Chattooga County News

LAFAYETTE, Ga. -- Workers will begin repairing train tracks this week after damage from September floods put a major kink in transportation lines in Walker and Chattooga counties.

Workers will begin repairing train tracks this week after damage from September floods put a major kink in transportation lines in Walker and Chattooga counties.

The resurfacing of Broad Street from Turner McCall Boulevard to Second Avenue is one of several area road projects certified for funding through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act federal stimulus package.

Chattooga and Gordon counties in North Georgia will share in $65.8 million in transportation projects that Gov.

Law enforcement officials say an ATV crash victim and passenger may not have been wearing protective equipment.

Police officers in Summerville, Ga. score a big sting using technology and cleverness.

Incoming text messages intercepted by the Chattooga County Sheriffa s Department and the City of Summerville Police Department caused the arrest of 23 people this week.

Submitted by WDEF on October 29, 2009 - 7:18pm. Chattooga County News A A A A You've got to admit that David Hester has the touch when it comes to the Fantasy Five lottery game.

A former Trion First Baptist Church organist is heading to prison after stealing more than $50,000 from the churcha s bank account.

The 32nd Sunbelt Ag Expo is underway in Moultrie. Thousands of people showed up at Spence Field for the first day of the three day event.

Click on this chart to see a larger version. Floyd Countya s unemployment rate was unchanged from August to September, staying at 11.1 percent.

Three counties have been putting their heads together to bump up the timeline for widening Ga.

Submitted by WDEF on October 12, 2009 - 7:11pm. News Catoosa County News Chattooga County News Walker County News Comments Below: 0 A A A A Families in counties that were declared disaster areas can quality for free legal services.

The Chattooga County Sheriffa s office uncovered several makeshift methamphetamine labs during the past week.

Gordon County has seen a slight decrease in unemployment claims, according to the state Department of Labor.

Disaster Recovery Centers in Catoosa and Chattooga counties are closing on Saturday, but one in Walker County will remain open, officials said.

The Care Mission has never worked to help so many needy people with so few resources before.

Tim Wilson, manager at James H. Floyd State Park in Chattooga County, Allen Padget of the Walker County Search and Rescue team and Jim Greenway, volunteer with the Department of Natural Resources Search and Rescue Team talk to members of Boy Scout Troop 4 of Rome about search and rescue techniques at the 2009 Camporee Saturday.

Christy Stephens, 13, of Chattooga County was murdered in 1990. An unsolved Chattooga County murder is one of six in Georgia that are featured in the new book a oeFind My Killer: Crime Stoppers: Unsolved Homicidesa by retired journalist Cal Millar.

Advance Rehabilitation raised $3,000 in less than three days to aid the Red Cross in disaster relief for Chattooga County.