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Category Archives: Chattooga County

Soldiers from Ft. Stewart being deployed to Germany

Soldiers from Ft. Stewart being deployed to Germany

February 27, 2022–4:02 p.m. NEWS RELEASE President Joe Biden has directed that 7,000 U.S. service members be deployed to Germany to enhance deterrence of Russia. Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III has ordered the deployment of those 7,000 service members. The major unit in this tranche of troops is the 1st Armored Brigade Combat…read more

Hays Prison chaplain killed in wreck

Hays Prison chaplain killed in wreck

February 23, 2022–10:32 a.m. GEORGIA STATE PATROL/STAFF REPORTS A single-vehicle wreck in Chattooga County Tuesday morning claimed the life of a man who was a chaplain at Hays State Prison and a deacon at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Rome. According to the Georgia State Patrol, a 1994 Jeep Cherokee, driven by 65-year old Joseph…read more

Resurfacing on Martha Berry Highway underway

Resurfacing on Martha Berry Highway underway

February 23, 2022–10:26 a.m. STAFF REPORTS Resurfacing work on Martha Berry Highway is underway. Paving on the highway started this week near Mount Berry Mall. The project will extend all the way to the Chattooga County line and will have at least one lane of traffic shut down along the way as the work progresses.read more

Georgia Pump Price Average Up 4 Cents

Georgia Pump Price Average Up 4 Cents

Febraury 21st, 2022 AAA – the Auto Club Group – Georgia gas prices continue to increase at the pump compared to a week ago. Georgia motorists are now paying an average price of $3.37 per gallon for regular unleaded gasoline. Monday’s state average is 4 cents more than a week ago, 25 cents more than last month, and…read more

Georgia gas prices continue upward trend

Georgia gas prices continue upward trend

February 14, 2022–7:33 p.m. AAA SOUTH Georgia gas prices continue to increase at the pump compared to a week ago. Georgia motorists are now paying an average price of $3.33 per gallon for regular unleaded gasoline. Monday’s state average is 9 cents more than a week ago, 22 cents more than last month, and $1.01 more than this…read more

[[VIDEO] Sen. Warnock calls for extension of Expanded Child Tax Credit

[[VIDEO] Sen. Warnock calls for extension of Expanded Child Tax Credit

February 9, 2022–8:33 a.m. NEWS RELEASE Today, U.S. Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-GA) joined a group of his fellow lawmakers, including Senators Michael Bennet (D-CO), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), and Cory Booker (D-NJ), and U.S. Representatives Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) and Suzan DelBene (D-WA-01), to encourage Americans to file their taxes to access the second half of their enhanced Child Tax Credit (CTC) and…read more

Gas prices up again

Gas prices up again

February 7, 2022–12:50 p.m. AAA SOUTH Gas prices continue to rise. Georgia motorists are now paying an average price of $3.24 per gallon for regular unleaded gasoline. Monday’s state average is 4 cents more than a week ago, 13 cents more than last month, and 96 cents more than this time last year. According to AAA, Russia’s intentions…read more

[VIDEO] Dr. Gary Voccio gives COVID-19 Update

[VIDEO] Dr. Gary Voccio gives COVID-19 Update

February 6, 2022–12:36 p.m. GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH Dr. Gary Voccio, health director for the ten-county Georgia Department of Public Health Northwest Health District, updates us on the coronavirus in Northwest Georgia. Everyone ages 5 years and older is eligible for a free COVID-19 vaccine, and everyone 12 years and older is eligible for…read more

GNTC announces President’s and Dean’s Lists for fall 2021

GNTC announces President’s and Dean’s Lists for fall 2021

February 4, 2022–1:00 p.m. GEORGIA NORTHWESTERN TECHNICAL COLLEGE Georgia Northwestern Technical College is proud to announce the students on the President’s and Dean’s Lists for the 2021 fall semester. To be eligible for the President’s List, the student must maintain a GPA of 3.8 or higher during the semester with a course load of at…read more

Former Summerville PD employee sentenced

Former Summerville PD employee sentenced

February 3, 2022–12:00 p.m. WZQZ RADIO A former Summerville Police Department employee was sentenced to 20 years with 4 years in confinement and the remainder on probation for diverting funds from the Santa in Uniform organization in Chattooga County Superior Court on Wednesday. Prosecutors say that the thefts began in 2010 and continued until they…read more