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
May 4th, 2023 – 11:35 AM Centre Police Department – According to Centre Police Chief Kirk Blankenship, the Centre Police Department arrested Michael Kilgore, who was employed as a Centre police officer, on Wednesday evening. Allegations were made regarding the unlawful handling and planting of evidence by Kilgore. Centre Police Investigator Randy Mayorga immediately initiated…… Continue Reading
April 26th, 2023 – 5:30 PM Cherokee County Emergency Management & Homeland Security – The Cherokee County Emergency Management Agency has been made aware by reports from citizens of an area of Spring Creek, north of Gaylesville (County Rd 41/87/114 area), having a fluorescent green color. Director Rogers was informed by Northeast Alabama Water Authority…… Continue Reading