With overnight temperatures predicted to be in the single digits as we head into Christmas weekend, now is the time to prepare. One thing you don’t want to forget is your vehicle.
As inflation has kept prices high in 2022, Social Security beneficiaries may look forward to a record high cost-of-living adjustment in 2023.
The Lyerly Town Council will hold their December monthly meeting coming up this evening at 7 PM, and will also hold a public hearing on the Fiscal Year 2023 budget. This is the first of two meetings scheduled for public review. The next meeting will be held on January 10, 2023. That meeting will also be held at 7 PM at the Lyerly Town Hall, located at t 6086 Highway 114 in Lyerly. A copy of the proposed budget is available for public review at the Lyerly Town Hall.
Yesterday marked fourteen years since father and business owner Michael Mullens was shot and killed outside his machine shop in Flintstone, Georgia in Walker County.
This weekend, WZQZ will present a Christmas Eve Music Special on Saturday morning. Join WZQZ’ General Manager Jimmy Holbrook and State Court Judge Jon Dennis as they play some of their favorite Christmas songs and talk about Christmas memories. You can listen live on AM 1180 and 99.1 FM. Feel free to message Jimmy & Jon on the WZQZ Facebook page on Saturday morning, and share your own favorite Christmas songs, and as time allows, maybe hear your song on the radio. The Christmas Eve Music Special will be on the radio from 7 AM – Noon on Christmas Eve. Merry Christmas from WZQZ!
The Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office has moved from downtown Summerville to the new location on Underwood Drive in Trion, and Chattooga County Sheriff Mark Schrader is planning an open house at the new facility coming up this Thursday, December 22nd.
Lung health research is more important than ever. Never have we faced so many challenges to our lung health, including COVID-19, vaping and smoke from increased wildfires. Today, the American Lung Association in Georgia announced that distinguished researcher Whitney Rabacal, Ph.D. from the University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. will receive the Catalyst Award.
Santa will be at El Pueblito Mexican Restaurant in Summerville on Tuesday evening, December 20th from 6 PM – 8 PM. The event is for kids that have not gotten their pictures with Santa yet. It will be free – bring your phone or camera to take pictures.
Here is a summary of arrests from the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office for December 16-19, 2022:
Chattooga County Sheriff Mark Schrader says that the investigation into an armed robbery at a Highway 48 convenience store just outside Summerville continues. The sheriff told WZQZ News that area stores should be vigilant and on the lookout for suspicious activity. According to the sheriff, the two men that robbed the Highway 48 convenience store were outside the store for around thirty minutes before the robbery.