Wednesday, June 28, 2023–9:54 a.m. -David Crowder, WRGA News- Many people will be participating in outdoor activities this Independence Day weekend, and with temperatures expected to be in the 90s, everyone is being reminded of heat safety. According to Katie Hasty, injury prevention coordinator with Atrium Health Floyd, in extreme heat, your body has to…… Continue Reading
Monday, June 19, 2023–10:30 a.m. -Georgia Highlands College News Release- The Board of Regents for the University System of Georgia (USG) recently approved border state tuition waivers at Georgia Highlands College (GHC) for students who live in Alabama. Current students and incoming students from Alabama will now pay the in-state tuition rate of $95 per…… Continue Reading
Friday, June 16, 2023–9:24 p.m. -WEIS Radio- A 50-year-old Cedar Bluff, Alabama woman died Friday in a single-vehicle crash in Cherokee County Friday morning. The wreck occurred at around 9:07 a.m. on Highway 273 near Cherokee County Road 110 north of Leesburg when a 2013 Nissan Frontier left the roadway, struck a culvert, overturned, and…… Continue Reading
June 12th, 2023 – 3:45 PM WEIS Radio – (Via WEIS Radio) The Cherokee County Sheriff’s Deputies and other departments were involved in a motorcycle chase Sunday afternoon. The pursuit began around 2:15 near the Georgia state line on Highway 9. The chase traveled south into the Fairell community, then past the Highway 35 intersection,…… Continue Reading
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