MRS. PATRICIA LYNN HARRIS, age 56, of Rome, Georgia passed away Thursday evening, July 28, 2022. She was born in Floyd County, Georgia on October 23, 1965, a daughter to the late Edward Johnston and Margaret Wright Johnston. Mrs. Harris worked as a LPN in a Rome nursing home and was a member of the New Hope South Baptist Church.
The Chattooga Young Farmers will have a busy month during August with two educational classes and participation at the Chattooga County Agricultural Fair.
Here is the latest arrest report from the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office for Friday, July 29, 2022:
On Sunday of this week, Chattooga County Deputies responded to a call at Archie’s Food Mart located in Subligna about damage to a vehicle. When deputies arrived on the scene, they spoke with James Rochester who said he had been doing some work on a nearby farm when a woman jumped in his vehicle and tried to drive off in it.
More tiny infants who need lifesaving care can now be brought quickly to Floyd Medical Center, thanks to Atrium Health Floyd’s new Neonatal Intensive Care Transport.
It’s back to school for Chattooga County School students today and that means motorists will need to start using extra caution on area roads, especially in school zones.
In 1995, the World Friendship Flag Project, promoting peace and friendship, across the world, began in Summerville. It was spearheaded then, and is cheered on today, by John Turner, now retired but previously an art teacher at Chattooga High School and Rotary International’s high school student club advisor in Summerville. Thanks to efforts by Turner and many others including Summerville’s world-renowned folk-artist Howard Finster, Summerville has become known as the “Friendship Capital of the World.”
Farm Aid is returning to Raleigh, North Carolina this fall with a line-up that boasts the likes of organizers Willie Nelson and John Mellencamp, Dave Matthews with Tim Reynolds, Margo Price, Chris Stapleton, Sheryl Crow, Nathaniel Rateliff and The Night Sweats and Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real.
Once again, the Northwest Georgia area has seen another spike in COVID-19 cases over the past week. The Georgia Department of Public Health releases updates on COVID-19 cases on Wednesday of each week.
A Rome man arrested early Tuesday on an aggravated assault charge has now been additionally charged with armed robbery.