Submitted by Heather on Mon, 03/11/2013 - 8:28am
The new leaders for Saddle Ridge Elementary and Middle School are already deep into planning for Aug. 27, the day the school opens.
Wendy Ingram, assistant principal at Rossville Middle School since 2006, will be principal at the new school, under construction in Rock Spring. Ingram was selected in January.
“Walker County is where I live and where my children go to school and so I have a vested interest here,” Ingram said. “We are going to be able to see kids grow from kindergarteners through eighth grade. It’s going to be amazing what we can do.”
Submitted by Heather on Fri, 03/08/2013 - 8:38am
At its most recent meeting, the Fort Oglethorpe City Council approved an intersection improvement and site development project that is expected to help bring as much as $32 million in sales tax revenue to the city.
The Council approved an intergovernmental agreement with the Catoosa County Economic Development Authority that will give local property owner Larry Armour the opportunity to develop a signalized intersection on Battlefield Parkway near Walmart and begin development of the property he owns on the right- and left-hand sides of the road.
Submitted by Heather on Fri, 03/08/2013 - 8:23am
Catoosa County sheriff Gary Sisk today said his office would look into changing its policy on how deputies handle traffic stops.
“The sheriff’s office is reviewing our policies and procedures to see what changes need to be made to ensure that this does not happen again,” Sisk said.
Sisk, speaking during a news conference this afternoon, was referring to allegations that deputies may have looked the other way during suspected DUI incidents involving an FBI special agent.
Submitted by Heather on Thu, 03/07/2013 - 8:34am
Tiger Creek Elementary School next year will be getting what no other school in Catoosa County has. The school was approved for a new school-based health care center (SBHC).
SBHCs are medical centers that blend primary care with preventative and psychosocial services.
Diana Allen, chief executive officer at Primary Healthcare Centers, said her company operates an SBHC in Walker County and another one in Dade County. Tiger Creek will be Catoosa County’s first step into the SBHC world.
Submitted by Heather on Wed, 03/06/2013 - 8:16am
Georgia’s first lady Sandra Deal on Tuesday, March 5, read a poem and story to the pre-kindergarten and kindergarten classes at Battlefield Primary School in Catoosa County. Deal, a former school teacher, was very interactive in her time with the children. The children, in-turn, all seemed to enjoy themselves as much as the first lady.
Submitted by Heather on Tue, 03/05/2013 - 8:51am
(CNN) -- The case of the first toddler ever to be "functionally cured" of HIV could have wide-ranging effects on the global fight to end the AIDS epidemic.
Submitted by Heather on Tue, 03/05/2013 - 8:36am
Ringgold City Council unanimously approved the intergovernmental agreement for the upcoming 2014 Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax at its most recent meeting. Now it is up to voters to decide whether the 1-cent tax is enacted to help pay for specific infrastructure projects.
The county’s population will vote on the matter March 19.
“The mayor and Council understands that the SPLOST tax is 1 cent on every dollar purchased in Catoosa County,” said Ringgold City Manager Dan Wright.
Submitted by Heather on Mon, 03/04/2013 - 9:53am
DALTON, GA (WRCB) - Buy a car in Georgia, and now you can expect long lines and higher fees at the county tag offices thanks to a new title tax law that went into effect March 1.
The one-time tax replaces a sales tax and the annual "birthday tax" that Georgia car owners have been used to paying. When you buy a car, you owe a 6.5% tax up front when you go to register it under Georgia's new Title Ad Valorem Tax.
All hands are on deck at the Whitfield County tax office as workers explain it to lines of car owners.
Submitted by Heather on Mon, 03/04/2013 - 9:43am
The contest will close tonight at 8pm, so be sure to cast your final vote today. Keep spreading the word! It is a tight race!
Head over to RTC's facebook and place your vote under the recommendations tab!
Submitted by Heather on Thu, 02/28/2013 - 9:06am
Wes Smith, chairman and CEO, has retired from Northwest Georgia Bank after 42 years of service to the 107-year-old community bank, and more than 47 years in the banking industry.
He will continue to serve on the bank’s board of directors and its holding company, NW Services Corp., as well as serve as a consultant to the holding company. His son, president and COO Scott Smith, is now the bank’s chief leader and interim CEO.
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