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June 4, 2022–6:38 p.m. NEWS RELEASE Sonny Rigas officially retired from Atrium Health Floyd on Friday, ending 26 years of service with the organization. Rigas served as an internal auditor at Floyd briefly in the 1980s. He then held administrative positions with other healthcare organizations before returning to Floyd in 1996. He was named executive…… read more
June 2, 2022–5:51 p.m. NEWS RELEASE Floyd Medical Center now has a robot-assisted biopsy tool that can help doctors diagnose lung cancer earlier. Atrium Health Floyd’s first procedures using the new Intuitive Ion system were performed Tuesday. The device features an ultra-thin robotic catheter that can move 180 degrees in all directions. Physicians can navigate…… read more
June 1, 2022–5:04 p.m. WEIS RADIO According to a press release, Cedar Bluff Police have made an arrest in connection with an attempted robbery at The County Store service station that occurred on May 6th, 2022. Cedar Bluff officers were dispatched to The Country Store in reference to a white male wearing a blue shirt,…… read more
June 1, 2022–5:04 p.m. WEIS RADIO According to a press release, Cedar Bluff Police have made an arrest in connection with an attempted robbery at The County Store service station that occurred on May 6th, 2022. Cedar Bluff officers were dispatched to The Country Store in reference to a white male wearing a blue shirt,…… read more
May 26, 2022–6:06 p.m. NEWS RELEASE Floyd Emergency Medical Services (EMS) will become Chattooga County’s official emergency medical service provider beginning in August 2022. County Commissioner Blake Elsberry announced the agreement Thursday, just weeks after Atrium Health Floyd gained approval from the Georgia Department of Community Health to build a freestanding emergency department (FSED) in…… read more
May 19, 2022–7:18 p.m. WEIS RADIO Area Fire Departments along with Floyd EMS and the Alabama Forestry Commission, all responded to reports of a blaze getting out of hand just before 11:00 am Thursday. According to early reports, a planned fire got out of hand and as a result, two mobile homes went up in…… read more
May 17th, 2022 – 11:50 AM Georgia Attorney General’s – Attorney General Chris Carr is warning Georgia consumers to beware of price gouging and other scams in response to the nationwide baby formula shortage. “With skyrocketing inflation, record-high gas prices, and now an unprecedented shortage of baby formula made worse by the increasingly dire situation…… read more
May 15, 2022–6:33 p.m. WEIS RADIO The Alabama State Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating a church fire in Centre on Saturday. Firefighters arrived at St. Mary’s Methodist Church on West Main Street to find a fire on one of the pews and a flag burned on a flag stand. The pew was immediately removed from…… read more
May 10, 2022–6:41 p.m. NEWS RELEASE The Leapfrog Group has awarded Floyd Medical Center and 12 other Atrium Health hospitals with top-rated “A” grades on its spring 2022 patient safety report card. The other Atrium Health hospitals that received an “A” rating in the Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades for protecting patients from preventable harm and…… read more
May 8, 2022–3:32 p.m. NEWS RELEASE Chattooga County residents will have access to much-needed emergency care after Atrium Health Floyd creates a freestanding emergency department(FSED) there. The Georgia Department of Community Health has approved the project that will provide 24/7 emergency care to residents of Summerville, Trion, Lyerly, Menlo, and surrounding communities. Atrium Health Floyd…… read more