If you have business at a government building in Floyd County, you will want to be aware of new parking time limits that went in place as of January 1st.
Georgia gas prices continue to decrease at the pump compared to a week ago. Georgia motorists are now paying an average price of $3.09 per gallon for regular unleaded gasoline. Monday’s state average is 1 cent less than a week ago, 11 cents less than last month and 99 cents more than this time last year.
A seventy-two-year-old Trion man was recently indicted by the Chattooga County Grand Jury on charges of child molestation.
The Northwest Georgia Chapter of the American Red Cross seeks volunteers to do disaster work, office administration and community outreach at health fairs and other events in Chattooga, Dade, Catoosa, Gordon, Murray, Walker, Whitfield counties. Training will be provided. For more information, call 706-728-3408 or visit redcross.org/nwga.
Trion United Methodist Church will have their Brunswick Stew available Saturday, January 8th. It is $8 per quart. It is on a first come first served basis. You may pick the stew up around 10:30 a.m. through 1:00 p.m.
Also, the Untied Methodist Women will have a Bake Sale beginning around 10:00 a.m. -1:00 p.m. there will be a selection of cookies, brownies, fried pies, cakes and other sweets.
Mrs. Gale Boyd Holland, age 73, of Rome, GA, died Sunday, January 2, 2022, at her residence.
Most of Chattooga County woke up to no snow on Monday morning, but that wasn’t the case for residents of Cloudland who had anywhere from 2-5 inches of snow that fell between 2 AM and daybreak.
Chattooga County Superior Court Judge Kristina Cook Graham announced on Monday morning that criminal jury trials that were scheduled for this week have been canceled. Potential jurors were scheduled to be at the courthouse at 1 PM Monday afternoon, but they do not need to show up today – nor the rest of the week.
Here is the latest arrest report from the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office for Monday, January 3, 2022:
At the close of day on Friday, the Georgia Department of Public Health was reporting eighteen more deaths in Georgia from COVID-19.