AdventHealth Redmond is 1 of 483 hospitals nationwide to receive a 5-star rating from Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for 2023. This is the highest possible achievement of CMS’s Overall Hospital Quality Star Ratings. AdventHealth Redmond was one of nine other hospitals in Georgia that received a five-star rating in 2023.
Secretary Raffensperger and the Elections Division of the Secretary of State’s office are hard at work securing Georgia’s 2024 elections.
A forty-two-year-old Summerville woman was arrested over the weekend for public intoxication after she caused a scene at a nearby residence. Summerville Police responded to a call about a woman doing damage on a man’s porch. When police arrived and spoke with the complainant, he said that the woman had been beating objects stored on his front porch and that she took off down a foot-trail before officers arrived. Police located the woman who said that she had thrown a chair, but she hadn’t been beating anything on the man’s porch. The woman said she was mad because the man invited her over and when she arrived, another woman was there. Police noticed that the woman appeared to be under the influence of alcohol or drugs and noticed the smell of marijuana. The woman consented to a search of her backpack and officers found a quarter-pint of suspected alcohol and a suspected partially-smoked joint. Marlisha Annette Woods was arrested on charges of public intoxication and booked into the Chattooga County Jail.
The Town of Trion has announced that this will be the last weekend the Trion Splash Pad is open for this season. The splash pad will be closing on Monday, September 11th. The splash pad’s hours are 10 AM – 9 PM.
Summerville Police responded to a call on Hilltop Drive about a break-in on Saturday. Police spoke with the complainant who said she was at her deceased father’s house doing some yard work when she noticed that the back door of the residence had been broken into. The responding officer said that it appeared someone had used a blunt object to break the lock on the back door of the house. Nothing appeared to be missing from inside the residence, according to a report from the Summerville Police Department.
The Georgia State Patrol has released a preliminary report about an accident that snarled traffic on Highway 27 on Wednesday near Taylor’s Ridge in Chattooga County. According to the Georgia State Patrol: On September 6th, 2023 Troopers were dispatched to a crash involving two vehicles that were traveling south on GA1 south of Kirby Hollow Road. Vehicle 1 failed to maintain his lane and struck Vehicle 2 in the left with its right. This impact forced Vehicle 2 off the roadway to the right where it overturned before landing back onto its wheels. Vehicle 2 came to a final uncontrolled rest off the east shoulder of GA1 facing west. Vehicle 1 was removed from the roadway prior to the investigating troopers arrival. Driver 2 was transported to Atrium Medical with minor injuries.
Here is the latest arrest report from the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office for Wednesday, September 6, 2023:
A woman was charged for DUI for drugs after a traffic stop last week. According to a report from the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office, a deputy on patrol on Holland-Chattoogaville Road noticed a car crossing the double line. The deputy performed a traffic stop and the driver told the deputy that she was “out looking for driftwood”. The deputy noticed the smell of marijuana and asked the woman if she had been smoking pot. The woman admitted to smoking “two-to-three hours earlier”. She also told the deputy that she was “still a little high”. Lawonna Sue Johnson was arrested and taken to the Chattooga County Jail on charges of DUI for drugs, failure to maintain a single lane and misdemeanor possession of marijuana.
A twenty-six-year-old former youth minister is facing up to forty years in prison after pleading guilty to child molestation charges yesterday. Austin Wray Perkins was the youth minister at Grace Fellowship Baptist Church when he was arrested and charged with felony child molestation and sexual exploitation of children. According to reports at the time of his arrest, Perkins took the child in his home and molested the boy. Graphic details of the case indicate that Perkins made videos of himself and the child performing sexual acts. Perkins was arrested in March of 2022 after an investigation by the Floyd County Police Department, the GBI and the U.S. Secret Service. The court is waiting on the results of a psychosexual evaluation of Perkins before sentencing.
Bosom Buddies, a community-wide breast cancer support group, will meet on Monday, Sept. 18 from 6 to 7 pm in the boardroom at AdventHealth Redmond.
Bosom Buddies is open to the public for anyone affected by breast cancer. Each meeting is led by a different guest speaker, a light dinner is provided and a donated door prize is given. The meeting will be led by Paige Godwin, RN.
Bosom Buddies is a free support group, but please RSVP by Friday, Sept. 8 if you plan to attend. For more information or to RSVP, please text or leave a message at 706-506-3554.
