An eight-year-old was killed and a woman was injured in a vehicle crash in Walker County on Tuesday afternoon, according to the Georgia State Patrol.
Students from Georgia Northwestern Technical College’s (GNTC) nine-county service area will participate in a vehicle procession outside of the Floyd County Campus (FCC), in Rome on Thursday, May 6, to safely celebrate their success in completing their program of study.
Cherokee County, Alabama Sheriff Jeff Shaver is excited to announce a series of upcoming community meetings to be held across Cherokee County through the summer.
Georgia Power, in collaboration with the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT), is encouraging awareness of driving alert through work zones to help keep workers safe as part of National Work Zone Awareness Week, which runs from April 26 – 30.
WHAT: Weather permitting, GDOT Maintenance crews will be resurfacing a portion of I-75 northbound. The roadwork will close two lanes, and motorists should expect delays.
WHEN: Wednesday, April 28 from 9 a.m. until 4:30 p.m.
WHERE: The two northbound right lanes of I-75 will be closed between mileposts 300 and 301.5.
- Advisory: Motorists are advised to expect delays, exercise caution, and reduce their speed while traveling through work zones. Before heading out, get real-time information on work status and traffic conditions. Call 511, visit 511ga.org, or download the Georgia 511 app. Our maintenance team members who repair roads and bridges and our project teams who oversee construction projects are continuing their essential work, while following sanitary work practices prescribed by health agencies to protect themselves and the public from the coronavirus, as are most state DOTs in the U.S.
According to Summerville Main Street Director Susan Locklear, The Ducky Derby will be making a comeback on Saturday, May 15 for a fun race down Summerville Town Creek.
Georgia will not be allocated additional congressional seats by the U.S. Census during the coming decade for the first time since the 1980s.
Former U.S. Rep. Doug Collins announced that he will not run for U.S. Senate or any other public office in Georgia’s next election.
U.S. gasoline demand recorded its second highest measurement since mid-March 2020 this week, indicating that motorists are filling up more often. This latest demand reading is the highest spring number released by the Energy Information Administration (EIA) in two years. In fact, it is only about 3% below the same week in 2019.