The Walker County Firefighter who was critically injured in a motorcycle crash Monday, passed away yesterday. Christopher Lewis was on his way to a clinical for an AEMT class when the crash occurred. Lewis received a hero’s escort home from a Huntsville hospital back to Walker County. Several organizations pitched in, including the Forsaken Motorcycle Club, Chattanooga Police, Rossville Police and Fire, East Ridge Fire, Catoosa County Fire, Fort Oglethorpe Police along with the Walker County Fire Rescue and the County Sheriff’s Office. Lewis served four years with Walker Fire Rescue. He was only 23 years old. Funeral arrangements are pending. Donations to help with medicals bills are being accepted. We’ll have the link to donate on our website today.
The Walker County Board of Commissioners will consider revising several ordinances in the county. The board is set to meet again on October 24th. The agenda will focus on three areas: alcohol, animals and land development. Commissioners will discuss reducing the number of retail package stores in each commission district from 5 to 3. They will also discuss increasing the distance between the stores. The commission will also consider requiring cat and dog owners to spay/neuter and microchip their pets. The commission will hold a public hearing on amendments to the land development ordinances as part of the planning commission meeting next week on October 17th.
Almost 10 million pounds of ready-to-eat meat and poultry products are under recall over listeria concerns. BrucePac produces pre-cooked meat such as chicken, beef, turkey and pork. They are recalling roughly 5,000 tons of products over possible listeria contamination. The USDA announced the recall yesterday and labeled it as “High Risk”. No Illnesses related to the recall have been reported . The recall includes 75 meat and chicken products. The foods include products like grilled chicken breast strips that were made at the company’s facility in Oklahoma. They were produced between June 19 and October 8 and shipped to restaurants, food service vendors and other sites nationwide. Some of these recalled products may have been used by restaurants and other establishments, possibly still remaining on store shelves or in consumers’ fridges and freezers. The products can be identified by their establishment numbers, “51205” or “P-51205”. The numbers are listed on the inside or under the USDA mark of inspection. The USDA urges restaurants and establishments to not serve or use these recalled products and that they should be thrown away.
High School football tonight. LaFayette is at home to host Gilmer. You can hear that game on Georgia 93-7. We’ll be streaming live audio on DiscoverWalker.com. Chattooga is at home against Christian Heritage. Gordon Central visits Gordon Lee. Northwest Whitfield visits Calhoun. Ridgeland is at Adairsville. Ringgold is at North Murray and LFO is at home against Sonoraville.
