For over a decade, downtown Summerville churches along with the Grady Allen-Jimmy Vaughn School Supply have presented “Sharing His Love Through School Supplies”. This year’s event is scheduled for next Saturday, July 30th from 10 AM – 1 PM.
The Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) today approved Georgia Power’s 2022 Integrated Resource Plan (IRP), which sets forth a proactive, innovative and transformational roadmap for how Georgia Power will continue to meet the energy needs of customers, local communities and the State of Georgia for future generations.
The University of North Georgia, in collaboration with the FBI Atlanta field office’s Computer Intrusion Squad, is distributing the bi-annual FBI-UNG Georgia Cyber Threat Survey to Georgia businesses, non-profits, and local governments, in partnership with the Georgia Department of Labor.
The Home Depot store in Rome reported a theft to the Rome Police Department this week. According to reports, equipment was reported stolen after a renter failed to return over $27,000 worth of merchandise. The customer had rented a Kubota U17 mini excavator along with a trailer. The renter failed to return the equipment on the scheduled day. The value of the the excavator is $23,288 and the value of the trailer is $3,871.30. There were no names of possible suspects mentioned in the report.
Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park is a short drive from Chattooga County and the park will be offering several interpretive programs during the month of August. All of the outdoor events are weather dependent. Programs will be held at the visitor’s center, unless otherwise noted. You can find all of the events scheduled for next month below:
Mrs. Evelyn Rebecca Evans Houser, age 96, of Trion, GA, died Friday, July 22, 2022, at Advent Health Redmond.
Yesterday, WZQZ News reported on an incident report from the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office that was released this week about an incident that happened last weekend concerning a teenager that was taken to jail for assault. We were not aware, nor was there any indication in the report from the sheriff’s office that the teenager in question was Autistic. Still, WZQZ would like to apologize to the family and have deleted the article from our website and social media. While all incident reports are public record, WZQZ will reach out the the sheriff’s office in an effort to make sure there are more facts presented in public reports of this nature.
Here is the latest arrest report from the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office for Friday, July 22, 2022:
A former employee of Complete Cash on Dean Avenue in Rome was arrested this week after reports said stole money and forged documents.
The Georgia Department of Transportation is working with Chicago-based commercial real estate company JLL to plan a network of electric vehicle charging stations across the state.