GA Department of Driver Services (DDS) Receives New Grant Funding Dedicated to Teen Alcohol and Drug Awareness Program (ADAP)
Press release: Department of Driver Services (DDS) Commissioner Spencer R. Moore recently announced the receipt of a grant award of $50,182.86 from the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety (GOHS) for continued support of the State of Georgia Alcohol and Drug Awareness Program (ADAP). ADAP is a course designed to increase awareness among teens of the harmful…
Read MoreWhat To Do With Black Poles?
In the newly renovated section of East Washington Street in Summerville, there are 8-10 black metal poles with nothing on them. They are scattered randomly along the block. Originally, the city experimented with placing a solar-powered lamp on top. The decorative lamps did not work properly because the current Georgia Power streetlights already light the…
Read MoreCouncil Divided Over City Manager Vacation Build Up
A division among council members became apparent recently when discussing the Summerville city manager’s compensation and contract. The disagreement wasn’t over money, but how much vacation time City Manager Janice Galloway is allowed to build up. Councilmen Earl Parris, Joe Money, Jr., and Zach Martin voted to approve the contract. Councilman David Ford voted no…
Read MoreDavid Monroe Shields
Mr. David Monroe Shields, age 67, of Summerville, GA, passed away Thursday, November 21, 2019, at Redmond Regional Medical Center. Mr. Shields was born February 18, 1952, in LaFayette, GA, son of the late Ralph Monroe and Lois Cagle Shields. He was a member of Bethlehem Baptist Church, and prior to his retirement, was a…
Read MoreCity’s Mistakes Hampering Businessman’s Project
Anthony Bryant wants to build storage units but inaccurate maps and missing documents at Summerville City Hall continue to impede his progress. He wants to construct five metal storage units on Montgomery Street near Hwy. 114. But inaccurate zoning maps, trouble locating sewer lines and bureaucratic red tape at city hall have gotten in his…
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Sybil Hames Langston
SYBIL HAMES LANGSTON, age 77, of Rome, Georgia, formerly of Dry Valley Road, Summerville, passed away Wednesday afternoon, November 20, 2019, in a Rome Senior Center. Born in Tunnel Hill, Georgia on July 16, 1942, She was a daughter of the late Fred Joe and Myrtle Ruth Smith Hames. She was a school Teacher, retired…
Read MoreChattooga County Sheriff Reports . . .
* Phillip Lee Miller, of Summerville, was arrested for punching his girlfriend, Kayla N. Carroll, in the fact and busting her nose. He was arrested for simple battery under the Family Violence Act. * Chessica Parker, of Ben Mosley Circle, Gore, said a person she knows became violent toward her Saturday night. She told deputies…
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Evelyn Gertrude Baggett Lemming
Mrs. Evelyn Gertrude Baggett Lemming, age 104 of Trion, passed away Tuesday, November 19, 2019 at the Pruitt Healthcare in Lafayette. Mrs. Lemming was born in Trion on September 4, 1915, daughter of the late George Franklin Baggett, Sr. and Lizzie Louella Skates Baggett. She was a member of the Pleasant Grove Church of Christ…
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