Friday, June 16, 2023–9:24 p.m. -WEIS Radio- A 50-year-old Cedar Bluff, Alabama woman died Friday in a single-vehicle crash in Cherokee County Friday morning. The wreck occurred at around 9:07 a.m. on Highway 273 near Cherokee County Road 110 north of Leesburg when a 2013 Nissan Frontier left the roadway, struck a culvert, overturned, and…… Continue Reading
June 12th, 2023 – 3:45 PM WEIS Radio – (Via WEIS Radio) The Cherokee County Sheriff’s Deputies and other departments were involved in a motorcycle chase Sunday afternoon. The pursuit began around 2:15 near the Georgia state line on Highway 9. The chase traveled south into the Fairell community, then past the Highway 35 intersection,…… Continue Reading
May 30th, 2023 – 3:10 PM Cherokee County Alabama Sheriff’s Office – According to Cherokee County Alabama Sheriff Jeff Shaver, four individuals were taken into custody Sunday evening by Sheriff’s Investigators following a shooting incident in the Wild Wood Cove area. Deputies responded to a residence on County Road 620 after receiving a 911 call…… Continue Reading
May 30th, 2023 – 1:40 PM via WEIS radio – A single-vehicle crash that occurred at approximately 2:25 pm Friday, May 26, has claimed the life of a Rome, Ga., teen. The 14-year-old juvenile was critically injured when a 2017 Mahindra all-terrain vehicle that the teen was driving left the roadway, rode up a guide…… Continue Reading
Thursday, May 25, 2023–6:13 p.m. -David Crowder, WRGA News- Convicted killer Judith Ann Neelley was denied parole Thursday by the Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles. Neelley was originally sentenced to death for the 1982 murder of 13-year-old Lisa Ann Millican, who was abducted from Rome’s Riverbend Mall, driven to Alabama, injected with drain cleaner,…… Continue Reading
Wednesday, May 24, 2023–5:50 p.m. -John Bailey, Rome News-Tribune- Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey wrote a letter to the Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles on Tuesday imploring them to deny parole for a woman convicted of kidnapping and murdering a Rome teenager in 1982. “Please do not grant parole to Judith Ann Neelley,” Ivey wrote…… Continue Reading
Wednesday, May 24, 2023–5:50 p.m. -John Bailey, Rome News-Tribune- Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey wrote a letter to the Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles on Tuesday imploring them to deny parole for a woman convicted of kidnapping and murdering a Rome teenager in 1982. “Please do not grant parole to Judith Ann Neelley,” Ivey wrote…… Continue Reading
May 22nd, 2023 – 2:25 PM WEIS Radio – (Via WEIS Radio) An accident involving a waverunner watercraft occurred at approximately 10:30 p.m. Saturday, May 20th, claimed the life of a Summerville man. 19-year-old Daegen P. Vaughn was fatally injured when a 2021 Yamaha WaveRunner he was operating ran aground and struck a tree. Vaughn…… Continue Reading
Sunday, May 21, 2023–11:41 a.m. -WEIS Radio- Two people were killed, and four others were hurt in a two-vehicle wreck in Cherokee County, Alabama Friday evening. According to Alabama State Trooper reports the wreck took place on U.S. 411 – near County Road 225 at 6:56 pm and involved a 2009 Toyota Corolla and also…… Continue Reading
Sunday, May 14, 2023–1:56 p.m. -Southern Environmental Law Center news release- In a victory for the health of Georgia’s Chattooga River, Alabama’s Weiss Lake, and downstream communities, a major textile mill in northwest Georgia has committed to permanently cease the use of PFAS and take action to reduce water pollution. Located on the Chattooga River,…… Continue Reading