January is National Blood Donor Month because it is the most difficult month of the year for blood banks across the nation due to lower collections. If every donor who gave once a year gave twice, there would never be a blood shortage. Blood Assurance is asking everyone to “give two in 2022”.
Two more people have been arrested this week by the Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit Drug Task Force. According to arrest records, fifty-one-year-old Derena Simone Wallin and forty-year-old Whitney Corrine Matijiw were both charged with possession of meth with intent to distribute, possession of a schedule one controlled substance and trafficking in cocaine or illegal drugs.
An Alabama family is looking for a pet that was lost during a serious accident between Lyerly and Alpine the day after Christmas.
State-funded prekindergarten and child care teachers in Georgia will get a second round of $1,000 bonuses paid from federal coronavirus aid.
Georgia House Speaker David Ralston, a Republican from Blue Ridge, has thrown his support behind the idea of letting voters decide if they want to legalize gambling in the Peach State.
The Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) Foundation awarded scholarships to 34 qualifying students for the 2022 spring semester.
It is now “wait and see” after Atrium Health-Floyd announced that they have filed the paperwork with the Georgia Department of Community Health. The Certificate of Need was filed last week, according to County Commissioner Blake Elsberry.
Governor Brian Kemp visited Walker County Friday to celebrate the $118 million investment being made by GE Appliances at Roper Corporation in LaFayette.
Here is the latest arrest report from the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office for Friday, January 7, 2022:
