The multi-agency Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit Drug Task Force made several arrests this past week in Northwest Georgia.
What started off as a friendly wager between Georgia State Troopers and their counterparts in Florida back into 1991 has become one of the major high visibility patrol campaigns for law enforcement in five Southeastern states.
The local chapter of the Georgia Young Farmers, Chattooga County Young Farmers ,was recognized by the Georgia Vocational Agriculture Teachers Association at the annual agriculture teacher conference in Tifton last week as the state winner for outstanding post-secondary program.
Here is the latest arrest report from the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office for Saturday, July 17, 2021:
A local church plans to give away 500 bookbags, along with toys, shoes, personal hygiene essentials and more at an event that will be held next Saturday, July 24, 2021.
Cherokee County, Alabama Sheriff’s Office personnel and other local law enforcement agencies responded to a call of “shots fired” just prior to 10 AM Friday.
Here is the latest health inspection score from the Chattooga County Environmental Health Department for the first half of July, 2021:
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Yesterday, July 16, 1934 was a dark day in history for textile workers across the South. Eighty-seven years ago mill workers at textile mills from Alabama to Maryland walked off the job in an effort to get better working conditions and higher wages. The move by the striking workers ended in deaths – including two at the cotton mill in Trion.
While summer’s heat has moderated recently, Georgia experienced temperatures reaching into the 90s in many parts of the state earlier this summer. Georgia Power is reminding customers that the company offers energy assistance programs to those in need of help paying or reducing those early summer energy bills.
A 130 mile per hour chase from LaFayette to Chickamauga resulted in multiple charges from the Georgia State Patrol.