Walker County, Ga.

Local news from Lookout Mountain, Chickamauga, Rossville, Rock Spring and Lafayette, Ga.

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The return of vintage train to Northwest Georgia welcomed by residents https://t.co/zvzKnVrpUJ

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A look at McLemore’s The Cloudland hotel as construction continues on Lookout Mountain https://t.co/MxnqdWPtaS

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GBI arrests former Rossville Public Works Department director on theft charge https://t.co/uXjEOorogR

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Rossville man killed by Walker County deputy identified https://t.co/YjXE3Ahd8s

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Students at Rossville Middle School noticed a specific difference on the first day of school Thursday. Last year's teacher of the year, Hailey Reynolds, was not there.
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Georgia's governor, who has opposed local mask mandates and even sued over one in Atlanta, has signed a new executive order that allows local governments to enact mask requirements to help fight the coronavirus pandemic.
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Ridgeland rallied for eight runs in the fifth inning Friday to defeat Pepperell at the Dalton Lady Cat Classic at Heritage Point Park. https://t.co/7vhH6oIW68

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In an email to staff members, Superintendent Damon Raines wrote Monday that two employees with the Walker County school district have tested positive for COVID-19 in the weeks leading up to today, the first day of school.
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Republican Mike Cameron defeated John Deffenbaugh for Georgia's House District 1 seat in Tuesday night's runoff election. Click on the story below for more Georgia election results.
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Marjorie Taylor Greene, a businesswoman who has expressed support for the far-right conspiracy theory QAnon and been criticized for a series of racist comments, has won the Republican nomination for Georgia's 14th Congressional District.
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Polls are open until 7 p.m. in Northwest Georgia and across the state for election runoffs.
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A total of nine students and staff members at a Georgia high school have tested positive for the coronavirus, the principal said in a letter to parents after the school made headlines for online photos showing hallways packed with teens.
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Mary Goss, was one of four teachers with Walker County (Georgia) Schools who told the school board their concerns about the district's "dangerous" reopening plan on Thursday night.

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Beginning today, GHSA softball teams can hold their first official games of a 2020 season that will be played amid the COVID-19 pandemic, though most area schools won't begin competition until next week. https://t.co/IfbGRvQF7Q

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State and local leaders are noting the continued rise of COVID-19 in rural areas in the Chattanooga region. Here is what the coronavirus data is showing in the past week. https://t.co/MOs42lzG1U

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A 58-year-old man from Chickamauga, Georgia, was struck and killed while he was riding his bicycle Tuesday night in Walker County.

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Georgia's June primary election decided most of the races on the ballot, but a few seats are still up for grabs on the Aug. 11 runoff date.

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With one week left until the Aug. 11 runoff election, all eyes in Northwest Georgia are on the 14th Congressional District race between two Republican candidates who have been at bitter odds since June's primary.

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They all come with similar trappings — an Indian chief or brave or just simple letters for the school name — adorned with a full headdress or sometimes two or three feathers, or a rustic arrow or arrowhead.

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Georgia had a record 3,200 COVID-19 patients in hospitals on Thursday, and critical care beds statewide are reported to be 87% full. https://t.co/fMtFfLGbcz