Donations in Chattooga County can be dropped off at 11574 Highway 27 in Summerville. They are the suite between the loan place and the Boys and Girls Club and someone will be there on Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 9am-5pm.
Helping someone in need shouldn’t be complicated, and for Atrium Health Floyd physical therapist Tonya Hillis, it isn’t.
Local farmers and agricultural producers who were adversely affected by the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic are eligible to apply for a local farm grant, and today is the deadline to apply.
On Feb. 22, 2023, OSHA and the Material Handling Institute’s Ergonomics Assist Systems and Equipment Council agreed to form the Georgia Warehouse Alliance to promote best safety and health practices through programs at warehouse workplaces in the state.
Dr. Gary Voccio — health director for the Georgia Department of Public Health Northwest Health District — says COVID-19 numbers are “dramatically falling.” People are continuing to get sick, however, and regional deaths since March 2020 are now at 1,46 from the virus and another 281 from “probable” causes. Around 21% of the current COVID-19 cases are people over the age of 70. In Chattooga County, there was only one COVID-19 case reported over the past seven days – that compares to two in the previous reporting period. The Georgia Department of Public Health updates COVID-19 cases by county on Wednesdays of each week.
The unemployment rate in Chattooga County was down in February, compared to unemployment numbers in January, but was higher than this time last year. The Georgia Department of Labor released the latest unemployment numbers on Thursday that show Chattooga County with an unemployment rate of 4.2%. For the Northwest Georgia region, the unemployment rate was 3.3% for February, compared to 3.1% in February of 2022. However, the number of employed residents was up 3,055 from January and up 4,812 from February 2022 to 420,418, another record.
The Tennessee Valley Authority is taking steps to return the ancestral remains of nearly 5,000 Native Americans, according to federal records.
Here is the latest arrest report from the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office for Thursday, March 30, 2023:
If you’re underage and drinking, you should know that is illegal. You should also consider not putting yourself on video on social media while consuming alcohol. Furthermore, you might not want to be driving a modified vehicle while doing so.
On Monday of this week a man called the Summerville Police Department to report a stolen trailer. He told police that he had gone to pick up a refrigerator on Highway 114 and when he turned on Union Street in Summerville, he discovered that the trailer was not behind the tow vehicle. He went back and searched for the trailer that had come loose from his vehicle, but was unable to locate it and assumed someone had stolen it. Summerville Police retraced the man’s route and found the trailer, and the refrigerator near Mason’s Funeral Home on Highway 48.