Next week on Thursday, June 29, from 5-6 pm ET, Paradise Garden will host a yoga class with teacher Destin Padgett. All ages and experiences with yoga are welcome to register! Children under 16 are required to participate with an adult or guardian. The yoga class is $10 for Chattooga County residents and Paradise Garden members and $15 for not-yet-members. Register through the Paradise Garden online Gift Shop today! Register Here
Two Walker County men charged in the 2022 murder of a Rossville man were sentenced Friday in Walker County Superior Court.
Here is the latest arrest report from the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office for Friday, June 23, 2023:
State election officials Wednesday said it’s not practical to upgrade Georgia’s voting software as recommended before the 2024 presidential election. Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said this week that the state’s existing software is secure and “battle-tested.” Some critics and political leaders have questioned Raffensperger’s decision to delay the software update until 2025. Last week former U.S. Sen. Kelly Loeffler called for an “emergency voting machine fix.” And on Monday Lt. Gov. Burt Jones pressed for a meeting with Raffensperger to discuss the decision to wait until after 2024 to upgrade the software.
Bald eagle surveys in Georgia revealed the iconic raptors nesting and fledging young at healthy rates this year, including in coastal areas where avian influenza hammered eagles last spring.
A forty-four-year-old Adairsville man was arrested a campground in Northwest Georgia after he allegedly attacked a woman. According to police reports, the incident took place earlier this week at The Pocket Campground located off Highway 136 in Armuchee. Nathan Howell Williams is accused of beating a woman in the face during a domestic dispute at the campground. Reports said that Williams punched the woman on her forehead and nose causing it to swell and bleed. Williams was charged with battery and booked into the Floyd County Jail.
The City of Summerville’s “Celebrate Independence” event is coming up one week from today. The celebration will be held at the Chattooga County Ag Center on Friday, June 30, 2023.
The controversy over Chattooga County’s land use ordinance continues to spark conversations across the county. This week, the planning commission met to send two different versions of proposed amendments to the ordinance that Chattooga County Commissioner Blake Elsberry hastily adopted last year.
While every county in Northwest Georgia showed a slight increase in the unemployment rate for the month of May, Chattooga’s unemployment rate remained the same at 3.9%. Chattooga’s unemployment rate was also the highest in the region, according to numbers released yesterday (Thursday, June 22, 2023) by the Georgia Department of Labor. Georgia Labor Commissioner Bruce Thompson said, “Despite an uptick in the unemployment rate, Georgia’s economy and job market remains red hot while the number of claims remains relatively low – especially, compared to the national numbers”. Georgia’s jobless rate in May was 3.2%, up a tenth of a percent after nine consecutive months at 3.1%; the national unemployment rate was 3.7%.
