During the COVID-19 outbreak, online furniture sales has skyrocketed. Online purchases of home products and furnishings have nearly doubled, and the online sales of outdoor furniture has increased more than 400%. This increase likely reflects the home improvements many homeowners are making, parents shopping for desks for home school learning, and employees who have permanently switched to a work from home situation.
Chattooga County’s only survivor of the D-Day invasion and only surviving Women’s Auxiliary Corps veteran celebrated her 103rd birthday on Sunday.
Summerville Police say that a homeless man, who had been living in a shed beside a church, was arrested and charged with theft by taking after being accused of stealing a tool box.
On Wednesday of last week, Summerville Police were called to the scene of an accident near United Community Bank in Summerville. According to a report released by the police department, when officers arrived on the scene, they found a vehicle that had rolled off between United Community Bank and neighboring businesses in the Ingle’s Shopping Center. When officers got to the driver, they quickly determined that he had a medical emergency. The driver was transported by Redmond EMS to a Rome hospital.
Last call to register to vote arrives today in Georgia if you’re a first-time voter in the state, or have moved.
Rep. Tom Graves (R-GA-14) sent letters to officials in the U.S. House of Representatives and Governor Brian Kemp (R-GA) to say he would be stepping down from Congress effective today, Sunday, October 4, 2020, at 11:59 p.m. Rep. Graves also entered a farewell statement into the Congressional Record. The Washington, DC, office and the Dalton and Rome offices of Rep. Graves will continue to serve the people of the 14th Congressional District under the supervision of the Clerk of the House of Representatives. Specific details and services will be announced next week. While there will be a website transition, constituents of the 14th district will be able to call the same phone numbers to request assistance without any pause in operations, starting as usual at 9:00 a.m. on Monday. You can read Rep. Grave’s farewell statement below:
“When will leaves peak?” is a common question for park rangers in autumn. Only Mother Nature knows for sure, but Georgia’s peak color is usually toward the end of October or early November. To help leaf peepers plan their fall escapes, Georgia State Parks has launched “Leaf Watch 2020” to track autumn color as it moves across the state. .
With the November 3 general election approaching, Georgia Power encourages all employees to take part in the upcoming election and cast their vote. To assist employees, as well as customers, in the voting process, the company is providing voter information resources that are easily accessible for all voters. The company is also reminding employees to continue following COVID-19 safety measures closely when voting, including practicing social distancing and wearing facial coverings.
A federal judge ordered the Census Bureau to text every 2020 census worker by Friday, letting them know the head count of every U.S. resident is continuing through the end of the month and not ending next week, as the agency previously had announced in violation of her court order.
Dixie Color is moving their manufacturing operation out of Walker County, to the industrial park at Trion in Chattooga County.
