May 15, 2022–6:33 p.m. WEIS RADIO The Alabama State Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating a church fire in Centre on Saturday. Firefighters arrived at St. Mary’s Methodist Church on West Main Street to find a fire on one of the pews and a flag burned on a flag stand. The pew was immediately removed from…… Continue Reading
May 10, 2022–6:41 p.m. NEWS RELEASE The Leapfrog Group has awarded Floyd Medical Center and 12 other Atrium Health hospitals with top-rated “A” grades on its spring 2022 patient safety report card. The other Atrium Health hospitals that received an “A” rating in the Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades for protecting patients from preventable harm and…… Continue Reading
May 8, 2022–3:32 p.m. NEWS RELEASE Chattooga County residents will have access to much-needed emergency care after Atrium Health Floyd creates a freestanding emergency department(FSED) there. The Georgia Department of Community Health has approved the project that will provide 24/7 emergency care to residents of Summerville, Trion, Lyerly, Menlo, and surrounding communities. Atrium Health Floyd…… Continue Reading
May 3rd, 2022 – 8:40 AM WEIS Radio – (Via WEIS Radio) A Gadsden woman has been booked in at the Cherokee County Jail in connection to the escape of a state inmate last week. 40-year-old Susan Lemley was booked in at the Cherokee County Detention Center just after 11:30 Monday morning by U.S. Marshals…… Continue Reading
May 2nd, 2022 – 12:00 PM Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office – According to Cherokee County Sheriff Jeff Shaver, escaped State inmate, David Kyle, was apprehended this morning by the U.S. Marshal’s Service, the Department of Corrections, and Sheriff’s Office personnel, at a residence in the Slackland Community. Kyle, 49-years-old, was serving a 99-year prison sentence…… Continue Reading
April 28, 2022–7:43 p.m. NEWS RELEASE Atrium Health Floyd’s commitment to offering robotic surgery to local patients is being well-received. Floyd Medical Center recently performed its 500th surgery using the da Vinci Xi Surgical System. The hospital’s first robot-assisted surgery using the da Vinci Xi Surgical System took place in November 2020. A second da…… Continue Reading
WEIS Radio – (Via WEIS Radio) A 31-year-old Gaylesville man was jailed around 11:00 pm Monday, following a failed attempt to elude deputies; a Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office Deputy tried to stop the driver on the causeway along Highway 9 after noticing the vehicle had no tail lights. Instead of pulling over, the driver fled…… Continue Reading
April 26, 2022–9:07 a.m. WEIS RADIO A man described as a ‘person of interest’ in the murder of a man whose body was found in a large toolbox in Polk County last month is now in custody. 39-year-old Nicholas Silvers of Gaylesville, Alabama was booked in at the Cherokee County Detention Center at around 10:35…… Continue Reading
April 19th, 2022 – 4:00 PM Atrium Health Floyd – The third week of April marks National Volunteer Week, celebrated annually at Atrium Health Floyd through its longstanding Good Samaritan recognition program. These Good Samaritans perform a variety of functions that directly and indirectly help patients and visitors. Hospitality specialists greet and escort patients…… Continue Reading
April 3, 2022–3:18 p.m. WEIS RADIO The Town of Cedar Bluff is mourning the loss of a Police Department Investigator after he suffered medical complications on Friday morning. The following statement was released from Cedar Bluff Mayor Tammy Crane and Police Chief Brody Moses: It is with great sadness that Mayor Crane, The Town of…… Continue Reading