Ms. Mary Karen Bandy Waycasie, age 47, of Menlo, GA, died Wednesday, April 29, 2020, at her residence.
A letter published online from the bishop and cabinet of the North Georgia Conference of the United Methodist Church asks congregations to hold off until June 22 before resuming in-person services.
Earlier this week, the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Department responded to a call on Tate Road after a complainant said that someone had cut the electrical wires throughout a house that was under construction. The complainant said that the whole house had to be rewired. The house had damage to sheet rock throughout, as multiple holes had to be made in the sheet rock in order to find all the damage. The complainant estimated that the damage would cost between $5,000 and $8,000. The incident is under investigation.
Redmond Regional Medical Center was awarded an ‘A’ in the spring 2020 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade, a national distinction recognizing Redmond’s achievements providing safer health care. The Leapfrog Group is an independent national watchdog organization committed to health care quality and safety. The Safety Grade is a letter grade assigned to all general hospitals across the country and updated every six months, assessing how well the hospital prevents medical errors and other harms to patients.
WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service issued a special alert for Supplemental Security Income and Department of Veterans Affairs beneficiaries to act by May 5 if they didn’t file a tax return in 2018 or 2019 and have dependents so they can quickly receive the full amount of their Economic Impact Payment.
With such a large scope of reporting — at this point the state is at 25,634 cases and 1,095 deaths — it’s often difficult to tell when the numbers have been adjusted or corrected — something that happens on a semi-regular basis. An issue with the disease has always been working toward getting accurate and timely results, but because so many cases are asymptomatic or mild, people may not realize they’ve been infected.
The Georgia Department of Transportation says that, weather permitting, the Old Highway 337 Bridge over Chelsea Creek will be closed starting this coming Monday, May 4th as crews replace the old bridge. A detour has been set up. For traffic traveling south, vehicles will turn left on to Hair Lake Road and then right on to County Road 318. Motorists will then follow Sunnydale Road to Agnew Road and back to Old Highway 337.
If you’ve run out of things to do while quarantined during the coronavirus pandemic, chances are you might have stepped up some spring cleaning. The one area many people over look isn’t the corner of a room or a forgotten closet, it’s the probably the digital device you’re reading this article on. The same one you shopped with, scroll through social media with and probably bank with as well as maybe do some work with for the boss. The National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA) and the Better Business Bureau (BBB) reminds everyone that when clearing out the physical clutter, there’s probably a bunch of digital data clutter that lives on your electronic devices.
Mr. Roger Edwin Reynolds, age 65, of Summerville, GA, died Tuesday, April 28, 2020, at Redmond Regional Medical Center.