Here are some of the top stories from WZQZ Radio and our website at www.chattoogainfo.com for 2025, highlighting major legal battles, elections, public safety issues, education news, and political developments that shaped the year in Chattooga County.
The Georgia Department of Corrections says an execution date has been set for Stacey Ian Humphreys, who was sentenced to death for the 2003 murders of two Cobb County real estate agents.
Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr says a major gang operation tied to Hays State Prison in Chattooga County has been shut down following the convictions of 16 members of the 1-8 Trey Gangster Bloods. The case stems from a large-scale investigation into violent crime, drug trafficking, and gang recruitment allegedly directed both inside and outside Georgia prisons.
A federal appeals court has restored Georgia’s ban on giving food and drinks to people waiting in line to vote, sending the legal fight back to a lower court for another look.