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Georgia Department of Public Safety Press Release – (ATLANTA, GA) -The 102-hour Thanksgiving holiday travel period begins at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 27, and ends at 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 1. “Reducing traffic crashes, deterring and correcting bad driving behaviors, and making the roadways safer is our job. To make this happen, Troopers and…… read more
November 21, 2019–7:48 a.m. NEWS RELEASE The Diabetes Prevention Program at Floyd is playing a role in “turning the tide in the fight against the epidemic of Type 2 diabetes,” according to a letter from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “As the (CDC’s) Director of the Diabetes Prevention Recognition Program, it is immensely…… read more
November 20th, 2019 – 9:30 AM Marc Summers (WEIS Radio) – (WEIS Radio) The man who was air-lifted to a trauma center after the golf cart he was driving was struck by a car on Highway 9 in Cedar Bluff Tuesday afternoon – has died. Cherokee County 9-1-1 received the call at 2:39 pm –…… read more
November 18th, 2019 – 5:00 PM National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) More than three times as many home cooking fires occur on Thanksgiving Day as on a typical day of the year. That’s according to the latest U.S. Home Cooking Fires report recently released by the National Fire Protection Association® (NFPA), which shows that there were 1,600 reported home…… read more
November 15th, 2019 – Marc Summers – (WEIS Radio) (WEIS Radio) A 34-year-old Piedmont man is being held in the Cherokee County Detention Center facing several drug charges. Joshua Lee Rainey was placed under arrest Thursday afternoon on charges of the Unlawful Distribution of Controlled Substance, the Unlawful Possession of Controlled Substance, and Unlawful Possession…… read more
November 13th, 2019 – 2:30 PM Marc Summers (WEIS RADIO) – (Via WEIS Radio) The road was shut-down for several hours after an 18-wheeler hauling garbage overturned on the Chesnut Bypass near CVS in Centre Tuesday morning. That Chattooga County Georgia Public Works truck was turning right onto the bypass from the Cedar Bluff Road, when…… read more
November 11th, 2019 – 1:30 PM Marc Summers (WEIS RADIO) – WEIS Radio News has been informed that Leesburg Police Investigator Jamie Chatman was injured in a traffic stop around 10:30 Sunday night. Chatman pulled over a pickup occupied by two subjects on Weiss Lake Boulevard at Adrian Gwinn Street in Leesburg, and during the course…… read more
November 10, 2019–12:44 p.m. WEIS RADIO A three-year old child is listed in critical condition after reportedly getting a hold of drugs on Saturday; that, according to Leesburg, Alabama Police Department Investigator Jamie Chatman. Chatman said it was soon determined that the child – who was unconscious but breathing – had ingested meth. She was…… read more
November 8, 2019–8:21 a.m. WEIS RADIO Investigators have charged a suspect in connection with two structure fires that occurred this week. Investigator Leigha Blake arrested 61-year-old Allen Keith Garner of Centre, with first-degree arson and second-degree arson. Garner is charged with setting fire to his own home earlier this week while an individual was inside…… read more
November 7, 2019–7:50 a.m. WEIS RADIO A Cedar Bluff, Alabama man was killed in a Tuesday afternoon wreck off Highway 9 and Highway 68 near the Weiss Mart convenience store. According to Cherokee County Coroner Dr. Jeremy Deaton, 62- year old Perry Alan Tuggle died after his car collided with a septic tank pumper truck.…… read more