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Category Archives: Chattooga County

Georgia gas prices up 15-cents since last week

Georgia gas prices up 15-cents since last week

May 16, 2022–5:40 p.m. AAA SOUTH Georgia gas prices jumped 15-cents a gallon in one week. Georgia motorists are now paying an average price of $3.98 per gallon for regular unleaded gasoline. Monday’s state average is 27 cents more than last month and $1.01 more than this time last year. It now costs motorists $59.70 to fill a 15-gallon tank of…read more

Lewis disqualified from State Senate race

Lewis disqualified from State Senate race

May 16, 2022–7:22 a.m. WBHF RADIO One of the candidates in the Republican Primary for Georgia State Senate in District 52 is being disqualified. Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger has moved to disqualify District 52 State Senate candidate Jeff Lewis from the race. The decision came less than 24 hours after Georgia Administrative Court Judge…read more

Trion Man Charged with Child Molestation

Trion Man Charged with Child Molestation

May 12th, 2022 – 12:30 PM WZQZ Radio – (Via WZQZ Radio) A Chattooga man was arrested this week on child molestation charges and enticing a child for indecent purposes.  The Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office had been investigating a 21-year-old Cody Kirk of a Spring Creek Road address in Trion for several weeks after a…read more

Record Early Voting Turnout Continues

Record Early Voting Turnout Continues

May 12th, 2022 – 11:35 PM Georgia Secretary of State’s Office – Early voting for the May 24 primary election continues. Floyd County voters can cast ballots at the new elections office located in the health department building on East 12th Street and at the Anthony Recreation Center in Garden Lakes between the hours of…read more

Dr. Voccio gives COVID-19 update

Dr. Voccio gives COVID-19 update

May 11, 2022–4:27 p.m. STAFF REPORTS COVID-19 hospitalizations have remained at their lowest since the start of the pandemic. However, cases in the United States have doubled in the past two weeks. Dr. Gary Voccio, health director for the 10-county Georgia Department of Public Health Northwest District, gave an update Wednesday morning on WRGA’s First…read more

GA Department of Revenue to Begin Issuing Special, One-Time Tax Refunds

GA Department of Revenue to Begin Issuing Special, One-Time Tax Refunds

May 11th, 2022 – 2:35 PM State of Georgia Press Release –  Governor Brian P. Kemp and the Department of Revenue (DOR) announced today that DOR will begin issuing special, one-time tax refunds this week. This initiative is a result of House Bill 1302, which the Georgia General Assembly recently passed, and Governor Kemp signed into…read more

Summerville Woman Arrested After Chasing Another In A Vehicle

Summerville Woman Arrested After Chasing Another In A Vehicle

May 11th, 2022 – 11:50 AM WZQZ Radio – (Via WZQZ Radio) A woman was arrested last week after allegedly chasing another woman in her vehicle down Highland Avenue. According to Summerville Police, officers responded to report that an SUV was chasing another vehicle and that witnesses believed the two vehicles had collided at some…read more

Summerville Woman Arrested After Chasing Another In A Vehicle

Summerville Woman Arrested After Chasing Another In A Vehicle

May 11th, 2022 – 11:50 AM WZQZ Radio – (Via WZQZ Radio) A woman was arrested last week after allegedly chasing another woman in her vehicle down Highland Avenue. According to Summerville Police, officers responded to report that an SUV was chasing another vehicle and that witnesses believed the two vehicles had collided at some…read more

New legislation offers stronger protection for Georgia children exposed to lead

New legislation offers stronger protection for Georgia children exposed to lead

May 10, 2022–6:25 p.m. NEWS RELEASE There is no safe amount of lead in a child’s blood. Even small amounts of lead can result in damage to the brain and nervous system, and cause behavioral problems, learning difficulties, and other medical issues – all of which may be permanent. However, legislation passed by the General Assembly and…read more

Two killed in Chattooga County wreck

Two killed in Chattooga County wreck

May 9, 2022–10:18 p.m. GEORGIA STATE PATROL Two people were killed and two others injured in a two-vehicle wreck on Trion-Teloga Road in Chattooga County Monday. According to the Georgia State Patrol, a 2000 Honda Accord crossed the center line and struck a Chevy 2500 pickup. The Chevy then left the roadway, traveled down an…read more