Yesterday, the Georgia Supreme Court delayed the execution of a death row inmate in a 6-0 ruling for sixty-eight-year-old Virgil Delano Presnell, Jr. who was sentenced to death for the murder of eight-year-old Lori Ann Smith and the rape of her ten-year-old friend after abducting them in May 1976 as they walked home from school in Cobb County.
The City of Summerville is still trying to come up with a solution for a building inspector. At a meeting on Monday evening, the Summerville City Council decided to approach the Town of Trion about the possibility of splitting-the cost of a building inspector between the two municipalities.
Recently, WZQZ News has received word about a caller ID spoofing scam that is affecting residents in Chattooga County and the surrounding area. The scammers are attempting to get people’s personal and bank information and are texting people from what appears to be a legitimate phone number. United Community Bank released a statement last week about the problem.
An employee of Walker State Prison in Rock Spring was arrested on Tuesday of this week and booked into the Walker County Jail.
We are bracing for the coldest Christmas we have had in some time. In fact, some the coldest air Georgia has seen in 5 to 8 years will start to move in from the northwest early Friday morning.
As the Christmas and New Year’s holidays rapidly approach, Georgia State Patrol (GSP) Troopers and Motor Carrier Compliance (MCCD) Officers across the state are preparing for the back-to-back holiday weekends and will conduct high visibility patrols on the heaviest travel days to remind motorists to drive safely.
A group of first responders graduated Monday from an Advanced EMT training class held at Atrium Health Floyd Emergency Medical Services (EMS) through a partnership with Temple-based Faithful Guardian Training Center.
With extremely cold temperatures expected throughout north and central Georgia this week, Georgia Power is prepared to respond across its system. The company continuously monitors changing weather conditions and puts teams and resources in place that are ready to respond to any impacts caused by winter weather, safely and as quickly as possible.
State Representative Eddie Lumsden says that he is not aware of any pending legislation in the Georgia General Assembly regarding building regulations. The comments came after Chattooga County Commissioner Blake Elsberry told a local news blog that lobbyists in Atlanta were pushing legislation that would take away local control of building regulations.
The Chattooga County Board of Education will have a called board meeting on Thursday, December 22, 2022 at 5:00 p.m. The purpose of the called meeting is Personnel. The meeting will be held at the Chattooga County Education Center, located at 206 Penn Street in Summerville.
