Georgia beaches are not only vacation destinations, they are prime spots for nesting shorebirds and seabirds and for migrating species feeding for long flights to the Arctic.
Floyd EMS has been awarded the Region 1 EMS Service of the Year Award for the fifth time, and Bud Owens, executive director, has also earned the Dr. Virginia Hamilton Special Achievement Award for 2022.
Thirty-one Navy, Army and Marine Corps ROTC students from four universities (Old Dominion, Hampton, Norfolk State and Regent) became officers at ODU’s annual Spring Commissioning Ceremony.
Mr. James “Bo” Anderson, age 71, of Lyerly, GA, died Friday, May 13, 2022, at his residence.
Mrs. Edna “Sue” Bearden, age 82, of Trion, GA, died Friday, May 13, 2022, at Advent Health Redmond.
VESTON DEWAYNE COPELAND, AGE 74 of Washington Street, passed away Friday, May 13th 2022, in a Rome hospital. He was born in Sand Rock, Alabama on September 26, 1947, son of the late Martin Copeland and Melissa Mitchell Copeland. Mr. Copeland was a member of the Summerville First Baptist Church and retired Electrician from Georgia Power.
Mrs. Nancy Carolyn Dodd, age 86, of Summerville, GA, died Saturday, May 14, 2022, at her residence.
Here is the latest arrest report from the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office for Saturday, May 14, 2022:
Miss Robin Jane Ward, age 68, of Cloudland, GA, died Thursday, May 12, 2022, at her residence.
MRS. SHIRLEY MAXEY, age 88, of Martha Berry Highway, Rome, Georgia, passed away Thursday evening in a Rome Hospital, following an unexpected illness.