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Monday’s Arrest Report
Lyerly Debating If It Will Give COVID-19 Bonus To Employees
Lyerly’s Town Council is discussing whether or not it should give a bonus to all employees out of its $95,000 in federal COVID-19 relief funds. Lyerly has four full-time employees and one part-time employee that would be given the bonus if the council decides to approve it. However, some on the council were not thrilled…
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Large Amount Of Meth Found
On Thursday, January 6th, drugs agents with the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office, Lookout Mtn. Drug Task Force and Summerville Police Department, along with deputies, intercepted a large quantity of crystal methamphetamine that was set to make it to the streets of this area. Drug Agents confiscated about 2.4 pounds of crystal methamphetamine, which has a…
Read MoreAtrium-Floyd Hospital Files For Certificate Of Need To Build Emergency Dept. Near Trion
Now it’s up to state officials to decide whether Chattooga County will have a free-standing emergency room. Atrium Health Floyd submitted their application last week requesting to build a 24/7 emergency department next to the Trion Walmart. “The clock starts ticking on that. So it will be about six months before we hear something…
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Saturday’s Arrest Report
Read MoreCounty Mobile Home Tax Bills Being Mailed
Chattooga County’s 2022 Mobile Home tax bills will be arriving in mailboxes any day now. They can be paid in the office or online, and the due date is April 1, 2022, according to County Tax Commissioner Joy Hampton.
Read MoreRockmart Man Arrested After Driving 105 MPH Under The Influence
Deputies arrested a 24-year-old Rockmart man after he drove 105 miles per hour while driving under the influence of alcohol and marijuana on Dec. 30, Chattooga County Sheriff’s reports state. Deputies saw Justin Clayton Little heading south on Hwy. 27 toward Summerville driving at a dangerous rate of speed. As Little approached the city…
Read MoreCounty Adds Weather Notifications To Its Hyper-Reach Emergency System
By PEYTON ELLIOTT Staff Writer Chattooga County EMA/E-911 Director Pamela Vaughn hopes to see more residents use its Hyper-Reach emergency notification system now that weather warnings were added on Jan. 1. Year-to-date, only a little more than 515 county residents are signed up to receive the alerts. But that’s before the county added weather…
Read MoreTwo Homes Destroyed By Fire During Separate Holiday Blazes
By JASON ESPY Staff Writer A string of unfortunate events has left a Summerville couple without a home at the end of this holiday season. Ray and Mary Caldwell’s home at 1022 Martin Street burned around 3:30 p.m. last Thursday while the couple was on a trip. “We were in Cartersville when we got a…
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