News came over the weekend that Oakview Nursing and Rehabilitation in Summerville had reported their first death from COVID-19. The nursing facility has seen a dramatic spike in the number of patients and staff members testing positive for coronavirus over the past couple of weeks.
It looks like Georgia’s unemployment outlook is slowly improving, at least according to the numbers released for July for Northwest Georgia Counties.
The Georgia Department of Labor has started creating a system to implement the Lost Wages Assistance federal benefit program, that will distribute an additional $300 supplement to eligible individuals receiving benefits from Georgia’s unemployment insurance programs.
A thirty-one-year-old woman has been charged in connection with a fatal motorcycle accident that happened on Highway 27 near Little Caesar’s Pizza earlier this month.
Georgians can request an absentee ballot for the November election by going online to a website Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger’s office launched Friday.
Both Chattooga County Schools and Trion City Schools will get small funding boosts to help serve students with disabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Mrs. Mary Ann Cochran Whittle, age 71 of Lyerly, passed away Saturday, August 29, 2020 at her residence following an extended illness.


















