Multiple fire departments responded to a fatal mobile home fire on Highway 9 in Cherokee County, Alabama last Friday night.  The fire was on Highway 9, just south of the Centre city limits.  Fire departments from Centre, Spring Creek and Ellisville responded to the fire around midnight Friday and remained on the scene until 5 AM on Saturday morning.  Cherokee County Coroner Paul McDonald identified the victim as James C. McKinney of Centre.  The fire is under investigation by the Cherokee County, Alabama Sheriff’s Office and the fire marshal.

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The family of a Menlo woman who died from a suspected fentanyl overdose last week in Walker County has set up a Go Fund Me account to help the woman’s two daughters, one who has special needs.

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Summerville Police arrested a Martin Street man last week after he got into a verbal and physical altercation with his girlfriend.  Police were called to the scene of the incident and said that when they arrived Steven Lee McGaugh was screaming at the woman.  According to the police report, McGaugh “kept on being irate during the investigation”.  Police also said that McGaugh could be heard screaming outside the residence by neighbors.  McGaugh was arrested on disorderly conduct charges and booked into the Chattooga County Jail shortly after 9 PM last Wednesday.

A fifty-six-year-old Aragon man is dead following a shooting on Reservoir Street in Rome Saturday.

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U.S. Representative Marjorie Taylor-Greene is blaming the lack of border security with Mexico for the fentanyl deaths that happened in Walker County last week.  Those three deaths included a woman from Chattooga County.

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Over the weekend, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation identified a New Jersey man as the one who was shot and killed by law enforcement officers in Calhoun late last week. 

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Here is the latest arrest report from the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office for Sunday, February 5, 2023:

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Conagra Brands is recalling over 2.5 million pounds of canned meat and poultry after a packaging defect that might cause contamination was found, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service announced recently. The recall mainly impacts canned Vienna Sausage sold nationwide under several different brand names including Armour, GOYA, Kroger and Walmart’s Great Value.  The problem was discovered when a Congra location in Iowa noticed spoiled and leaking cans with multiple production dates in a warehouse, the agency said. The goods were produced between Dec. 12, 2022, and Jan.13, and shipped to retail locations across the country. The affected products have the establishment number “P4247,” according to the agency. Customers who have purchased these products are asked not to consume them and to either throw them out or return them to the place of purchase. Anyone with questions about the recall can call 800-289-6014, or email consumer.care@conagra.com.