The Chattooga, Floyd, Gordon, and Walker County Young Farmer Chapters are hosting a Precision Agriculture Update.
Floyd County Police say that a Gordon County man was shot in a domestic incident in the Shannon area in northeastern Floyd County. The incident happened near the Floyd-Bartow County line, east of the Highway 140 – Highway 53 intersection. Fifty-three-year-old Raymond G. Johnson Jr. died as a result of the shooting and another unnamed man was injured. Floyd County Police say that Johnson’s body was taken to the GBI crime lab in Decatur for an autopsy. The specific cause of death for Johnson has not been released. The incident is still under investigation.
On Friday, September 16, 2022 at approximately 2 pm, Deputy Villagomez with the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office stopped a white Ford passenger car on Highway 27 in the area of Silver Hill road. The driver was stopped for speeding after being clocked traveling northbound at 83 mph in a 65 mph zone.
Here is the latest arrest report from the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office for Sunday, September 18, 2022:
Georgians are using the new national mental health crisis line 988. According to the Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities in the first 45 days, 476 calls resulted in rescues of people whose lives were believed to be in danger.
Drug Free Chattooga is hosting an event titled “Escape The Vape!” on September 20th at 7pm at the Chattooga County Civic Center. 87% of Chattooga County was surveyed and said that vaping is a huge issue for our kids.
A reminder, the Tillotson-Menlo Grant Application period is open now through October 21st. Over the past sixteen years a total of $6,370,767 has been awarded to provide funds for 735 worthwhile projects. The foundation hopes to award grants for 2022 and encourages all eligible groups and organizations to apply.
Georgia Labor Commissioner Mark Butler announced on Thursday that Georgia’s August unemployment rate was 2.8 percent for the second consecutive month while jobs numbers reached another all-time high increasing almost 16,000 from July. Georgia’s unemployment rate was nine-tenths of a percent lower than the national August 2022 unemployment rate of 3.7 percent.
Is it a tropical? Is it a couch’s? That’s the big question on every bird enthusiast’s mind who has visited Paris Lake at Georgia Highlands College in September to catch a rare glimpse at a Kingbird.
A Go Fund Me account has been set up for a Chattooga County family that lost everything in the Labor Day Weekend flood that dropped over 14 inches of rain in some parts of the county.