Georgia voters have the chance to weigh in on two proposed constitutional amendments, along with a statewide referendum.
Clark Creek Elementary School STEM Academy teacher Karen Garland has been named the Georgia 2020 Agriculture in the Classroom Teacher of the Year by the Georgia Farm Bureau.
The Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) has a message for Georgians: Everyone needs a flu shot. Yes, you! That’s the focus of a new campaign urging all Georgians over the age of six months to get a flu shot this year.
“Now more than ever, influenza vaccination is critical not only to protect people from getting sick, but to reduce the burden on our healthcare system already caring for COVID-19 patients,” said Kathleen E. Toomey, M.D., M.P.H, DPH commissioner. “Even if the vaccine doesn’t prevent illness from flu completely, it can help reduce the severity and risk of serious complications – and keep people out of the hospital during this COVID-19 pandemic.”
A nineteen-year-old driver was charged with driving under the influence and multiple other charges on Sunday after he crashed into a building on Rome Boulevard (Highway 27) near the intersection of Highway 48.
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MR. SCOTTIE CLARK “SMOOOTH” LEWIS, age 65, passed away Sunday, October 11, 2020, at his residence. A native of Chattanooga, Tennessee, He was born to the late Johnnie Q. Lewis and Dorotha Molee Clark Hawkins on May 18, 1955. Scottie was self employed, a member of South Summerville Baptist Church, and was preceded in death by his son, the late Chris Lewis.
Surviving are brother, Terry Q. Lewis; sisters, Robbie Leah Skinner and Loretta Lewis Teems.
Funeral service will be held Wednesday, October 14th, at 4:00 P.M. EST, from Graveside in Valley Head Cemetery, Valley Head, Alabama, with Alan Sentell officiating. Pallbearers will be Kevin “Tater” Martin, Jimmy Gilland, Jason Gilland, Stan Nix, Danny Murphy, and Ron Rowland.
Earle Rainwater Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements for Mr. Scottie Clark Lewis….
Carpenters for Christ is a nation-wide group of volunteers who donate their time and labor to help out local churches across the United States and beyond. An area church will be getting a new fellowship hall, thanks in part to Carpenters for Christ.
Georgia gas prices held steady at the pump compared to a week ago. Georgia motorists are now paying an average price of $2.00 per gallon for regular unleaded gasoline. Monday’s state average is 3 cents less than last month, and 46 cents less than this time last year.
Georgia Power works every day to keep reliability high across the state and, during fall planting season, reminds customers that making the right landscaping choices can decrease the likelihood of a power outage.