Area News

Another pit bull dog attack is being reported in Chattooga County. This time a pit bull attacked and seriously injured a local couple’s pet, according to Summerville Police reports. The attack happened just before 5 p.m. Monday. Lynn Stroup was outside her home with the family’s dachshund dog. About that time, a female juvenile from…

Recent Berry College graduate Ashley Ray joined the Coosa River Basin Initiative (CRBI) staff as Outreach Coordinator earlier this month.   A Chattanooga native, Ray previously served as a Crew Member for the Southeast Conservation Corp based out of Chattanooga, where she spent several months building and restoring trail systems along the Hiwassee River to…

The Georgia Department of Transportation (DOT) will have a portion of U.S. 27 closed on Taylor’s Ridge today. The DOT is repairing a section of roadway. Traffic will be reduced from three lanes of traffic down to one lane. “Allow yourself extra time on your commute today. Emergency Traffic will be allowed to pass through.…

The U.S. Postal Service noticed a Chattooga County man’s packages were going to three different addresses rather than his own home, according to Chattooga County Sheriff’s reports. Tyler Wayne Pledger, of Menlo, discovered that someone hacked his debit card for $157. The post office noticed the packages being routed to a different address. The packages…

A Pennville resident’s home was nabbed twice by criminals recently, according to Chattooga County Sheriff’s reports. Adam Jorel Jones, of 12680 Hwy. 27, said someone stole items from his residence on Dec. 22. He had several things missing from the house he was fixing up to sale, Deputy Marvin Armstrong III stated. ” Mr. Jones advised…

A Chattooga County resident left her vehicle overnight at the Barn Dance located at 5337 Hwy. 48 on Saturday and discovered the next day someone had taken her car battery, according to a sheriff’s report. Sylvia Pierce drove to the barn dance and after staying there for a while, she left in another vehicle. ”…