The Rome News Tribune reported yesterday that industrial facilities released more than 5 million pounds of toxic chemicals into Georgia’s waterways in 2020, putting Georgia in 13th place nationwide, according to a new report released by Environment Georgia. Many of those waterways supply drinking water to thousands of people in the Peach State.
The seventh annual Sequoyah Quilt Show is making a return to the Historic Summerville Depot, located at 119 East Washington Street in downtown Summerville, on Saturday and Sunday, October 8-9. Show hours for Saturday are 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. and Sunday 12:00 noon – 4:00 p.m. The quilt show will feature a wide variety of modern, antique, and rare quilts. Admission is free to the public. Food by Small Town BBQ will be on site for purchase. For more information on this event contact Summerville Main Street at (706)859-0900 Ext. 13
Georgia Northwestern Technical College’s (GNTC) Business Healthcare Technology program prepares graduates not only to help combat a nationwide shortage of medical coders but also to provide data that will influence medical protocols and patient outcomes.
A thirty-two-year-old LaFayette man was arrested by LaFayette Police after fleeing from a Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit Drug Task Force Agent who had attempted to pull him over.
Fifty years after its first flight, variations and progeny of the venerable A-10 Thunderbolt are still flying. And the mechanical beast known as the “Warthog” will return Oct. 15-16 to the 2022 Wings Over North Georgia Air Show (WONG), where it has quickly become a crowd favorite.
A Superior Court judge has ruled that there is no need to delay the upcoming trial over the state’s heartbeat abortion law. The law says it is illegal to have an abortion or to provide one after six weeks of pregnancy in most cases.
Here is the latest arrest report from the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office for Thursday, October 6, 2022:
An employee with the City of Summerville Water Department requested a report to be filed by the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office after he found that a meter that had been locked by the City had been tampered with. The theft of services happened on Johnson Road in Summerville. The city employee said that there had been around $400 worth of water stolen. A report was filed on behalf of the city.
According to a report from the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office, the sheriff’s department and the Georgia State Patrol were conducting a driver’s license check and safety checkpoint last week near Ridgeway Road in Trion, when a man pulled up and deputies smelled a strong odor of marijuana coming from the vehicle. The man admitted to having a small amount of marijuana and handed it over to deputies. While searching the vehicle, another small bag of marijuana was found, along with an open container of alcohol. The beer bottle was cold to the touch, according to the report from the sheriff’s office, and the man said he had just purchased the beer. A state trooper performed a field sobriety test which the driver passed. After determining that the driver was not impaired, the deputy issued a citation to Robert Leitner for an open container of alcohol and allowed him to leave.
A pedestrian was struck by an oncoming vehicle in Rome on Monday. Rome Police say that forty-two-year-old Patricia Barnes stepped out into the path of a 2007 Jeep Liberty that was turning onto Redmond Circle. Police say that the pedestrian was wearing earbuds and was not walking in the crosswalk. The incident happened around 10:41 AM on Monday. WZQZ has reported about the uptick in pedestrian accidents and deaths in Georgia and across the country. Chattooga County has seen four pedestrian deaths this year.
