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Thief Strikes Pennville Cemetery |
$1,000 Reward Offered
A thief has snapped numerous brass decorations off a Pennville cemetery and now a $1,000 reward is being offered for information leading to an arrest.
Larry Schlacter noticed something looked wrong with the Henry Family Cemetery (across from Trade Day) last Friday. A thief has unscrewed and snapped 700 decorative brass ornaments off a black iron fence surrounding the cemetery.
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Five Injured In Three Wrecks |
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Five people were injured in three traffic wrecks last week in Chattooga County, according to the Georgia State Patrol (GSP).
Two people were injured in a two-vehicle crash on Central Avenue in Trion on May 19. According to the report by Trooper S. Prather:
A 2002 Mitsubishi Eclipse, driven by John Preston Douglas Dodd, Summerville and a 2003 Chevrolet Tahoe, driven by Jennifer Blaine Thompson, Trion, were involved in a mishap. The Thompson vehicle was traveling north on Central Ave. when the Dodd vehicle began passing another vehicle. The Thompson vehicle swerved to avoid the head-on collision and went off the roadway and struck a tree.
Both drivers were injured.
Dodd was issued two citations as a result of the wreck, according to the GSP report.
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Former Pennville Business Burns |
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The former American Roots Country Store at 12680 Hwy. 27, Pennville, burned around 7:30 p.m. yesterday.
The property and business is owned by Ed and Joanna Thoreson of Summerville, according to Chattooga County tax records. Firemen say the blaze appears to have started somewhere in the middle of the structure.
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