A forty-two-year-old Kingston, Georgia man was arrested last week after investigators charged him with stealing power from Georgia Power – something that had been going on for over two years, according to arrest records.
As of Friday, there were fourteen COVID patients in Rome area hospitals. Atrium Health Floyd had nine patients and Advent Health Redmond had five patients. According to the latest COVID report from the Georgia Department of Public Health, Northwest Georgia has seen the largest increase in the number of COVID cases since mid-April over the past week. The Georgia Department of Public Health reports 287 additional cases in the region for the week ending Wednesday. The previous high since weekly reporting began in mid April: 197 through June 8th. Georgia also reported 43 COVID deaths, the fewest in four weeks. Three of those deaths came from Northwest Georgia and included residents of Floyd, Polk and Chattooga Counties.
Chattooga County Tax Commissioner Joy Hampton will hold a sale on the courthouse steps next month for properties with unpaid property taxes. There are sixteen properties on the list. At her most recent tax sale, two properties were sold – one on at Cloudland and one off Highway 100 in Summerville. Hampton says she started with 83 properties for the last sale, but 81 property owners came in and either paid the taxes, or set up payment plans. In addition to the tax sale next month, the tax commissioner says she will hold one more tax sale this year – in October. Find out all the details below:
Chattooga County DFCS currently has two job openings. Please put Chattooga County as the location when filling out the application.
A Dalton business owner has pleaded guilty in federal court to dumping more than 100 drums and other containers of chemicals, including hazardous waste, on property in Rock Spring, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr is asking for a reversal of a court decision about Georgia’s controversial “heartbeat law”.
A ribbon-cutting was held Thursday for the new helipad at Floyd Medical Center as Atrium Health Floyd celebrated another milestone in its expanding trauma program.
Georgia Power has filed a request with the Georgia Public Service Commission that would allow them to increase customer rates.
Here is the latest arrest report from the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office for Saturday, June 25, 2022:
The Supreme Court sided with a Georgia death row inmate on Thursday who wants to be executed by firing squad instead of by lethal injection, which is currently the only authorized method of execution in the state.