The Georgia Department of Labor released new unemployment numbers last Thursday. Unemployment remains at a historic low in the state and here in Chattooga County as well.
The Georgia General Assembly did not use any of its 40 legislative days this past week as the Joint Appropriations Committee met to discuss budgets. While many legislators were present at the Capitol for the hearings, there was a considerable number who attended virtually. The week of budget hearings lasted through Thursday and legislators are set to return today for legislative Day 5. State Representative Eddie Lumsden, who represents Chattooga County and a portion of Floyd County in the Georgia House issued the following legislative update for the first week of the 2022 Georgia General Assembly:
Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, who represents Chattooga County and the 14th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives, will be hosting a townhall meeting in Ringgold on Tuesday evening, January 25, 2022.
The Chattooga County School District will begin a hybrid schedule today that will have students doing virtual learning on Mondays and Fridays and attending class on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays until February 22, 2022. Chattooga County Board of Education member Brad Hayes shared the following synopsis of the board of education meeting when the decisions was made to go to the hybrid schedule last Thursday.
Over the weekend, Ingles Supermarket has released a statement about the supply chain issue that is affecting many major retailers at this time.
Dredging work at DeSoto Falls Picnic Area is scheduled to begin Monday, and the work will likely keep the scenic and popular attraction closed for the next two months.
Chattooga County’s only survivor of the D-Day invasion and only surviving Women’s Auxiliary Corps veteran passed away on Sunday.
Mr. John Carl “J.C.” Grimes, Jr., age 83, of Trion, GA, died Saturday, January 22, 2022, at Parkside Nursing and Rehabilitation.
MR. SHANE ELROD, age 45, of Bittings Avenue, Summerville, Georgia, passed away January 13, 2022, at his residence. Shane was born in Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia on January 28, 1976, was a son of the late Franklin Dave Elrod and the late Martha Sharon Little Elrod. He was employed by J. P. Smith Lumber Company.
There was no doubt that the Trion Bulldog Wrestling team were contenders going into Saturday’s GHSA Class A dual meet championship, but they were facing some very stiff competition agaisnt Mount Pisgah and Social Circle. Commerce had won six consecutive state duals titles until Trion ended that run two years ago.