There were 135 registered sex offenders living in Chattooga County as of the week ending Dec. 10, 2022, according to the Georgia Sex Offender Registry.
It was hard work, made more challenging by pandemic restrictions. But when establishing two Georgia Historical Society (GHS) markers crystallizes in a shout-out from Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens and his promise to do more to house Atlantans, it is all worthwhile.
Emory University will increase its minimum wage for student workers to $15 an hour over the next three years. The minimum hourly pay rate for all student workers will rise to $12 an hour in January 2023.
In a two-week period in October, Dolvin Elementary students and teachers collected more than 4,000 socks to give to the Gateway Center, a homeless shelter in Atlanta, and the Foster Care Support Foundation.
There were 271 life sentenced inmates incarcerated at Hays State Prison in Chattooga County in the third quarter of 2022, according to the Georgia Department of Corrections.
There was one life sentenced inmate incarcerated at Floyd County Jail in Floyd County in the third quarter of 2022, according to the Georgia Department of Corrections.