Georgia will become one of the first states to allow motorists to carry their driver’s license on their iPhone, and it’s working on a similar license for Android phones.
The Trion School District released a weekly COVID report on Friday of last week. There were 2 positive cases at Trion High School; 5 cases at Trion Middle School; 3 cases at Trion Elementary School and 3 District Staff Members testing positive last week.
The COVID numbers have improved in the Chattooga County School system, according to numbers that were released on Friday of last week. No school in the system is showing a positive rate over 5% – which is the threshold for closing individual schools.
Here is the latest arrest report from the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office for Sunday, September 4, 2021:
Elevators in Georgia are required to be inspected by the Georgia Insurance and Fire Safety Commissioner’s Office, but Georgia’s Insurance Commissioner John King says that his department doesn’t have the funds allocated to fulfill the inspections.
Many schools across Georgia closed on Friday, giving students a four-day weekend during this Labor Day Holiday. School officials are hoping that the move will help with the COVID-19 cases that are on the rise across many school districts.
GDOT is restricting interstate highway and major state route construction-related lane closures this weekend due to the Labor Day Holiday.
Northwest Georgia health officials are urging residents to get vaccinated, but the region remains one of the lowest in the state for vaccination rates.
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Around 250 protestors gathered across from Floyd Medical Center in Rome on Friday afternoon to express their displeasure with employers mandating COVID-19 vaccines for their employees.
A group of pastors and laymen in Chattooga County have organized a weekly prayer service at the flagpole located in J.R. Dick Dowdy Park in Summerville. The prayer meetings are being held each Thursday at 6 PM and is open to all pastors and laypersons in the county who want to come and pray for Chattooga County. Organizers say there is no politics involved and anyone is welcome to come and pray.