Blood Assurance is urging the community to donate blood over the coming days to help those who were injured in the Thursday, Sept. 23, mass shooting near Memphis.

Georgia’s two U.S. senators and a metro Atlanta congresswoman are pushing to include an expansion of Medicaid in the final version of a budget reconciliation bill now before Congress.

ATLANTA - Georgia’s prison system needs a total overhaul to stem the neglect and violence rampant inside prison walls, a Democratic member of the General Assembly said Thursday, Sept. 23.

ATLANTA - A legislative committee hearing Wednesday, Sept. 22, to begin exploring violent crime in Georgia turned into a debate over “broken windows” policing, which focuses on improving the appearance of neighborhoods to discourage crime.

ATLANTA - Legislators studying the issue of raising Georgia’s mandatory age for school attendance from 16 to 17 were met with tough, complex questions from some metro Atlanta school officials on Wednesday, Sept. 22.

ATLANTA – The Washington, D.C.-based Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) has announced a new, $30 million investment in nine battleground states – including Georgia – for the 2022 general election.

Walker County's former sole commissioner told the developer of a controversial development across the street from Ridgeland High School that the property was zoned residential two weeks before he rezoned it so to allow construction of 156 units of affordable workforce housing. 

A recent fire that damaged an 89-year-old Rossville house was intentionally set.

Lois Crandell, executive director and plant manager for Roper Corp. -- a wholly-owned subsidiary of GE Appliances, a Haier company -- has received the 2021 Women in Supply Chain Award.

LaFayette's annual Halloween tradition, Scare on the Square, will return to downtown.

The following information concerning recent arrests was provided by the Walker County Sheriff’s Office. All people are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

Walker County commissioners Oct. 14 will consider the rezoning request for apartments across from Ridgeland High School after the Planning Commission recommended denying the request for a second time.

Catoosa County Schools Superintendent Denia Reese will retire during this school year, the county Board of Education announced. Reese has been superintendent for 16 years.

Catoosa County school officials broke ground Tuesday, Sept. 14, for a performing arts center at Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe High School.

A Catoosa County Superior Court jury deliberated just 10 minutes before convicting a man on two counts of child molestation Tuesday, Sept. 14.

The federal government has changed the way COVID-19 monoclonal antibody treatments will be distributed in the United States, including Georgia.

A Rising Fawn golf course has been named among America’s 100 Greatest of Public Courses.

A Rossville man has been charged and arrested in the June 14 vandalism of Ridgeland High School.

ATLANTA – The president of the Medical Association of Georgia said Wednesday this flu season could be worse than last year’s, and again stressed the importance of getting a COVID-19 vaccine. “COVID-19 is a respiratory infection, so co-infection can bring a much higher risk of mortality,” said Dr. Lisa Perry-Gilkes. “Getting vaccinated is the best […]

A top state public health official told a House of Representatives study committee on Monday, Sept. 13, that Georgia should require a full clearance inspection after a lead abatement inspection.

ATLANTA — Democrats on the Georgia House Higher Education Committee urged Gov. Brian Kemp Monday, Sept. 13, to drop his opposition to mask mandates and leave the decision to administrators at the state’s public colleges and universities.

ATLANTA — The U.S. Justice Department announced Tuesday, Sept. 14, it has opened a statewide investigation into conditions inside Georgia’s prisons.

ATLANTA – The war of words between President Joe Biden and Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp over new White House COVID mandates continued Friday afternoon, Sept. 10, with Kemp accusing the administration of playing “pandemic politics.”

The following information concerning recent arrests was provided by the Walker County Sheriff’s Office. All people are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

The sacrifice of emergency workers on 9/11 motivated one local man to become a member of Walker County Fire and Rescue.

ATLANTA — Gov. Brian Kemp is vowing to fight President Joe Biden’s newly announced COVID-19 mandates, which now include requiring employers with more than 100 workers to mandate either vaccinations or weekly tests.

ATLANTA - Two of Georgia’s senior congressmen are urging Gov. Brian Kemp to take action in the wake of a surge in COVID hospitalizations.

Walker County Sheriff Steve Wilson says an inmate didn’t ask to be taken to the hospital the night before his death.

The owners of McLemore have confirmed that nearly $188-million in bonds have been sold to fund the construction of a 245-room lodge, conference center and spa along the eastern edge of Lookout Mountain, Ga.

ATLANTA — Georgia airports need $1.3 billion for projects including runway extensions and terminal improvements, Carol Comer, director of the state Department of Transportation’s Intermodal Division, said Wednesday, Sept. 8.

Catoosa County Sheriff’s Office detectives continue their investigation into alleged road rage incidents Monday night, Sept. 6, that ended with the shooting death of 34-year-old Jack Pedigo.

Former President Donald Trump will headline a Saturday, Sept. 25, rally in Perry, his first appearance in the Peach State since the U.S. Senate runoff elections back in January.

A 64-year-old Walker County inmate died Saturday morning, Sept. 4, at the Walker County jail, Sheriff Steve Wilson said.

Authorities have charged 36-year-old Cameron Gravitt of Chattanooga with murder in connection with the stabbing death of a Ringgold therapist.

The following information concerning recent arrests was provided by the Walker County Sheriff’s Office. All people are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

Rossville residents are trying to coordinate a town hall meeting with Walker County Board of Commissioners Chairman Shannon Whitfield a week after they marched in downtown LaFayette and called for his resignation; meanwhile, Whitfield has scheduled a town hall meeting about the controversial…

The Walker County Health Department will host a second free COVID-19 vaccination event Friday, Sept. 17, from 9 a.m. to noon at the Rossville Athletic Center gym, 301 Williams St., Rossville.

ATLANTA — A Glynn County grand jury indicted former Brunswick District Attorney Jackie Johnson Thursday, Sept. 2, for misconduct in the investigation of the shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery last year.

Many Americans remember where they were and what they were doing Sept. 11, 2001, when approximately 3,000 people lost their lives during the deadliest terrorist attack in U.S. history.

ATLANTA — Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger is turning up the heat on the Justice Department over its lawsuit challenging controversial election law changes the General Assembly adopted last March.

Construction on Interstate 75 through Catoosa County is among construction contracts awarded in July.