According to Cherokee County, Alabama Sheriff Jeff Shaver, deputies and an Alabama State Trooper were involved in a pursuit in the Waterloo community on Tuesday afternoon.
Here is the latest arrest report from the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office for Thursday, March 9, 2023:
On Friday of last week a Chattooga County teenager was warned not to return to the Dollar Tree Parking lot, including the businesses close by, after he was found doing burnouts in the parking lot. A Chattooga County Sheriff’s deputy issued a trespass warning to nineteen-year-old Gary Scott Carroll and made him leave the premises. The next night, the deputy observed Carroll in the parking lot of the thrift store in the same vicinity of the Dollar Tree. According to the deputy’s report, Caroll was “standing around three pickup trucks, talking and laughing” for about fifteen minutes before the deputy approached him. Carroll was arrested and taken to the Chattooga County Jail on charges of criminal trespass.
State Rep. Eddie Lumsden (R-Armuchee) has released his weekly legislative report for last week. Rep. Lumsden talks about the Mental Health Parity Act to reform Georgia’s mental health care delivery system. He says that this year’s bipartisan mental health bill will create a task force to improve the delivery of mental health care in the state, and expand treatment options. Also, the House is addressing veteran’s mental health with bipartisan legislation to create a Veterans Mental Health Services Program. The program would prioritize those seeking grants that are within fifty miles of a military base in Georgia. You can read Rep. Lumsden’s complete report below:
Ring in spring with Paradise Garden during the next Creative Spirit Retreat, this Saturday, March 11th from 10:30 am – 3 pm ET, where you will enjoy a session of rejuvenating yoga and, in the spirit of Howard Finster, create wind chimes with found objects (keys, beads, nuts and bolts, etc.)!
State Senator Colton Moore was the only senator in Georgia to vote against a bill that would expand eligibility for the federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program in Georgia to pregnant women.
A Missouri man was clocked doing 93 MPH in a 65 MPH speed zone on Highway 27 and claimed that he was a cop and the CIA was “after him”.
The Georgia General Assembly’s “crossover day” – the day a bill must pass in order to make it to the other legislative body – was on Monday of this week. Here are some of the bills that didn’t make it this year:
It won’t be long until it is time for the Easter Bunny, and he’s making a stop at Sloppy Floyd State Park! Be sure to bring the kids and take a picture with the Easter Bunny. You will find him at the fire ring in front of the park office. There is no charge to take pictures, and each child will be given a treat bag. A $5 parking pass or an annual pass per vehicle is required by the park. The Chattooga and Trion Libraries have a limited number of parking passes that can be checked out at no cost. The Easter Bunny will be available for pictures on Saturday, April 8th from 11 AM until 2 PM at Sloppy Floyd State park.
A nuclear power plant in Georgia has begun splitting atoms in one of its two new reactors, Georgia Power said Monday, a key step toward reaching commercial operation at the first new nuclear reactors built from scratch in decades in the United States.