrested in the Food Lion Parking Lot, across from the Georgia State Patrol Post in Rome and charged with being under the influence of multiple substances.
A handful of Georgia senators that wanted to legalize sports betting in the Peach State had their bill shot down this week in the Georgia Senate as anti-gambling senators joined forces with others who believed an attempt to legalize sports betting without it going before voters was unconstitutional.
The Georgia State Patrol says that a fifty-seven-year-old woman was killed after she was struck by a pickup truck in Calhoun on Wednesday of this week. According to reports, the woman was staying at a motel in Calhoun and attempted to cross Highway 53 near the Curtis Parkway, when she was struck by a Ford F-150 pickup truck. Helen Louise Fain was taken to Advent Health Gordon for treatment but passed away from her injuries.
Storm damage at Berry College
Strong storms moved through Northeast Alabama and Northwest Georgia this (Friday, March 3rd) afternoon. The National Weather Service issued a Tornado Warning shortly before 3 PM for parts of neighboring Floyd and Gordon Counties and a severe Thunderstorm warning was in place for Walker County. The severe weather has passed, but there is a lot of cleanup from the storms. Reports of trees and power lines down were coming in from around the area. In neighboring DeKalb County, Alabama, officials reported that a tornado was confirmed at Dutton on Sand Mountain. In Floyd County, there were multiple trees down and damage being reported on the campus of Berry College. Power outages were also being reported around the area. The good news is that we are looking for clearing skies tonight and Saturday, Sunday and Monday will be clear, but cooler with plenty of sunshine.
A video of Tuesday night’s Chattooga County Planning Commission meeting is now available online. This morning, WZQZ News reported that the video had not been posted, but there is now a link to that video on our website at Chattooga Info Dot Com. At that meeting, the planning commission was asked several questions by members of the public. One person asked why Chattooga County Commissioner Blake Elsberry does not attend the planning commission meetings. After the question, the chairman of the planning commission Eddy Willingham exclaimed “This meeting is getting out of hand. This meeting is adjourned”. Chattooga County Commissioner Blake Elsberry has told WZQZ News several times that he will not participate in any of the decisions of the planning commission and is waiting for them to present him with a final draft to amend the county’s land use ordinance. The commission has yet to present that draft to the commissioner. You can watch the meeting HERE (Audio quality is not the best).