When the Summerville City Council meets for their regular monthly session they will be looking to approve a new public works building for the city.
Former Georgia Governor Roy Barnes has long been known as a strong supporter of agriculture. Governor Barnes, who raises cattle himself, has joined with other rural Georgia residents to call on state leaders to prioritize rural agriculture, rural broadband and education.
Cedar Bluff Police, Alabama have made an arrest as a result of an investigation which has been on-going since August 30th of last year (2022) involving a former police officer who was found to be in possession of child pornography.
The Georgia State Patrol Post in Rome worked an accident on Peach Orchard Road in Menlo on Friday. The single-vehicle accident involved a tractor-trailer. According to Trooper Chris Harris, the driver of the tractor received minor injuries and was transported for treatment by Floyd EMS to an area hospital. Traffic was shut down for a time due to the accident.
A woman who was arrested last week for “yelling at houses” and disturbing the peace near Jerry’s Drive In in Summerville, was charged again last week – this time, after telling police she was “about to get naked”.
A thirty-year-old Gaylesville, Alabama woman was jailed this past week in Rome in connection with a robbery that took place in Cave Spring, late last year. Police say that Kristin Lynn Foster lured a man to Cave Spring for a meeting, but instead she and two men robbed the victim at gunpoint. Foster and the two males then fled the scene together. Foster was arrested and charged with robbery and party to a crime on Friday of last week.
Atrium Health Floyd Emergency Medical Services was recognized Thursday night for its response to a deadly car crash in Chattooga County.
From healthcare providers and nonprofits to county officials and faith leaders, the 2023 Farm Stress Summit welcomes all who want to further their efforts in combatting farm stress within agricultural communities across the state.
The Georgia State Patrol has reported that a fatal accident took place in Gordon County on Friday morning:
With broad bipartisan support, the Georgia House of Representatives passed a $32.5 billion fiscal 2024 state budget. The vote was 167-1 and will now move to the Georgia Senate. The budget increases state spending by $2.2 billion over the 2023 Fiscal Year Budget. State Rep. Eddie Lumsden says that the House version of the budget has over $51 million in additional funds for mental health programs in the Peach State. Also, law enforcement and teachers will be seeing a $2,000 yearly raise. Also, the House version of the budget would increase HOPE coverage of student tuition from the current 90% to 95% and redirect the remaining 5% to the Zell Miller Scholarship program, the component of HOPE that goes to students with high school grade-point averages of at least 3.5, and to health benefits for public pre-kindergarten teachers.