At the close of day on Friday, the Georgia Department of Public Health was reporting eighteen more deaths in Georgia from COVID-19.
Here are the latest health inspection scores from the Chattooga County Environmental Health Department for the last half of December, 2021:
The Chattooga County Historical Society is planning its first meeting of the year for this coming weekend. The group will meet on Sunday, January 9, 2022 at 2 PM at The Summerville Depot. Historian Jim Day will be addressing the group and be speaking about life in Chattooga County in 1860. The Chattooga County Historical Society’s meetings are free and open to the public.
A fifty-five-year-old Summerville man was arrested after an altercation at a Summerville oil-change business.
While patrolling on Thompson Street in LaFayette after dark, a LaFayette Police officer nearly collided with two trucks covering both lanes of the street with no lights on. One of the drivers explained he was helping push the other truck into a yard, because it didn’t run. Officers noticed a baggy in the rear of one of the truck, which tested positive for methamphetamine. Twenty-three-year-old Avery Jamison Walker was charged with possession of methamphetamine and thirty-three-year-old Daniel Alex Snyder was arrested on a probation violation warrant.
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For the second time in a week, the Trion Bulldog Wrestling Team brought home top honors from a tournament. Over the weekend the Trion Bulldogs competed in the Calhoun New Years Day Dual Tournament.
Twitter has permanently suspended Georgia GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Twitter account @mtgreenee, the company confirmed to CNN Sunday morning.
Chattooga County Sheriff Mark Schrader says that out of an abundance of caution due to the possibility of winter weather on Monday, Superior Court will be delayed until 1 PM. If you have business in Superior Court on Monday, including jurors, you should not report until 1 PM. WZQZ will keep you up-to-date with any further announcements.
A faster connection to Interstate 75 is expected to move closer to reality in the new year. The Rome News Tribune reported on Sunday that construction on the connector could begin as soon as this summer.