May 24, 2022–11:48 p.m. STAFF REPORTS 14th District Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene has won her Republican Primary and will now face Democrat Marcus Flowers in November. Flowers also won without the need for a runoff. Greene received 8,532 votes in Floyd County. Her nearest challenger was Jennifer Strahan who had 3,150 votes. Flowers received 1,935…… Continue Reading
May 23, 2022–8:20 p.m. AAA SOUTH Georgia gas prices continue to rise, up 17 more cents in the last week. Georgia motorists are now paying an average price of $4.15 per gallon for regular unleaded gasoline. Monday’s state average is also 43 cents more than last month and $1.22 more than this time last year. It now costs motorists…… Continue Reading
May 22, 2022–11:42 a.m. NEWS RELEASE The blood and platelet supply across Northwest Georgia is at a critical level, according to Blood Assurance. As of Thursday, the regional blood center had about a one-day’s supply of O-negative, A-positive, and B-negative blood on its shelves. Additionally, the nonprofit announced it only had 19 platelet units to…… Continue Reading
May 20th, 2022 – 4:00 PM GDOT Press Release – The Georgia Department of Transportation (Georgia DOT) State Supported Funding Program (SSFP) is interested in learning about available resources and project opportunities in Chattooga County. Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBEs), small business owners, and veteran-owned small businesses will have the opportunity to learn how to connect…… Continue Reading
May 19, 2022–7:15 p.m. WZQZ RADIO Earlier this month, Summerville Police responded to a domestic dispute on Montgomery Street where witnesses said a man had hit someone else with a baseball bat after the two got into an argument over a bag of potato chips. When police arrived on the scene and spoke with witnesses…… Continue Reading
May 19, 2022–7:15 p.m. WZQZ RADIO Earlier this month, Summerville Police responded to a domestic dispute on Montgomery Street where witnesses said a man had hit someone else with a baseball bat after the two got into an argument over a bag of potato chips. When police arrived on the scene and spoke with witnesses…… Continue Reading
May 19, 2022–4:56 p.m. WBHF RADIO/STAFF REPORTS Jeff Lewis is back in the contest for State Senate. Late last week, Georgia Administrative Court Judge Charles R Beaudrot recommended Lewis’s candidacy be invalidated. Beaudrot wrote that Lewis had not made the correct filings with respect to his campaign finances by the required deadline The Secretary of…… Continue Reading
May 19, 2022–7:53 a.m. GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH The Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) is urging parents unable to find baby formula typically used for their child to contact their pediatrician about appropriate nutritional and safe feeding alternatives. Georgia WIC is working with WIC agencies statewide, local grocers and retailers, and formula manufacturers…… Continue Reading
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…… Continue Reading
May 16, 2022–5:40 p.m. AAA SOUTH Georgia gas prices jumped 15-cents a gallon in one week. Georgia motorists are now paying an average price of $3.98 per gallon for regular unleaded gasoline. Monday’s state average is 27 cents more than last month and $1.01 more than this time last year. It now costs motorists $59.70 to fill a 15-gallon tank of…… Continue Reading