Category Archives: Cherokee County, Alabama

Church fire reported in Centre, Alabama

Church fire reported in Centre, Alabama

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

Floyd Medical Center gets “A” safety rating from Leapfrog

Floyd Medical Center gets “A” safety rating from Leapfrog

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

DCH approves Atrium Health Floyd’s freestanding emergency department

DCH approves Atrium Health Floyd’s freestanding emergency department

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

Prison Escapee Captured in Cherokee County Alabama

Prison Escapee Captured in Cherokee County Alabama

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

Floyd Medical Center records 500th robotic surgery

Floyd Medical Center records 500th robotic surgery

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

Good Samaritans are Honored at Atrium Health Floyd

Good Samaritans are Honored at Atrium Health Floyd

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

Cedar Bluff officer dies while on duty

Cedar Bluff officer dies while on duty

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