Chattooga’s Caroline Hodges Selected “Student Athlete Of The Week”

She has had an amazing high school football career and has set a lot of “firsts” for the Chattooga High School Football team – including being the first female to score points in a game for the Indians, and this past week, Senior Kicker Caroline Hodges was selected as the scoutSMART Student-Athlete of the Week for the state of Georgia in conjunction with Georgia High School Football Daily.

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Northwest Georgia Man Charged With Murder

Bartow County Man Arrested for Murder

The Bartow County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a man after a domestic violence death investigation.

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BBB: Online Scams Flourish During Pandemic

A shift toward online shopping during COVID-19, global supply chain crisis and a resurging economy have all created a recipe for a breakneck holiday shopping season – one where online shopping fraud poses a tremendous risk to consumers. Online purchase scams have skyrocketed during the pandemic, and social media ads play a key role in the mushrooming problem; a new Better Business Bureau (BBB) study finds.

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Georgia Power “Holiday Lights Sweepstakes”

As the holiday season kicks off, Georgia Power is inviting customers to show off their light displays and festive decorations on social media for a chance to win weekly prizes including home energy saving kits, and tickets to top Georgia holiday attractions and sporting events. The sweepstakes begins today and runs through Dec. 24, 2021.  

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GNTC Honors Fall Graduates

Close to 300 Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) students crossed the stage of the Dalton Convention Center on Thursday, Dec. 2, to the cheers of their families, friends and instructors.

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Summerville’s “Mistletoe Market” Saturday

The City of Summerville will hold “Christmas in the Park” on Friday, December 10th and Christmas fun and cheer will continue on Saturday, December 11 in Dowdy Park with Summerville Main Street’s annual Mistletoe Market.

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Two Lanes Now Open On I-75

CARTERSVILLE – Crews opened two left lanes of I-75 southbound in Bartow County south of exit 296. All I-75 southbound lanes were closed last night after a tractor-trailer damaged the Old Grassdale Road overpass.

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Omicron Variant Detected in Georgia Resident

The Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) has been notified of a Georgia resident currently in New Jersey who has tested positive for COVID-19 and the Omicron variant. The individual recently traveled from South Africa and was in Georgia for two days before traveling on to New Jersey where the testing and sequencing were done.

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Mrs. Shirley Ann Moore Willingham, Obit (ER)

MRS. SHIRLEY ANN MOORE WILLINGHAM, age 84, of Fish Hatchery Road, Summerville, Georgia, passed away Thursday afternoon, December 2, 2021, at her residence. She was born in Cedartown, Georgia on April 21, 1937, a daughter of the late Lonnie Britton Moore and Harriet Katherine Adams Moore. Mrs. Willingham was a Loving Mother, Grandmother, and Great Grandmother; was an avid golfer and former member of Trion Golf Club. She was member of Summerville First Baptist Church, the Fidelis Sunday School Class, and the Joy Club of the Church. Mrs. Willingham was preceded in death by her husband of 53 years, the late Babe Lee Willingham and a son, the late Stan Willingham.

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Mr. Gregory Doyle Trammell, Obit (C)

Mr. Gregory Doyle Trammell, age 43 of Trion, Georgia passed away suddenly Friday, December 3, 2021 at his residence.

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