Area News

A 34-year-old local man admitted to breaking into a house on Wood Street, according to Summerville Police reports. A witness spotted Arlonzo Johnson, of 35 Fourth Street, breaking into the Wood Street house. “Upon arrival officers found the front door had been forced open with a screwdriver that was left at the scene,” Chief Det.…

  A local grocery store is missing more than $1,000 in cash, according to Chattooga County Sheriff’s reports. The manager of the Summerville Save-A-Lot grocery store said that someone stole $1,100 from a cash register. The manager has a suspect in mind.

Pain pills are missing from a truck parked across the street from the Chattooga County Jail, according to an incident report. An inmate told Sheriff’s Investigator Jason Burrage that someone broke into a black Ford Ranger across from the jail and took 40 Oxycodone pills on Friday. The inmate discovered the pills missing after being…

A woman looking for a part-time job is the victim on a scam, according to Chattooga County Sheriff’s reports. Wendelin Brown was looking for work when a popup advertisement appeared on her computer Friday. “Ms. Brown advised that she was looking for another job and stated that she looked into a company named American Hope…

Waco (GA) – Several emergency responders were awarded for outstanding service to their communities at the 40th Annual Northwest Georgia Region 1 Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Council Awards Banquet on March 14, 2019. Held this year at the West Georgia Technical College campus in Waco, Georgia, the banquet occurs annually to honor Emergency Medical Services…

By GENE ESPY Editor Rose Kohler, Children’s Librarian at the Chattooga County Library, spoke on the Summer Reading Club and the number of books and films circulated through the library, the Summer Reading Program and things that are new at the facility. Mrs. Kohler spoke about the new Seed Library and it is located in…