The HeART Project, a partnership between the Rome Area Council for the Arts (RACA) and AdventHealth Redmond to promote art and a heart healthy lifestyle each February, is celebrating its 10th anniversary in 2023.
There have been two fatal wrecks in neighboring Cherokee County, Alabama within a few days of each other – both happened last week.
Chattooga County residents, which were primarily affected by the Labor Day weekend flooding in 2022, are eligible for three different types of loans: business physical disaster, economic injury and home disaster loans.
Chattooga County Commissioner Blake Elsberry will hold the first regularly scheduled monthly meeting of his administration tomorrow at 10 AM at the Chattooga County Civic Center in Summerville. The commissioner had promised monthly meetings when he was running for election in 2020. The commissioner says that the meeting will feature updates from his office and the different department heads as well. The public is invited to attend.
Mrs. Peggy Silvers Winters passed away after a brief illness on Friday of last week. Mrs. Winters was the wife of retired businessman Ronnie Winters and the mother of former Commissioner Jason Winters and his sister Kristi Winters Beach. She was a graduate of Trion High School and a retired hairdresser. Mrs. Winters was known for her smile and kind words to everyone she met. She was a member of the Oak Hill Methodist Church, the Summerville Victorian Christmas Guild, Chattooga County Schools Reading Buddies Program, and was a dog fosterer with the Animal Advocates of Chattooga County. Her love of the elderly, children, and animals was widely known and felt. Mrs. Winters will be laid to rest Sunday at Oak Hill Methodist Church. WZQZ extends our deepest sympathies to the Winters family at this time. (See complete obituary from Mason Funeral Home HERE)
Here is the latest arrest report from the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office for Saturday, January 21, 2023:
The Chattooga County Republican Party is set to host the 14th Congressional District Republican Convention this year.
As National Blood Donor Month continues this January, the American Red Cross celebrates those who give blood and platelets to help save lives − especially now, as we work to ensure a stable blood supply amid the threat of icy winter weather and severe seasonal illness. Donors of all blood types – particularly type O blood donors, the most needed blood group by hospitals – and platelet donors are needed daily to meet demand.
“The Department of Labor has had an image problem,” newly elected Commissioner of Labor Bruce Thompson told members of the state House and Senate Appropriations committees just six days after taking the oath of office. “We seek to be able to change that.”
In the latest report from the Georgia Department of Public Health, Chattooga County saw a slight decrease in the number of COVID-19 cases in the county. The numbers are released on Wednesday of each week. There were 12 new COVID-19 cases reported; that is down from 14 cases the previous week. Statewide, 102 people died from COVID, up from 99 the previous week. The number of new reported cases dropped to 6,132, down a third from 9,126 reported cases through January 11, 2023.