Georgia Labor Commissioner Mark Butler said Thursday that all Regional Commissions recorded a rise in unemployment rates in May.
A thirty-three-year-old Rock Spring man was charged with DUI in Chattooga County recently after he was seen changing lanes without a signal and nearly striking another vehicle.
Here is the latest arrest report from the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office for Friday, June 24, 2022:
Chattooga County Commissioner Blake Elsberry is seeking bids on a new wheel loader. The commissioner’s bid request says that the county is looking to purchase a “wheel loader equivalent to a WA270 Komatsu with cab and air conditioning, bucket, forks and a power broom. According to online pricing, loaders like these are selling in excess of $150,000. The commissioner’s bid request says that the commissioner can accept or reject any bid. Bids are due at the commissioner’s office before 2 PM today.
The Foundation at Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) awarded $16,500 in scholarships–including the Vernon and Gaynelle Grizzard Scholarship, Patrick D. Doyle Law Enforcement Scholarship and Gene Haas Scholarship–for summer semester 2022 to 31 students.
The Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office was called to a South Little Sand Mountain Road address on Tuesday of this week concerning the theft of copper wiring from a cell phone tower site.
Every year thousands of workers become sick from heat exposure and some cases are fatal. Dangerous heat exposure can occur indoors or outdoors, in any season.
A Summerville man was arrested on outstanding warrants from Catoosa County, Georgia and received additional charges for giving false information to the arresting deputy.
On Thursday, Atrium Health Floyd held a dedication for the new helipad at Floyd Medical Center in Rome.