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Category Archives: Cherokee County, Alabama

Board of Regents approves Alabama border states tuition waiver at GHC

Board of Regents approves Alabama border states tuition waiver at GHC

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…read more

Alabama wreck claims the life of a Cedar Bluff woman

Alabama wreck claims the life of a Cedar Bluff woman

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…read more

Rome man arrested after high-speed motorcycle pursuit

Rome man arrested after high-speed motorcycle pursuit

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,…read more

Four arrested after shooting elderly victim through window

Four arrested after shooting elderly victim through window

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…read more

Accident in Cherokee County AL Claims the life of Rome Teen

Accident in Cherokee County AL Claims the life of Rome Teen

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…read more

Parole denied for Judith Ann Neelley

Parole denied for Judith Ann Neelley

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,…read more

Alabama governor weighs in on parole for Judith Ann Neelley

Alabama governor weighs in on parole for Judith Ann Neelley

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…read more

Alabama governor weighs in on parole for Judith Ann Neelley

Alabama governor weighs in on parole for Judith Ann Neelley

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…read more

Fatal Jet Ski Accident reported on Weiss Lake

Fatal Jet Ski Accident reported on Weiss Lake

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…read more

Two killed, four injured in Cherokee County, Alabama wreck

Two killed, four injured in Cherokee County, Alabama wreck

Sunday, May 21, 2023–11:41 a.m. -WEIS Radio- Two people were killed, and four others were hurt in a two-vehicle wreck in Cherokee County, Alabama Friday evening.   According to Alabama State Trooper reports the wreck took place on U.S. 411 – near County Road 225 at 6:56 pm and involved a 2009 Toyota Corolla and also…read more