Volunteers are needed to speak up for children from broken places. Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) volunteers are specially trained people from all walks of life, who advocate for the well-being of Georgia’s children that have suffered abuse and neglect.
The Chattooga Young Farmers will be holding their July meeting on Thursday, July 13, 2023 at the Chattooga County Ag Center. The meeting will feature a Low Country Boil and gets underway at 7 PM. Young Farmers will hear an update from Director Lauren Jarrett and a Washington Leadership Conference update from Joshua Willingham. If you plan to attend, RSVP to Lauren Jarrett @ ljarrett@chattooga.k12.ga.us or 706.252.4266 by Tuesday, July 11th
Atrium Health Floyd Medial Center has received the American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines Stroke Gold Plus quality achievement award for its commitment to ensuring stroke patients receive the most appropriate treatment according to nationally recognized, research-based guidelines, ultimately leading to more lives saved and reduced disability.
Inspectors from the Georgia Office of Safety Fire Commissioner inspected a waterslide at Lake Winnepesaukah after a five-year-old child fell around twenty feet from the ride on Tuesday of this week. Thursday Lake Winnepesaukah said the state re-inspected the Twist-N-Shout water ride in operation, including the rider tubes, the ride foundation, and signage and reopened it. Lake Winnepesaukah issued a statement saying, “On July 4, a child at our water park riding in a double tube sustained an injury. All safety guidelines were observed at the time an adult and the child entered the tube. The child was treated at the park and transported to Children’s Hospital”.
Chattooga County Tax Commissioner Joy Hampton has announced a tax sale that will be held on the steps of the Chattooga County Courthouse the first Tuesday in August, which is August 1, 2023. The tax commissioner said that there are 74 properties and 1 mobile home currently that are slated to be sold.
Holes in jeans won’t be allowed at Trion Middle School. That’s according to a letter that was sent out to parents that also details other changes to the school’s dress code policy. Some of the other items included in the letter were that students will only be allowed to wear earrings – no other body jewelry will be allowed. Also, students can only have dyed hair if it is a “natural color”. You can see the specifics of the letter below:
The 2023 Rome First Friday concert series will continue with July’s show tonight at 7 PM on the Town Green in downtown Rome.
An arrest warrant has been issued for the suspect in a murder at the Callier Forest apartment complex on Dodd Boulevard back on June 27.
Here is the latest arrest report from the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office for Thursday, July 7, 2023:
