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Category Archives: Chattooga County

Area COVID-19 vaccination rates

Area COVID-19 vaccination rates

September 21, 2021–7:40 p.m. GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH Nearly 43,000 Floyd County residents have now had at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, according to the Georgia Department of Public Health. That’s about 44% of the total population. Just over 37,000, or 37%, of Floyd County residents, are now fully vaccinated. That’s the…read more

28 COVID-19 deaths reported in Northwest Georgia Tuesday

28 COVID-19 deaths reported in Northwest Georgia Tuesday

September 21, 2021–5:55 p.m. GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH Floyd County reported four COVID-19 deaths on Tuesday, according to the Georgia Department of Public Health. 248 Floyd County residents have now lost their lives to the virus since the start of the pandemic. Floyd County also reported 77 new positive tests on Monday for a…read more

Flash Flood Watch in effect through Tuesday morning

Flash Flood Watch in effect through Tuesday morning

September 20, 2021–7:05 p.m. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE A Flash Flood Watch is now in effect through this evening for portions of Northwest Georgia including Bartow, Chattooga, Floyd, Gordon, Paulding, and Polk Counties. Multiple rounds of heavy showers and isolated thunderstorms are possible today and into tonight. Rainfall totals within the watch of one to two…read more

Floyd County reports three more COVID-19 deaths

Floyd County reports three more COVID-19 deaths

September 20, 2021–7:00 p.m. GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH Floyd County reported three additional COVID-19 deaths from Friday to Monday, according to the Georgia Department of Public Health. 244 Floyd County residents have now lost their lives to the virus since the start of the pandemic. Floyd County also reported 128 new positive tests on…read more

Gas prices hold steady

Gas prices hold steady

September 20, 2021–11:08 a.m. AAA SOUTH Georgia gas prices remain unchanged this week. Georgia motorists continue to pay an average price of $2.97 per gallon for regular unleaded gasoline. It now costs motorists $44.55 to fill a 15-gallon tank of gasoline; that is $7.65 more than what motorists paid in January of 2020 when pump prices hit their peak of $2.46 per…read more

Flash Flood Watch in effect

Flash Flood Watch in effect

September 20, 2021–7:27 a.m. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE A Flash Flood Watch is now in effect through this evening for portions of Northwest Georgia including Bartow, Chattooga, Floyd, Gordon, Paulding, and Polk Counties. Multiple rounds of heavy showers and isolated thunderstorms are possible today. Rainfall totals within the watch of one to two inches are possible…read more

Trion student dies from injuries in ATV accident

Trion student dies from injuries in ATV accident

September 16, 2021–11:19 a.m. WZQZ RADIO A student at Trion High School in Chattooga County, Georgia passed away on Tuesday from injuries received in a four-wheeler accident taking place last weekend. 16-year old Josh Hernandez passed shortly after 6:00 that evening as the result of injuries sustained in the ATV accident which occurred on Saturday,…read more

New distribution process for monoclonal antibody treatments

New distribution process for monoclonal antibody treatments

September 16, 2021–11:13 a.m. NEWS RELEASE The federal government has changed the way COVID-19 monoclonal antibody treatments will be distributed in the United States, including Georgia. The decision announced Monday by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is the result of supply shortages and extraordinary demand for the treatments across the country,…read more

Two Inmates Charged With Murder At Hays State Prison

Two Inmates Charged With Murder At Hays State Prison

September 15th, 2021 – 11:20 AM WZQZ Radio – (Via WZQZ Radio) Two Hays State Prison inmates have been charged with murder in connection with the murder of a fellow inmate earlier this year. Jorge Renberto Ventura was reportedly murdered in his cell at Hays in June.  Ventura was serving a sentence for molesting a…read more

Businesswoman Jennifer Strahan announces bid for Congress

Businesswoman Jennifer Strahan announces bid for Congress

September 15, 2021–10:43 a.m. NEWS RELEASE Republican Jennifer Strahan today launched her U.S. House campaign in Georgia’s 14th congressional district. A mother and small business owner, Strahan will be challenging Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene in the Republican Primary. “Georgia’s 14th district deserves a representative who is focused on serving, not being a celebrity,” said Strahan. “There is too much at stake right…read more