Here is the latest arrest report from the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office for Saturday, January 9, 2020:
A Georgia man led law enforcement on a chase from Dade County, Georgia into DeKalb County, Alabama on Friday afternoon.
Dade County Sheriff Ray Cross said that a suspicious vehicle was spotted in Rising Fawn by a Dade County Sheriff K-9 officer on Friday afternoon. The Deputy attempted to make contact and investigate the vehicle, when the single occupant (later identified as Tyler Douglas Hicks) fled at a high rate of speed.
The pursuit continued along rural roads in Dade County and entered dirt roads in Dekalb County, Alabama.
The suspect vehicle crashed on Co Rd 512 (near the Sulfur Springs Exit) where the suspect then fled on foot. Our Deputy drove through a field and successfully apprehended the suspect. Tyler Hicks has outstanding warrants through our agency in addition to Felony Fleeing and multiple traffic offenses.
Hicks was being held at the Dekalb County Jail awaiting extradition back to Georgia.
Ed Bruce, singer/songwriter, died Friday, January 8, 2021, in Clarksville, Tennessee, of natural causes at age 81.
WZQZ will be broadcasting Chattooga High School basketball this evening. Join Barry Peppers for the play-by-play for both the Lady Indians and the Chattooga Indians Boy’s games.
As of 3:30 this afternoon Chattooga High School has just over 2% of its total population with a positive COVID test result and the district has seen an increasing trend in positive numbers this week, according to Supt. Jared Hosmer.
Mr. Wilburn Shepherd, age 77, of Summerville, GA, passed away Tuesday, January 5, 2021 at Redmond Regional Medical Center.
Mr. Corey Scott Crabtree, age 46, of Trion, GA, passed away Tuesday, January 5, 2021, at Redmond Regional Medical Center.
Diane Marie Jones, 57, passed away to her Heavenly home on January 1, 2021, in Tampa, Florida.
Georgia gas prices increased at the pump compared to a week ago. Georgia motorists are now paying an average price of $2.10 per gallon for regular unleaded gasoline. Monday’s state average was 2 cents more than a week ago, 11 cents more than last month, and 35 cents less than this time last year.
The Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) is announcing Georgia’s first case of COVID-19 variant B.1.1.7, the same variant discovered in the U.K. and in several other countries and U.S. states. The variant was discovered during analysis of a specimen sent by a pharmacy in Georgia to a commercial lab.