A judge granted a thirty-day stay on Friday, stopping a hearing scheduled for Tuesday, concerning ethics accusations leveled against Rome City Commissioner Mark Cochran.
In April of 2021, associates of a drug trafficking organization (DTO) conspired to abduct Rossano Delgado of Barrow County, Georgia. The members of this DTO associated together for the common purposes of illegally committing acts of violence and obtaining money and property through the sale of drugs and illegal controlled substances. The DTO distributed controlled substances, such as methamphetamine, throughout Georgia.
Let’s get “wild” at the upcoming Keeping GA Wild Family Festival at the Charlie Elliott Wildlife Center near Mansfield, Georgia, scheduled for Sat., May 20, 2023 (9 am – 2 pm).
Jennifer Carter, a trauma care nurse at Atrium Health Floyd Medical Center, has been named Nurse of the Year by her peers at the hospital. The announcement comes during Nurses Week, held annually to recognize nurses for their dedicated care and professionalism.
On Saturday, May 20, Georgia Highlands College will host two community events at the Floyd Campus, 3175 Cedartown Hwy.
FCCLA and CTAE held the annual Miss Chattooga County pageant on Saturday May 6th, 2023. There was a total of 76 participants. The funds from the Miss Chattooga Pageant allow students to be able to compete at the local, state, and national level. WZQZ’s Bonnie Fletcher was the emcee for the event.
A fifty-two-year-old Armuchee woman was arrested this past week on felony cruelty to animal charges. Floyd County Police say that Lisa Virginia Thompson allowed her dog to become severely disfigured due to a tumor. Arrest reports indicated that the dog was in great pain because of the tumor and Thompson did nothing about it. The incident was investigated earlier this month and Thompson was arrested on Thursday and charged with a felony. She was being held in the Floyd County Jail on a $5,000 bond.
A 50 year-old Rome man, Trevor Britt, was killed in a multi-vehicle accident near Coosa on Alabama Highway on Saturday afternoon. It was the second fatal accident on Saturday in Floyd County.
A 26 year-old Rome woman, Channing Wallace, was killed early Saturday morning after reports said she ran a stop sign and was hit by an 18-wheeler tractor trailer.
Here is the latest arrest report from the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office for Saturday, May 13, 2023: