Here are some of the top stores from WZQZ from 2023:
January 2023
Sheriff Says New Office Providing More Space For His Staff See Story Here
Menlo Woman Dies Of Suspected Fentanyl Overdose In Walker County See Story Here
Summerville Woman Dies In Accident On Gore-Subligna Rome See Story Here
Trion Police released more information about a Summerville man who was arrested for sexual exploitation of a child in December. The report was released on Saturday of last week. Thirty-five-year-old Alan Scott Holbrook of a Back Penn Road, Summerville address admitted to police that he had sent sexually explicit photos to a minor female that he knew to be under the age of sixteen. Holbrook was arrested after warrants were served earlier last month. You can read a statement from the Trion Police Department below:
The Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office responded to a call about dogs killing chickens on Back Penn Road. According to a report released late last week by the sheriff’s office, the complainant told responding deputies that two dogs had killed seven of her chickens. The deputies reported seeing the carcasses of the dead poultry strewn across the complainant’s yard. The complainant was able to get the dogs corralled inside her pool fence and told the deputies that the dogs were not aggressive towards people. The dogs were left inside the pool fence for Chattooga County Animal Control to come and pick up. The complainant said that she was not familiar with the dogs and had never seen them before the incident.
The Rome News Tribune reported on Sunday that merger plans between Atrium Health Floyd and the Harbin Clinic remain on hold pending a Federal Trade Commission review.
The head of the Terry College of Business at the University of Georgia, Ben Ayers, spoke last week during UGA’s Georgia Economic Outlook series and said that Georgia’s economy will likely slow in 2024, but not enough to cause a recession.
The Summerville Police Department released a report late last week about a man who was arrested on Favor Street on drug charges on Christmas Eve.
Gas is not expected to cost as much this year in Georgia, according to a 2024 fuel price outlook that looks at current market conditions and speculates on how they may affect fuel prices in the future.
Here is the latest arrest report from the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office for Sunday, December 31, 2023:
