Earlier this week, Chattooga County Commissioner Blake Elsberry said that Chattooga County Public Works was very short staffed, due to four of the 9 employees testing positive for COVID-19. On Thursday morning, the commissioner said that public works would be closed Thursday & Friday for deep cleaning because of the amount of sickness at the department. You can see a press release from the commissioner below:
After news came on Wednesday that Chattooga High School had reached the 5% threshold of positive COVID-19 cases, Chattooga County School Supt. Jared Hosmer said that he wanted to release the COVID numbers for the entire school system to “ease everyone’s minds.”
The latest round of numbers from the Georgia Department of Labor show a continued steady improvement in the number of unemployed people in Northwest Georgia compared to this time last year.
Today is the opening day of the 2021 Chattooga County Agricultural Fair. Gates will open at 5 PM this evening and students will get in free, courtesy of AgGeorgia Farm Credit.
LaFayette Police answered a “disturbance” call Monday, from a North Main Street restaurant… where they found a woman who appeared to be under the influence of drugs, according to the report.
The Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR) says that two rare infectious diseases have been found in trout that is hatched a the Summerville Fish Hatchery in Chattooga County and one other hatchery located in Buford, Georgia.
Chattooga County Commissioner Blake Elsberry said that he has hired outside legal representation in the ongoing dispute between the county government and Trycon manufacturing in Lyerly.
Effective immediately, the Gordon Sheriff’s Office is reinstating certain precautions designed to reduce the danger of the spread of the COVID 19 virus:
