Area News

(Press Release) On Thursday, March 28, 2019, Agents with the Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit Drug Task Force, Trenton Police Department and Dade County Sheriff Office executed a search warrant at “The Shop By Stevie and The Moon”, located at 5010 Highway 136, Trenton, GA. L.M.J.C.D.T.F. acting on numerous complainants of the business possibly selling marijuana…

ATLANTA (March 29, 2019) | Sen. Chuck Hufstetler (R – Rome) announced today that a bond worth $720,000 was awarded to fund the Department of Driver Services (DDS) Customer Service Center in Rome. “I am happy to announce that funding to replace the DDS center in Rome has been included in the FY 2020 General…

The Summerville Police Department reports the following recent activity, according to incident reports: Angel Rae-Ann Hix, 20, of 968 Martin Street, Summerville, was jailed for possession of less than an ounce of marijuana on Thursday. Officer Marvin Armstrong III stopped Hix’s tan 2006 Chevrolet Trailblazer because of a broken brake light. The officer could smell…

Watch for a traffic crash on Hwy. 48 that has injured at least one person. LifeForce helicopter is coming for one patient. Traffic is blocked for now.  

  A Menlo man said he was the victim of a hit and run crash, according to Summerville Police reports. Charles Edwin Massey, 19, said someone struck his black 2006 Chevrolet Silverado truck while it was parked at the Corner Garage near the intersection of Hwy. 114 and Hwy. 48. Someone struck the rear left…

ROCKMART, Ga. – The Georgia Department of Transportation will scale back its construction work across northwest Georgia – suspending construction-related lane closures on all interstates to ease congestion during the coming two spring break travel weekends. There essentially will be no construction-related scheduled lane closures this weekend from noon Friday, March 29 until 10 p.m.…

  Bill Rider, of 1560 Back Penn Road, Summerville, lost his dog around  March 19-20. His dog named, “Max,” was in a pen when it disappeared, according to a Chattooga County Sheriff’s report. “Mr. Rider did not think that the dog could have gotten out of the pen and is worried someone might have stolen…

Michael Farmer and Payton Ragland said someone removed furniture and other items from a house they were living in on Ben Mosley Circle in Gore, according to a Chattooga County Sheriff’s report. “Ms. Ragland advised that they were moving out and was coming to get items/furniture out of the residence that night, but upon Mr.…