Tuesday, Sen. Jeff Mullis (R – Chickamauga) and other members of the Senate Committee on Administrative Affairs held a meeting in order to discuss procedures on how to safely resume legislative activity at the Capitol.
The Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) has reached its goal of testing 100,000 individuals in 10 days. More than 108,000 tests were processed since Commissioner Kathleen E. Toomey, M.D., M.P.H, set the DPH goal last week.
The Chattooga County Enrollment Center will reopen on Monday, May 11th, 2020. The new office hours will be from 9:00 am until 4:00 pm. The office will only be open on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays until further notice.
Chattooga School Supt. Jared Hosmer says that the Chattooga Board of Education will hold its regular monthly meeting next week. After a couple of meetings online, this meeting will be held at the BOE boardroom.
A fire in the Welcome Hill area ended with a house totally destroyed. According to reports, the Trion Fire Department responded to a call about a house on Chandler Road. By the time the fire department arrived on the scene, the structure was fully engulfed in flames. No one was injured in the blaze. The American Red Cross was called in to assist the residents of the house. No word as to the cause of the fire at this time.
Governor Brian P. Kemp announced the largest shipment of personal protective equipment to date has been distributed by the Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency (GEMA/HS) in cooperation with the Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH).
Mother’s Day is coming up, and along with it, the purchase of special gifts. Even with the pandemic continuing to place restrictions on how people would rather spend the time together, the National Retail Federation survey shows families are finding ways to celebrate. In fact, consumers are planning to spend as much, if not more, on Mother’s Day than they have in the past. An optimistic 46 percent still want to plan a traditional special outing, brunch or other activity. BBB reminds everyone to exercise caution when shopping on online and in stores when it comes to spending money.
University System of Georgia faculty and staff are facing potential furlough days to help offset the economic impacts of the coronavirus pandemic.
Earlier this week, the Lookout Mountain Drug Task Force, along with LaFayette Police, arrested a fugitive that they say is a known drug dealer.
The City of Summerville says that its regular monthly City Council meeting will be held online coming up on Monday of next week. The meeting will allow for public participation via the internet. You can see all the details below: