Area News

Someone is stealing pumpkins from fall decorations constructed in downtown Summerville, according to police reports. The city has encouraged people to build fall displays around town. However, someone is stealing the pumpkins, Summerville Police Lt. Tim Fulmer reported. The Chattooga County Commissioner’s office, across from the theater building, is one of the victims. Martha Tucker,…

A Summerville church was targeted by a thief around 1 a.m. Sunday, according to city police reports. Cops were called to New Generation Church, at the intersection of Kirby Street and U.S. 27, after members of that congregation realized a crook took a part of the church’s white 1997 Super Wagon van. The van was…

The following reports were released by the Summerville Police Department: Someone stole a $100 iPhone 6 belonging to Trinity Womack, of Lyerly. The phone was in her car on Oct. 15. She believes it was taken while at either Pine Hill Apartments or Lake Wanda Reita Apartments in Summerville. The phone has a cracked screen…

ROME, GA. – Voltaire Peter Pierre, a former corrections officer at Hays State Prison, has pleaded guilty to smuggling methamphetamine, crack cocaine, and marijuana past prison security and into the hands of inmates in exchange for payments.  Because Pierre stored the drugs at his family home before smuggling them into the prison, he also pleaded…

The Chattooga County Library Board of Trustees will hold their next quarterly meeting on Tuesday, October 22nd, 2019 at 5:00 P.M. The meeting will be held at the Summerville Library, 360 Farrar Drive, Summerville, GA.

Rebecca Thomas, County Extension Agent Harvest decorating is a sure sign that fall has arrived! Pumpkins can do double duty as harvest decorations and provide a powerhouse of good nutrition and savory flavor for meals and snacks. Use non-toxic paint or markers to decorate faces for Halloween, and then preserve the flesh to add fiber…

Trion School Superintendent Phil Williams told the Trion School Board Monday at its regular monthly meeting that the Chattooga School Board would discuss the continuation of the E-SPLOST at its meeting today (Thursday) and the Trion board should begin to think about what they would want to do with the money if approved by the…