The Georgia Department of Public Health Northwest Health District is unveiling a new COVID-19 testing program effective Tuesday, September 1. Testing remains free. The new program will feature additional testing times and more easily found test sites throughout Northwest Georgia.
MRS. MAE EMMA MILLER THOMPSON – Age 69, – Of Summerville, Georgia passed away on Tuesday, August 25, 2020. She was preceded by her parents, Herman David Miller and Zella Mae Price Miller, sister, Nelda Teresa Lattimore, and brother, Herman A. Miller. She was a member of New Spirit and Truth Of Jesus Assembly.
A young teenager who was reported missing last week was located by Summerville Police. The girl was at a residence in North Carolina.
Georgia school officials have adopted changes to reduce the number of year-end tests K-12 students must take, but it remains up in the air whether final assessments will be scrapped entirely this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Nearly 40 missing or endangered children have been rescued by federal and state agents in Georgia, according to authorities.
Drunk driving is the leading killer on our roadways and has claimed the lives of 375 people in Georgia in 2018. Every single one of those deaths is 100% preventable. In addition, driving while impaired by other drugs — legal and illegal — causes devastating and preventable tragedies. With all the options available today — rideshare apps, such as Uber or Lyft, taxis, public transportation or family and friends who have not consumed alcohol — there’s no excuse to drive while impaired.
All 22 colleges of The Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG) were recently recognized as Purple Heart Technical Colleges by The Department of Georgia, Military Order of the Purple Heart (GAMOPH) making TCSG the only technical college system in the nation recognized as a Purple Heart System. TCSG earned this distinction by GAMOPH because of the emphasis and support that each technical college in the system provides their military-affiliated students.
A Chattooga County deputy was parked at the Dollar General Store in Gore on Wednesday when someone walked up and told him that there was a female lying in the roadway on John Jones Road.
