Summerville Parish United Methodist Churches (Finley Chapel, New Hope, & Lawrence Chapel) will remained closed through June 22, 2020 per the Bishop & District Superintendent. If there are any changes , we will notify everyone immediately.. But for now, our churches are to remain closed.
Beginning May 1, the Georgia Environmental Protection Division (EPD) open burning ban will be in effect for 47 Georgia counties. The ban will begin June 1 in seven additional counties, which were given extra time to clear vegetative debris from April storms. (Banks, Catoosa, Chattooga, Floyd,Gordon, Upson and Walker counties.)
A DeKalb County, Alabama man was jailed in Northwest Georgia after law enforcement agencies say he communicated with someone he believed to be a minor online and described sexual acts he wanted to do with the child.
With no known end date to the coronavirus fight, the American Red Cross is encouraging healthy individuals to make appointments to donate blood or platelets to ensure blood remains readily available for patients who still rely on transfusions.
Last week, coronavirus testing began at several Northwest Georgia Health Departments. The closest COVID-19 testing locations for Chattooga County residents is in Floyd County or Walker County. The Walker County Health Department says that they are not doing that testing at the health department, but are instead using the Walker County Civic Center in Rock Spring.
Amazon Web Services Inc. (AWS) an Amazon Company, recently announced its new round of AWS Educate Ambassadors including Georgia Northwestern Technical College’s (GNTC) own Dr. Dwight Watt, Computer Information Systems Technology instructor, who will serve a two year appointment.
Floyd Medical Center has turned the first floor of the parking deck at the hospital into an emergency field hospital in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. On Wednesday, Floyd Medical Center recognized the contributions of a Chattooga County company for their services in getting the emergency field hospital ready to go.
A twenty-two-year-old Rome woman was arrested Monday on charges of reckless conduct and possession of a controlled substance after she was seen smoking suspected heroin in the bathroom of the emergency room at Redmond Regional Medical Center.
A forty-seven-year-old Lick Skillet Road, Summerville man was arrested this week after he was accused of trespassing and harassing a Trion resident.
