The Big Sky RC club on Sunnydale Road in Menlo is planning a Red White & Blue Fun Fly for this weekend. The four-day event will be held Thursday, June 22nd – Sunday, June 25th. The cost to participate is $25 and includes a dinner Saturday evening. Visitors and spectators are welcome to attend. You can find more information at www.bigskyrc.org or on the group’s Facebook Page. You may also contact Tim Williams at 423-593-9023 or Jeremy Jackson at 470-514-0770 for more information about the event.
The Georgia Department of Natural Resources has announced the promotion of Jason Grantham to the manager position at Roosevelt’s Little White House State Historic Site in Warm Springs, Ga. Originally from Harris County, Jason studied Computer Science at the University of Phoenix in Columbus. Jason joined DNR as a part-time tour guide at Roosevelt’s Little White House. From there he moved over to the maintenance department, eventually becoming the site’s General Trades Craftsman II.
The Georgia Department of Natural Resources reported last week that the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) found that Chronic Wasting Disease has been detected in a road-killed deer sampled for routine surveillance in Holmes County, Florida, a first for that state.
The University of Georgia and the University System of Georgia are investigating whether they are victims of a Russian cyber-extortion gang’s global hack of a file-transfer program.
Update:
The Georgia State Patrol Post in Rome says that a man lost his life on Saturday afternoon after a single-vehicle accident on Highway 27 near Scott Hill Road. A trooper responded to the scene of the accident at 12:37 PM. The vehicle left the roadway on Highway 27 in a curve and struck a culvert. The impact caused the vehicle to vault over a driveway and strike a ditch. The impact caused the vehicle to overturn on its left side. The driver was unresponsive when troopers arrived. He was taken to Atrium Health Floyd in Rome, where he succumbed to his injuries. The driver was identified as sixty-four-year-old Richard Bevans. The deceased’s family were notified about the fatal accident on Saturday afternoon.
Earlier:
An accident Saturday on Highway 27 in the Gore area left one person dead, according to information received by WZQZ News. The accident happened near the intersection of Highway 27 and Scott Hill Road. The Georgia State Patrol told WZQZ News that the accident is still under investigation. We will have more details as they become available.
Here is the latest arrest report from the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office for Saturday, June 17, 2023:
Georgia Governor Brian Kemp recognized three corporate forest landowners this week for their stewardship and land management practices benefiting wildlife across Georgia. Weyerhaeuser, Forest Investment Associates and Georgia Power are the agency’s 2023 Forestry for Wildlife partners.
A single-vehicle crash that occurred at approximately 9:07 a.m. Friday, June 16, has claimed the life of a Cedar Bluff woman.
A 75-year-old former Walker County church deacon is facing hundreds of charges of exploiting and sexually abusing a 30-year-old disabled Chickamauga woman.
Junior enlisted military personnel would receive a higher housing allowance under bipartisan legislation introduced in Congress this week by U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga.
