Atrium Health Floyd officials have gotten their first in-person look inside what will become a freestanding emergency department (FSED) under construction in Chattooga County. The site was specifically chosen to provide important services for residents in rural areas who have limited access to health care.
An accident in Gore on Thursday morning sent a person to the hospital with minor injuries. The Georgia State Patrol told WZQZ News that they responded to the call about an accident at the intersection of Gore-Subligna Road and Highway 27 at 11:04 AM. The trooper says that a GMC Acadia was traveling on Gore-Subligna Road and attempted to cross over Highway 27 and drove into the path of a Ford Super Duty truck. The Acadia struck the Ford in the right side which caused the truck to spin out of control. More information on the accident will be forthcoming once a report is completed by the Georgia State Patrol Post in Rome.
UPDATE:
Trion Police have released a report an accident that happened this morning shortly after 6 AM. It appears that the driver of a mini van may have had a medical issue that contributed to not one, but two separate accidents.
Here is the latest arrest report from the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office for Thursday, May 11, 2023:
Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger is announcing that She Leads will be hosting the third webinar of this year “SeniorSAFE: Protecting Your Finances.” This free webinar will take place on Tuesday, May 23 at 6pm. Registration is free and open to all Georgians.
The State of Georgia’s net tax collections for April totaled $4.19 billion for a decrease of $829.5 million, or -16.5 percent, compared to April 2022, when net tax collections totaled $5.01 billion. Year-to-date, net tax collections totaled $27.79 billion for an increase of $256.9 million, or 0.9 percent, compared to the previous fiscal year, when net tax revenues totaled $27.54 billion at the end of April 2022.
On Tuesday an Aragon Police Officer received a Snapchat message asking if he would like to purchase drugs.
On Monday of this week, the Summerville Police Department responded to George’s Kwik Stop in Summerville after a man came into the store and harassed a store clerk. By the time police arrived, the man had left the store but the clerk told police that she had been involved in a minor accident with the suspect the previous day. According to the clerk, forty-six-year-old Lavoid McCutchins came into the store and began to berate the clerk, saying she didn’t have insurance on her vehicle at the time of the accident. According to arrest reports, McCutchins had been arrested for DUI following that accident. Police found McCutchins and warned him not to go back to the store. They also told him he could go to magistrate court concerning the accident.
After evacuating the campus on Wednesday at Armuchee High School, the Floyd County Board of Education reported that there was “no credible threat” after an investigation.
