Officials at Mount Vernon Mills in Trion say that a truck driver was delivering a tanker of salt water to the Mill at 1 AM on Friday morning and was pumping air into the tanker when it exploded, killing the driver. The incident is still under investigation.
On Wednesday, the Governor’s Office of Student Achievement unveiled a list of schools across Georgia designated as “underperforming,” a classification that now grants parents of students in these schools the opportunity to apply for financial assistance for private education. Among the schools highlighted in the report, LeRoy Massey Elementary School and Summerville Middle School in Chattooga County were identified as underperforming.
An Armuchee man, Robert Keith Tincher III, pleaded guilty to killing his 82-year-old grandmother, Doris Cumming, and storing her body in a freezer for months. Tincher, 31, forced his grandmother into plastic bags, dragged her through their home, and placed her in a large freezer, causing multiple broken bones.
Georgia’s US Senator Jon Ossoff continues to go after the US Postmaster General at hearings held on Thursday.
On the night of November 28, 2024, local authorities responded to a report of an intoxicated man causing disturbances at Judy’s Herb Shop. The incident led to the arrest of 59-year-old Horace Emanuel Wooten, Jr. , for public drunkenness and possession of marijuana. An EMS worker witnessed Wooten’s behavior inside the store and reported it. Summerville Police were busy with a vehicle crash, so deputies from the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office were sent. They initially could not find Wooten, but he tried to flee when he saw them. After a brief chase, he was caught. Wooten smelled of alcohol, had bloodshot eyes, and slurred speech. He was taken to jail, where marijuana was found in his jacket. Wooten was charged with crossing the guard line with drugs in addition to public intoxication charges and obstruction of law enforcement charges.
In November 2023, the U. S. Department of Agriculture informed state officials that Georgia was “severely out of compliance” with SNAP application processing times. A report highlighted problems like a mismanaged application prioritization, insufficient staff for 52,000 backlogged applications, and lack of a system to reassign applications. Little has improved over the past year.
A Georgia Lottery player purchased a lucky $10,000 winning Mega Millions ticket in Rome for the drawing held on Dec. 3, 2024. The next Mega Millions drawing is set for tonight, with an estimated jackpot of $579 million — the 10th largest in the game’s history.
AdventHealth Redmond announced that it has received accreditation under the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program (MBSAQIP), a joint quality program of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) and the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS).
Here is the latest arrest report from the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office for Thursday, December 5, 2024:
