Northwest Georgia is seeing hospital admissions as we’ve never seen before due to COVID-19, particularly in critical care.
Gasoline demand, and with it the prices at the pump, are likely to drop due to both COVID and the usual seasonal drop at the end of the vacation months. But the change over the past week has been minimal.
Livestock shows are at the heart of any agricultural fair and the Chattooga County Agricultural Fair is no exception. The fair gets underway on Thursday of this week, and kicks off with the 4H & FFA Market Goat Show at 5:30 PM.
On Monday, Attorney General Chris Carr provided an update on his office’s work to prosecute criminals and protect Georgians and their taxpayer dollars.
An Alabama man’s attempt to outrun the law ended on 7th Avenue in Menlo on Saturday night after he crashed his vehicle into a wooded area.
An Armuchee woman died in a three-vehicle wreck Friday night on Highway 140 at Floyd Springs Road.
Monday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first COVID-19 vaccine. The vaccine has been known as the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine, and will now be marketed as Comirnaty (koe-mir’-na-tee), for the prevention of COVID-19 disease in individuals 16 years of age and older. The vaccine also continues to be available under emergency use authorization (EUA), including for individuals 12 through 15 years of age and for the administration of a third dose in certain immunocompromised individuals.
Mr. Adam Wayne Drake, age 41, of Summerville, GA, died Saturday, August 21, 2021, at his residence.
Here is the latest arrest report from the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office for Monday, August 23, 2021:
Trion City Schools released their weekly COVID report on Friday of last week. There were six positive cases at Trion Elementary School; seven at Trion Middle School; two at Trion High School and five cases of District Staff Members testing positive this past week.