Floyd County Public Works is actively closing Big Texas Valley Road at Cabin Creek Bridge due to flood damage to the bridge.
Big Texas Valley Road will be closed to thru traffic from Huffaker Road to Friday Road until further notice.
The official detour will flow from Friday Road to Highway 100 to Alabama Highway (See detour route map above).
Here is the latest arrest report from the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office for Thursday, September 15, 2022:
The Walker County Ag Festival will be held this Saturday, September 17th from 8AM-5PM at the Walker County Ag Center, located at 10052 Hwy 27 in Rock Spring.
The Summerville City Council met on Monday evening of this week and approved a new position at city hall. The council voted to approve the salary for a new IT person at a starting salary of $47,500 annually. The council approved the salary and position, but opted to continue to advertise the open position for potential candidates. The council also voted to approve almost $7,000 for payment for flood recovery cleanup by Superior Relief Services for work at the city’s maintenance building.
A media release from the Salvation Army says members, volunteers and partners have served more than 15,000 meals and snacks at various local churches and other locations in Chattooga County from their mobile kitchens. In addition, individual donors have given truckloads of water.
Funeral services are set for this Saturday for a Georgia State Trooper Cadet who passed away after training exercises, according to the Georgia State Patrol. Thirty-six-year-old Patrick Dupree was a former police officer in Cave Spring in Floyd County.
A Walker County, Georgia man was arrested in DeKalb County, Alabama last month, according to DeKalb County Sheriff Nick Weldon’s monthly narcotics arrest report.
The Labor Day Weekend Flood in Summerville did a good bit of damage to the Chattooga County Courthouse Annex. Tax Commissioner Joy Hampton told WZQZ News that her office is operating at this time, but that there are still a lot of issues to overcome.
A forty-four-year-old Rome man is accused of breaking into the Floyd County College and Career Academy on Tom Poe Drive Monday.
The Chattooga County Health Department, 60 Farrar Drive, Summerville, is now offering flu vaccines on a walk-in basis, usually with no out-of-pocket expense, during regular health department hours.
