Area News

Someone forged a check belonging to a local Summerville business, according to Summerville Police reports. Mike Salmon, of S&S Butane Gas Services Inc., at 215 Hwy. 48, told cops Friday afternoon that someone cashed a bogus $2,401.18 check. The check had been altered to pay a woman living in Louisville, Ky. The case has been…

The Chattooga County Animal Control Shelter on Red Oak Road will be closed Monday – Wednesday this week. A sinkhole that formed at the adjacent Summerville Wastewater Treatment Plant is causing some emergency repairs that is blocking the roadway. Public Works Director Joe Reed said if you have an animal control issue, call 911.

(EDITOR’S NOTE: The following is the first in a series of articles about houses in Chattooga County.) A local real estate agent never expected a business deal would turn into her family home. Ashley and Carl Kielborn were looking for a real estate investment. They wanted to purchase a Summerville house that’s under market value,…

By GENE ESPY Editor The Menlo City Council met for the first time this year Tuesday and installed a new councilman and re-installed a councilman and the mayor. Cara Cabe and Chuck Powell were sworn in as council members and Mayor Teresa Canada was sworn in for another term. Powell is also the city’s Mayor…

A newspaper in Northeast Georgia announced this morning that Mount Vernon Mills Inc., is closing its plant in Alto. The news of the northeast Georgia plant closing has trickled across the state to Chattooga County where Mount Vernon Mills also operates a plant in Trion. The News tried contacting the company to see how the Alto plant…

A 52-year-old Summerville woman is being accused of murder, according to Summerville Police records. Angela Rachelle Rowland, of 152 Kelly Street, was arrested around 2:30 p.m. today for felony murder, aggravated assault and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony. Rowland is accused of shooting her live-in boyfriend Ronald Moates during a…