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July 25th, 2022 – 4:07 PM Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office – Chattooga Sheriff’s Office investigators are looking for leads to identify those responsible for the damage to many grave markers this weekend. The damage occurred in the Alexander cemetery off of Spring Creek road. Any information would be greatly appreciated and you may remain anonymous.…… read more
July 20th, 2022 – 10:25 AM WZQZ Radio – A twenty-year-old Summerville man was arrested over the weekend after he was accused of assaulting a twenty-one-year-old female with a broom handle and then punching the woman. According to a report from the Summerville Police Department, police were called to a domestic altercation on Selman Avenue…… read more
July 19, 2022–11:00 p.m. NEWS RELEASE The United Community Bank (UCB) Foundation is donating $2,500 to Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC). While the donation is the UCB Foundation’s first donation to GNTC, the local bank supports the GNTC Foundation each year from its local budget; this donation is being made “to improve the financial health…… read more
July 19th, 2022 – 12:25 PM GEORGIA STATE PATROL A pedestrian was struck and killed by a vehicle on Highway 27 in Chattooga County Monday evening. According to the Georgia State Patrol, 45-year-old Jeremy Paul Crump was walking on the inside northbound lane south of Greeson Street. He was hit by a 2007 GMC Yukon,…… read more
July 17, 2022–1:21 p.m. FLOYD COUNTY JAIL RECORDS A Summerville man was arrested Friday after police say he traveled to Floyd County to meet someone he believed to be a minor under the age of 16 for sex. According to jail records, 29-year-old William David Curry sent nude pictures of himself and pornographic videos to…… read more
July 17, 2022–1:12 p.m. CALHOUN POLICE DEPARTMENT NEWS RELEASE Law enforcement officers in Georgia are ready to put the hammer down on drivers who are hammering down on their gas pedal during the fourth annual “Operation Southern Slow Down” speed enforcement operation. After the last 5year’s highly successful operation that drew national attention, Georgia will…… read more
July 17, 2022–1:05 p.m. STAFF REPORTS COVID-19 cases have slowly been rising in recent weeks. All Northwest Georgia counties, including Floyd, Bartow, Gordon, Polk, and Chattooga, are now considered counties with high transmission indicators. According to the Georgia Department of Public Health, high transmission means a county has had more than 100 cases per 100,000…… read more
July 14, 2022–9:07 a.m. BLOOD ASSURANCE Northwest Georgia’s blood supply is in dire need of replenishment, according to Blood Assurance. On Wednesday, the nonprofit had just 19 units of the universal blood type, O-negative, on its shelves. Blood Assurance likes to have at least 180 units of O-negative available every day to send to local…… read more
July 11, 2022–11:38 a.m. AAA SOUTH Georgia gas prices continue their downward trend. Monday’s state average was $4.19 per gallon for regular unleaded gasoline. That is 13 cents less than a week ago, and 24 cents less than last month. However, it is still $1.26 more than this time last year. According to AAA, a decrease in crude prices…… read more
July 5, 2022–6:31 p.m. GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY At least 20 people lost their lives on Georgia’s roadways during the July 4 holiday weekend, which ended at 11:59 p.m. Monday. In Troop A, which covers Northwest Georgia, fatal crashes were investigated by the Bartow County Sheriff’s Office, the Polk County Police Department, the Cherokee…… read more