An inmate at the Floyd County Jail is accused of assaulting a Floyd County Sheriff’s Deputy on Tuesday of this week. According to Floyd County Jail records, thirty-one-year-old Marcus Tyrell Creamer resisted two jail officers and struck one of the officers in the face. Creamer then put the deputy in a headlock. He has been charged with obstruction, battery, and unlawful acts of violence in a penal institution.
Atrium Health Floyd and the construction team had a mini celebration Wednesday as Chattooga County’s freestanding emergency department located next to Walmart on U.S. 27 is nearing completion.
WHAT: Weather permitting, Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) maintenance crews will have single and double lane closures on I-75 between exits 306 and 310 in both directions to resurface portions of the interstate. Single lane closings will begin at 6 p.m. and double lane closures will begin after 10 p.m.
WHEN: Thursday, June 29 at 6 p.m. until Friday, June 30 at 6 a.m.
WHERE: Single and double lane closures will be implemented at various locations along the north and south lanes of I-75 between exits 306 and 310.
City Hall will close Friday, June 30, 2023, at noon to prepare for the Celebrate Independence Day activities. City Offices will be closed Monday, July 3, and Tuesday, July 4, in observance of the July 4th holiday. Offices will reopen at 8:00 a.m. on Wednesday, July 5, 2023. In case of an emergency, please call 911.
Here is the latest arrest report from the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office for Thursday, June 29, 2023:
A natural disaster declaration has been issued for 18 counties across Georgia so far. Those areas will receive much-needed loans from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to help offset the significant damage on Georgia’s peach crop from March’s untimely freeze.
Georgia Governor Brian Kemp, Georgia Lottery officials, and heads of the state agencies that benefit from the scholarship program celebrated the lottery’s 30th anniversary Wednesday.
A Bomb Threat was called into KTH in Leesburg, Alabama around 6:15 PM (Central Time) on Tuesday (June 27, 2023). KTH is an automotive supply manufacturer located on Industrial Boulevard in Leesburg.
At their June meeting, the Summerville City Council approved the purchase of new playground equipment for J.R. “Dick” Dowdy Park. The winning bid for the playground equipment went to Safe Play Solutions out of Canton, Georgia.
Chattooga County Commissioner Blake Elsberry has two different versions of revisions to the land ordinance that he hastily adopted in March of 2022. The Chattooga County Land Use Commission sent the documents to the commissioner following a meeting last week. Originally, the commissioner had planned to have the revisions completed by the first of 2023, but the land use commission he has appointed has been wrangling with the wording of the original document and has also sent a different version of the ordinance to Eslberry’s desk. Commissioner Elsberry has held true to his promise not to intervene with the work of the commission he appointed, and is expected to make a decision about changes to the ordinance in the near future. The commissioner has stated that he intends to narrow the scope of the ordinance and define its purpose more succinctly.
