Chattooga County is upgrading Emergency Notification by adding weather warnings to the Hyper-Reach mass notification system. The new weather warning went into place on January 1st.
After another round of thunderstorms last night due to an advancing cold front, we are going to see temperatures falling throughout our Sunday and by tonight, we have the chance for a few snow showers. Most of the moisture will be moved to the east by the time the coldest air makes its way into Northeast Alabama and Northwest Georgia. Higher elevations, such as Mentone, Alabama and Cloudland, Georgia could see more snow showers – perhaps starting earlier in the day. The big news is the cold air that is on the way. As we start the first work week of 2022, we will see highs only in the upper 40’s on Monday and overnight lows in the lower 20’s.
Here is the latest arrest report from the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office for Saturday, January 1, 2022:
A Summerville couple’s home was damaged in a fire on Thursday and the family was displaced due to the blaze.
Trion Bulldog Rob Brown has been named to the Recruit Georgia All State Team. Brown set records for Trion in this year’s season, and has committed to play football for Kennesaw State University.
A nineteen-year-old Chattooga County man was arrested this week on burglary charges in connection with two burglaries in the Lawrence Community in Cherokee County, Alabama.
Any hope that COVID-19 would be a thing of the past, or at least would have subsided by 2022 is not going to be a reality. COVID-19 cases have increased recently and are extremely high. The number of hospitalized COVID patients has also risen in the Chattooga County area. Deaths have remained at about the same level. The test positivity rate in Chattooga County is also high, suggesting that cases may be undercounted, according to the latest data.
A cold case is heating up as DNA evidence helps identify a suspect who police believe beat, raped and then shot and killed a young girl in Southwest Atlanta in 1995.
The Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) is announcing the allocation of Merck and Pfizer oral antiviral treatments for COVID-19 to select retail pharmacies in Georgia. Initial supply of Molnupiravir and Paxlovid™ from the federal government is very limited. DPH anticipates additional allocations in the coming weeks as production increases.
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