Bosom Buddies, a community-wide breast cancer support group, will meet on Monday, July 17 from 6 to 7 pm in the boardroom at AdventHealth Redmond.
Students at Menlo Elementary School will be starting the 2023-2024 school year in a brand-new building. Chattooga County Board of Education Chairman Eddie Elsberry tells WZQZ News that the building will be ready for students when they return to class on July 28th.
The Georgia Department of Human Services’ (DHS) Division of Family & Children Services has received approval to issue summer 2023 P-EBT benefits to K-12 students who were eligible for free or reduced-price meals at a National School Lunch Program school during the 2022-23 academic year.
Georgia gas prices increased at the pump compared to a week ago. Georgia drivers are now paying an average price of $3.26 per gallon for regular unleaded gasoline (subject to change overnight).
On Sunday, two residents at Oak View Nursing Home got into a disagreement about the air conditioner in their room that got physical. According to a report from the Summerville Police Department, officers responded after the disagreement turned physical. When police arrived, they spoke with both men. One said he tried to hit the other in the nose with a “back scratcher” but missed. The other man told police that he did threaten to kill the other man over the situation. The nursing home separated the two men. No charges were filed, but the nursing home asked for a report to be filed as is there standard policy.
Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger is pleased to announce Georgia as a top state for Early Voting in the 2022 midterm elections. A recent study by the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) places Georgia second in the nation for Early Voting. According to Election Administration and Voting Survey 2022: Comprehensive Report, Georgia ranked 2nd in the nation with 58% of Georgians casting their ballot in person before Election Day. In 2018, only 48% of Georgians cast their ballot before Election Day.
Chattooga County residents began seeing tax assessments arrive in the mail on Monday and many were in for a shock. Property assessments are up over 30% in the county. Much of that is due to the higher prices that properties have been bringing over the past several years.
Former Chattooga County Sheriff Gary McConnell passed away on Monday evening. Sheriff McConnell was elected sheriff in 1967 when he was just 22-years-old, making him the youngest-serving sheriff in Georgia history. McConnell succeeded his father as sheriff in Chattooga County.
Here is the latest arrest report from the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office for Monday, July 10, 2023: