September 14th, 2021 – 4:15 PM WEIS Radio – (Via WEIS Radio) The Inspirational Leadership Awards recognize service members, civilians and auxiliary volunteers for their accomplishments in innovative and people-focused initiatives across the country. The eight individuals selected for the 2021 awards were announced on July 20 by the Coast Guard Office of Leadership. Since…… Continue Reading
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August 28, 2021–10:14 p.m. STAFF REPORTS Charges have been filed in connection with a deadly wreck on Livingston Road last Monday. According to Floyd County Police, a 2007 Ford F-150, driven by 62-year old Kenneth Tudor of Gaylesville, Alabama left the roadway and struck a tree. A passenger in the truck, 60-year old Shawna Kelley,…… Continue Reading
August 27, 2021–10:34 a.m. NEWS RELEASE In light of the continued rise of hospitalized COVID-19 patients and the increasing community spread of infection, Floyd is further limiting visitation at all locations, including outpatient services such as diagnostic imaging, rehabilitation services, wound care, primary care, and urgent care. Effective Friday, August 27, no visitors will be…… Continue Reading
August 26, 2021–10:38 a.m. NEWS RELEASE Little River Canyon National Preserve has recently installed spike strips at the Little River Falls Parking Area. These spikes are in place to prevent drivers from entering the parking lot incorrectly and to aid rangers in enforcing parking closures when the lot is full or closed for the night.…… Continue Reading
July 28th, 2021 – 4:55 PM WEIS Radio – (Via WEIS Radio) Four people were rescued from the waters at the Little River Canyon Mouth Park on County Road 275 just off of Highway 273 late Wednesday morning. Emergency crews were called to the scene shortly before noon to a report of a female subject…… Continue Reading
July 26, 2021–10:16 p.m. WEIS RADIO Additional information has now been released regarding the domestic dispute which ended with one person being fatally shot over the weekend in Cherokee County, Alabama. At around 1:00 pm Saturday, 9-1-1 Central Dispatch received a call from a man saying he’d shot his wife. After arriving at the residence…… Continue Reading
July 22nd, 2021 – 10:00 AM WEIS Radio – (Via WEIS Radio) One Gaylesville Alabama man’s intoxicated joy ride ended in handcuffs after he damaged crops in several different farmers’ fields this past weekend. On July 17th, Officers on patrol were dispatched to Price Bridge Road due to someone trespassing in some agricultural fields. When…… Continue Reading
July 12th, 2021 – 8:55 AM WEIS Radio – (Via WEIS Radio) Leesburg Police Chief Brent Grimes says a 31-year-old Centre man was taken into custody on Friday night following a brief standoff with officers at a campground just off of Weiss Lake Blvd. Officers were conducting a welfare check at the location. Officers made…… Continue Reading
June 29th, 2021 -11:00 AM WEIS Radio – (Via WEIS Radio) One person is in custody following a high-speed chase that ended after he lost control of the Dodge Charger he was driving and wrecked on the Chesnut Bypass in Centre at Bay Springs Road earlier this morning (June 29th). That crash occurred close to…… Continue Reading
June 21, 2021–8:18 a.m. WEIS RADIO Rescue Squad personnel, EMA personnel, Tuckers Chapel Firefighters, ALEA Marine Patrol officers, and Cherokee County Sheriff’s deputies were called to the scene after a fisherman spotted a vehicle in the lake on County Road 165 in Cedar Bluff on Saturday morning. Firefighters located the SUV, rescue squad personnel and…… Continue Reading