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Category Archives: Chattooga County

Georgia State Patrol Reports Pedestrian Fatality Near Trion

Georgia State Patrol Reports Pedestrian Fatality Near Trion

May 26th, 2022 – 12:20 PM WRGA Staff Reports – The following information was provided by the Georgia State Patrol: On May 26th at 4:13 AM, Georgia State Patrol Officers responded to a vehicle versus pedestrian crash in Chattooga County on GA 1 at Rossville Boulevard. The preliminary investigation determined that a red 2010 Dodge…read more

2022 Primary Election Returns

2022 Primary Election Returns

Unofficial Results brought to you by: Click the candidate’s photo to visit the official campaign website. Hershel Junior Walker won. 13.36% 3.96% 3.21% 2.42% 8.85% 68.19% Raphael Warnock won. 3.96% 96.04% Marjorie Taylor Greene won. 6.15% 69.54% 3.65% 2.22% 16.95% 1.49% Marcus Flowers won. 19.11% 74.71% 6.19% Brian Kemp won and will face Stacy Abrams…read more

Election results

Election results

May 24, 2022–11:48 p.m. STAFF REPORTS 14th District Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene has won her Republican Primary and will now face Democrat Marcus Flowers in November. Flowers also won without the need for a runoff. Greene received 8,532 votes in Floyd County.  Her nearest challenger was Jennifer Strahan who had 3,150 votes. Flowers received 1,935…read more

Georgia gas prices up 17 cents

Georgia gas prices up 17 cents

May 23, 2022–8:20 p.m. AAA SOUTH Georgia gas prices continue to rise, up 17 more cents in the last week. Georgia motorists are now paying an average price of $4.15 per gallon for regular unleaded gasoline. Monday’s state average is also 43 cents more than last month and $1.22 more than this time last year. It now costs motorists…read more

Local blood supply at critical levels

Local blood supply at critical levels

May 22, 2022–11:42 a.m. NEWS RELEASE The blood and platelet supply across Northwest Georgia is at a critical level, according to Blood Assurance. As of Thursday, the regional blood center had about a one-day’s supply of O-negative, A-positive, and B-negative blood on its shelves. Additionally, the nonprofit announced it only had 19 platelet units to…read more

GDOT to host online webinar for small business owners in Chattooga

GDOT to host online webinar for small business owners in Chattooga

May 20th, 2022 – 4:00 PM GDOT Press Release – The Georgia Department of Transportation (Georgia DOT) State Supported Funding Program (SSFP) is interested in learning about available resources and project opportunities in Chattooga County. Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBEs), small business owners, and veteran-owned small businesses will have the opportunity to learn how to connect…read more

Report: Argument over potato chips leads to assault

Report: Argument over potato chips leads to assault

May 19, 2022–7:15 p.m. WZQZ RADIO Earlier this month, Summerville Police responded to a domestic dispute on Montgomery Street where witnesses said a man had hit someone else with a baseball bat after the two got into an argument over a bag of potato chips. When police arrived on the scene and spoke with witnesses…read more

Report: Argument over potato chips leads to assault

Report: Argument over potato chips leads to assault

May 19, 2022–7:15 p.m. WZQZ RADIO Earlier this month, Summerville Police responded to a domestic dispute on Montgomery Street where witnesses said a man had hit someone else with a baseball bat after the two got into an argument over a bag of potato chips. When police arrived on the scene and spoke with witnesses…read more

Lewis back in State Senate race

Lewis back in State Senate race

May 19, 2022–4:56 p.m. WBHF RADIO/STAFF REPORTS Jeff Lewis is back in the contest for State Senate. Late last week, Georgia Administrative Court Judge Charles R Beaudrot recommended Lewis’s candidacy be invalidated. Beaudrot wrote that Lewis had not made the correct filings with respect to his campaign finances by the required deadline The Secretary of…read more

DPH urges parents to talk to their pediatricians for guidance during baby formula shortage

DPH urges parents to talk to their pediatricians for guidance during baby formula shortage

May 19, 2022–7:53 a.m. GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH The Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) is urging parents unable to find baby formula typically used for their child to contact their pediatrician about appropriate nutritional and safe feeding alternatives. Georgia WIC is working with WIC agencies statewide, local grocers and retailers, and formula manufacturers…read more