According to the latest numbers from the Georgia Department of Public Health (GDPH), COVID-19 cases continue to decline.
LaFayette Police arrested a construction worker for being under the influence this past week after they found him inebriated near a construction site.
A juvenile offender who escaped from a Tennessee correction facility was captured in Northwest Georgia this past week.
The Adairsville Police Department received a BOLO (Be On the Lookout) for a vehicle containing a juvenile who had escaped from a detention facility in Nashville.
According to information received by officers, a male juvenile was being transported to a local hospital in Nashville due to an apparent illness.
Upon arriving at the hospital, a female suspect apparently pulled up to the ambulance, displayed a firearm to the Ambulance staff, and the male juvenile jumped into the vehicle with her and they sped away.
As informational updates were put out to surrounding agencies, Adairsville Police Department officers set up and watched I-75 southbound in an attempt to locate the vehicle the subjects were fleeing in. A short time later the vehicle, a 2020 Nissan Altima with a Tennessee tag matching the lookout was spotted, in the still-dark hours of the morning.
Adairsville Officers followed the vehicle down Interstate 75 at a safe distance and notified dispatch of their location and speed while requesting backup officers to assist with the traffic stop.
A short time later the Adairsville Police Department along with the Bartow County Sheriff’s Office and the Georgia State Patrol conducted a felony stop of the vehicle around mile marker 291 on Interstate 75 southbound.
Ms. Tunisia Leenae Carey, age 22, of Springfield Tn. was taken into custody along with the escaped juvenile. A loaded handgun was found in the vehicle inside of a purse on the back seat. Criminal charges in the state of Georgia will be handled by the Bartow County Sheriff’s office.
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Those sweet Georgia-grown Vidalia onions are starting to hit the grocery store shelves, and Lauren Jarrett with the Chattooga Young Farmers says that it is not to late for you to get your order in for their Vidalia Onion fundraiser. Jarrett said that the deadline to order Vidalia Onions from the Chattooga Young Farmers has been extended until Tuesday of this week. You can contact Ms. Jarrett or any Chattooga Young Farmer to order your Vidalia Onions.
An Atlanta man is facing ten years in prison in connection with a child-sex case in Northwest Georgia.
Here is the latest arrest report from the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office for Saturday, April 16, 2022:
It’s a problem across the United States. Government jobs were once considered to offer job security and paid above the prevailing wage, but now local and county governments across the country are struggling to find enough workers to fill empty jobs.
The Town of Lyerly has accepted a bid to build a storage facility at Lyerly Town Hall. At the last council meeting, the council unanimously approved a bid from B.J. Gamble Construction to pour concrete and enclose an area behind town hall that will be used for storage. The council had a previous bid of over $25,000 which was rejected by the council. The current bid came in at $8,540.
The Vietnam Veterans Alliance annual Barbecue for Veterans is set for May 21st this year. It starts at noon on Homer Cagle Road, South of Roper. All veterans and their families are invited for free barbecue, live music and fellowship. For more information, call (423) 762 9146.
Georgia Labor Commissioner Mark Butler announced Thursday that Georgia’s wages across the state are rising and the March unemployment rate dropped to an all-time low of 3.1 percent from February’s revised rate of 3.2 percent. Georgia’s unemployment rate was five-tenths of a percent lower than the national March 2022 unemployment rate of 3.6 percent.