Mr. Christopher Lee Ray, age 46 of Trion, passed away Thursday, December 16, 2021 at the Redmond Regional Medical Centery.
Floyd County law enforcement arrested a Summerville man who is a second-grade teacher at Lyerly Elementary School on child sex charges. The charges stemmed from a sex sting dubbed Operation Safe Christmas and included men who were from as far away as Conyers, Georgia.
Unemployment is at an all-time low in Georgia and here in Chattooga County as well. The tight job market is making it harder for employers to attract needed workers.
The Chattanooga Times-Free Press is reporting this weekend that U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Rome, reported owning stock in three different COVID-19 vaccine makers during 2020, according to financial disclosures she submitted on August 13.
Ahead of the holiday season, drivers on the country’s roads should be wary of the dangers of travel. Value Penguin analyzed data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) database and found 12,610 fatal crashes around Thanksgiving and Christmas in the U.S. from 2010 to 2019 — the most recently available data.
The Georgia Department of Labor said the state record employment numbers and the lowest unemployment rate in the state’s recorded history in its November report. The DOL said the number of employed Georgians increased by 11,983 from October to November. The total of 5,027,981 employed Georgians is the highest number ever.
A missing Anniston, Alabama man was located in Cherokee County on Friday evening, according to Centre, Alabama police.
A Chattooga County woman reported an incident to the sheriff’s office last week and told a responding deputy that her sister who lives in Chickamauga had taken out insurance on an automobile using the complainant’s personal information. The complainant said that she noticed the charges approximately two months ago. While the complainant was reporting the incident to law enforcement, her sister called and told her that she “wanted to make it right”. The woman refused to give her full address to the responding deputy. The complainant said that she didn’t want to press charges at the time, but did want a report on file.
Among the six men arrested in a multi-agency child sex sting in Floyd County, dubbed Operation Safe Christmas, was a second grade elementary school teacher from Summerville who teaches second grade at Lyerly Elementary School as well as others who traveled from as far away as Conyers.
Here is the latest arrest report from the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office for Saturday, December 18, 2021: