Local used car dealer Billy Joe Dooley was arrested by the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office on charges of false report of a crime after he claimed that a vehicle was stolen.
A landmark alliance is launching free, anonymous, online mental health and well-being services to provide a nationwide safety net of confidential and on-demand support to farmers, ranchers and farm families.
Five students, including three from the Floyd County campus, have received Georgia Northwestern Technical College’s first Live4It Alliant Scholarship.
Here is the latest arrest report from the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office for Tuesday, February 13, 2024:
Scouting for Food is one of the Boy Scouts of America’s best known national service projects and is conducted by virtually every local Boy Scout council across the nation on an annual basis. Scouting For Food was first conducted on a national level, as a National Good Turn, by the BSA in 1986 and collected more than 60 million food items in that year. An annual tradition, Scouting for Food rallies Scouts across the nation to collect food for local food banks. This past Saturday, Chattooga County Scouts collected food near the Scout Hut in Summerville. All of the food collected was given to CRC of Chattooga County for distribution. Local Scout representatives told WZQZ News, “Chattooga County Scouts would like to thank the community for supporting their Scouting for Food food drive. Pack 38, Troop 7B, and Troop 7G received 884 lbs of food to return to our community to help those in need. Scouting for food is one way the Boy Scouts of America works to improve communities across the nation”.
The American Legion Auxiliary Girls State is a course of instruction and application of the fundamental principles and procedures of city, county, and state government under the American system. High school girls completing their junior year with good moral character and leadership abilities and ranking in the top third of their class are eligible to apply to attend the five-day practical instruction in self-government and the duties, responsibilities, and privileges of American citizenship.
The Northwest Georgia Regional Commission will be meeting this Thursday to draft an update to the Northwest Georgia Regional Plan. The plan must be submitted to the Georgia Department of Community Affairs before July 1, 2024.
Georgia gas price averages are slightly higher compared to a week ago. Georgia drivers are paying an average price of $3.03 per gallon for regular unleaded gasoline (subject to change overnight). Monday’s state average was 1 cent more than a week ago, 8 cents more than a month ago, and 23 cents less than this time last year. It now costs an average of $48.90 to fill a 15-gallon tank of regular gasoline. Georgians are now paying almost $4.00 less to fill up at the pump compared to a year ago.
Valentine’s Day is tomorrow and the National Retail Federation (NRF) says that total spending on significant others is expected to reach a record $14.2 billion this year.
Chattooga County Commissioner Blake Elsberry and challenger Andy Allan continue to spar over the county’s efforts to control commercial subdivision developments. The commissioner says that his latest Chattooga County Subdivision Ordinance takes care of issues that presented themselves with his quickly adopted Land Use Ordinance back in 2022. Allan says that he too believes that the county needs to be able to control commercial subdivisions, but wants the voters of the county to approve any land use or subdivision ordinance.