LaFayette 14 year olds Savannah Jackson and Tanner Van Pelt stole a parent’s car and ran away from home. They haven’t been seen since Tuesday morning.

UPDATE: The missing teenagers have been located. Unverified reports they were found in Mississippi.

The two are thought to be driving a black 1996 Chevy Blazer, GA tag BNR 2023, with a US Mail sticker on the back window. If you see this vehicle or either of the teens, call Walker County Sheriff’s Office at 706 638 1909.       

Walker Co. Schools has a proposed schedule for the next school year. Class would start on August 13th and end on May 15th. Fall break goes down to two days, and a new three day “winter break” is added in February around President’s Day.

Schedule expands teaching days and cuts out a few teacher furlough days, but funding still has to be approved by the school board.   

 
LaFayette resident Holbert Ryan Pell was arrested up in Dade County for possession of marijuana.

Pell was pulled over by Trenton PD because his tag light was out. Officers discovered pot in his possession and booked him into Dade County jail.   
 

After Tuesday night’s election defeat, Neal Florence described opponent Steve Tarvin as “a good guy” and says he (Florence) will not run for state office again. Tarvin will be up for reelection in May.   

WQCH Radio, 02/06/14: “LAFAYETTE POLICE ARRESTED A SUSPECTED MARIJUANA DEALER IN A TRAFFIC STOP SATURDAY. IT HAPPENED AT A STATIONARY ROAD CHECK, BEING CONDUCTED BY POLICE ON PROBASCO STREET AT BRADLEY AVENUE.

“WHEN A SUBURBAN PULLED UP AT THE INTERSECTION, POLICE DETECTED A STRONG SMELL OF MARIJUANA AND CONSENT WAS GIVEN FOR A SEARCH.

“25 YEAR OLD RACHEL LACEY DUVALL WAS DRIVING AND POLICE ALLEGEDLY FOUND MARIJUANA INSIDE HER PURSE ALONG WITH DIGITAL SCALES. SHE ALSO ALLOWED THEM TO LOOK AT HER PHONE, WHERE A TEXT DISPLAYED A MESSAGE RELATING TO AN ALLEGED DRUG SALE. SHE WAS CHARGED WITH 3 FELONIES, INCLUDING POSSESSION WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE.

“A PASSENGER IN HER VEHICLE, 31 YEAR OLD EDWIN TERREL STEVENSON, WAS ARRESTED ON A CHARGE OF POSSESSION OF LESS THAN AN OUNCE OF MARIJUANA. DUVALL’S TWO CHILDREN, AGES 6 AND 2, WERE IN THE BACK SEAT OF THE SUBURBAN. THEY WERE RELEASED TO HER SISTER, ACCORDING TO THE POLICE REPORT.”   

Thursday morning electronic signs over Atlanta interstates falsely displayed a winter storm watch notice for several hours during morning rush. National Weather Service had predicted minor winter precipitation after 6 PM but issued no watches or warnings.

The state removed warnings after a flood of complaints – A false alarm panic is JUST what the state needs after the winter-related traffic mess from a week ago.   

Ten years ago an inmate at Walker State Prison in Rock Spring was injured while painting the prison warden’s house. He sued the state and received $105,000 for an “urethra injury” sustained at the time, but now the state is fighting him over $50,000 in legal fees.   

New $30 scratch-off tickets introduced by GA Lottery last week are selling extremely well. New tickets have a top prize of $5 million, with 1:2.77 odds of winning something – although most of the winnings are just more tickets.

Have you, or would you, lay down $30 for a single scratch-off lotto game?

Meanwhile a great-great grandmother in Dalton won $20,000 in a “second chance” lottery contest.   

Taylor Parris, LHS Defensive End, has signed with Austin Peay college in Tennessee. Parris recently played on the state all-star football team.   

PETA has asked GDOT for permission to erect a 10-foot monument on the side of state highway 129 near Gainesville where a truckload of chickens died last month in an accident.   

The Care Mission needs donations of men’s clothing.   

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