Here is the latest arrest report from the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office for Wednesday, March 2, 2022:
Yesterday (Tuesday), Chattooga County Board of Education member Brad Hayes announced that he would not be seeking reelection to his seat on the board of education. Hayes represents Seat Two on the local board of education, representing the Pennville area. Already, at least one candidate has declared their intentions to qualify for the seat. Tiffany Lawrence told a local news blog that she plans to run for the seat. Lawrence is a cosmetologist and has children that attend Chattooga County Schools. Her announcement did not indicate if she would be qualifying as a Democrat or a Republican. Qualifying starts next week.
A recall of powdered infant formula is expanding to include a specialty formula for infants with certain dietary needs. Abbott Nutrition is now recalling one lot of Similac PM 60/40 in addition to select lots of Similac, Alimentum, and EleCare formulas manufactured in its Sturgis, Michigan, facility. The products are sold throughout the U.S. The Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) is urging parents and caregivers of infants to check their powdered infant formula before using it.
It was a short week for legislators last week at the Gold Dome in Atlanta, but State Rep. Eddie Lumsden (R-Armuchee), who represents Chattooga and a large portion of Floyd County in the state house, says that it was a productive week. Law makers passed a bipartisan bill that will give greater care to pregnant women who are in Georgia’s prisons. Also, a bipartisan bill was passed that will expand Medicaid for patients with HIV. You can read Rep. Lumsden’s full report below:
The Chattooga County School District needs to fill several open positions. There are job openings for bus drivers, custodians, paraprofessionals and aides. You can find all the information about each job in the listings below. If you have questions, you can contact Dawn Campbell, the human resources director at 706-859-3043.
Both Leadership Chattooga classes visited the State Capitol in February. The Student Edition met with Senator Jeff Mullis, Representative Eddie Lumsden, and Lieutenant Governor Geoff Duncan on their tour of the Capitol. Senator Mullis’ son, Greg, and staff member Caroline Cole led the tour, along with NWJDA Project Manager Spencer Hogg. The students were able to watch the Senate pass legislation from the gallery in the Senate Chamber, and afterwards they sat in on Senator Mullis’ Rules Committee meeting.
Proclaimed 80 years ago by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Red Cross Month is an annual celebration recognizing local heroes who make the lifesaving mission of the Red Cross possible – volunteers, blood donors, people trained in lifesaving skills and supporters who step up in emergencies when #HelpCantWait.
On Tuesday, an Eagle Lane, Trion man told responding deputies that a storage building had been broken into while he was away for about two months visiting his mother.
Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) students had an outstanding performance at the 2022 SkillsUSA Georgia State Leadership and Skills Conference, Feb. 24-26, in Atlanta. GNTC competed in 10 categories and took home 11 medals: four gold, four silver and three bronze.
A forty-four-year-old Chattooga County man has been charged with vehicular homicide in neighboring Walker County in connection with a deadly crash last September.