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August 13th, 2021 – 2:20 PM WZQZ Radio – (Via WZQZ Radio) On August 3rd, a member of Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John F. King’s Fire Investigations Unit was requested by the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office to assist in a fire investigation on Riverhaven Lane in Menlo (Cloudland). The fire occurred at approximately 10:20…… read more
August 12, 2021–8:30 p.m. GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH Floyd County reported 25 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday. That brings the two-week total to 389. Meanwhile, Polk County reported 12 new cases and Chattooga County had four. 30 more Bartow County residents tested positive Floyd County had 31 new cases. There were no deaths reported…… read more
August 11, 2021–9:05 p.m. STAFF REPORTS If you have been watching the numbers recently, you will know that we have seen a significant turn in the COVID-19 pandemic over the last few weeks, and not in the direction we’d like to be going. Dr. Gary Voccio, health director for the 10-county Georgia Department of Public…… read more
August 10, 2021–6:46 p.m. STAFF REPORTS The Georgia Department of Public Health reported Tuesday that 30 more Floyd County residents have tested positive for COVID-19. That now makes 264 confirmed cases in the last two weeks. 14 new cases were reported in Bartow County on Tuesday, 25 in Gordon County, eight in Chattooga County, and…… read more
August 10, 2021–6:14 p.m. NEWS RELEASE Many weather experts predict a destructive hurricane season this year. The American Red Cross needs volunteers to help on the ground and blood donors to roll up a sleeve to maintain a stable blood supply in the face of emergencies. “We’re preparing for another extremely busy disaster season, and…… read more
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August 10, 2021–11:10 a.m. STAFF REPORTS The Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Federal Communications Commission will conduct a national test of the Wireless Emergency Alert & the Emergency Alert System on Wednesday. At around 2:20 p.m., a wireless emergency alert will be sent to all cell phones that have opted in for the test…… read more
August 9, 2021–6:49 p.m. FLOYD COUNTY JAIL RECORDS A Chattooga County man has been arrested on drugs and weapons charges dating back to October of 2020. According to Floyd County Jail records, Rome-Floyd Metro Task Force officers executed a search warrant at a residence on Tower Road in Rome and found methamphetamine, 13 marijuana plants,…… read more
August 5, 2021–7:05 p.m. NEWS RELEASE Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger announced that he is taking another step to update voter lists to safeguard election integrity. Georgia election officials are sending 185,666 notifications this week to voter files that have registered no contact with Georgia’s election system for at least five calendar years. “Accurate voter…… read more
August 3rd, 2021 – 2:40 PM WZQZ Radio (Via WZQZ Radio) A Chattooga County couple was arrested for neglect of an elderly family member. A Trion couple has been charged after their landlord called the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Department because he suspected that an elderly woman was not receiving the care that she needed. The…… read more
August 2, 2021–12:30 p.m. AAA SOUTH Georgia gas prices held steady last week. Georgia motorists are now paying an average price of $2.96 per gallon for regular unleaded gasoline. It now costs motorists $44.40 to fill a 15-gallon tank of gasoline; that is $7.50 more than what motorists paid in January of 2020 when pump prices hit their peak of $2.46 per…… read more