Area News

A Lyerly couple was arrested for possessing and growing more than 10 pounds of marijuana, according to Chattooga County Sheriff’s reports. Kimberly and David Wayne Nichols, of 290 Brooks Road, were arrested just before 3 p.m. by drug agents working for the sheriff’s office. Drug agents during the raid the couple’s residence found evidence that…

Summerville Police answered the following calls during the past few days, according to incident reports. They were: * Michael David Hoake, 55, of Lyerly, was cited for public intoxication on Monday afternoon. Summerville Police Officer Phillip Cox spotted Hoake walking along Hwy. 27 near Henry’s Barbecue. Hoake appeared confused and smelled of alcohol, according to…

The theft of a $10,000 vehicle has been solved, according to Summerville Police reports. Officers arrested 42-year-old Jason D. Stricklin, of 169 Wildlife Lake Road, in Summerville, for breaking into a local car clean up shop and stealing a car on Sunday night. Wholesale car dealer Cody Marshal said someone stole a brown 2010 Buick…

TRION, Ga. — July 23, 2019 — In response to increased demand for its flame resistant products, Mount Vernon FR has announced the expansion of operations at its Trion, Ga., facility. The additional 4,500 square feet of production space will be home to new state-of-the-art FR treatment equipment that will increase Mount Vernon FR’s production…

Someone shot a Trion man’s dog on July 17, according to Chattooga County Sheriff’s reports. Eric Millican, of Short Hollow Road, said some unknown person shot his dog after it escaped from his property. “Mr. Millican said that his dog had been at his neighbor’s house on a previous date and had got into the…

The Chattooga County Library Board of Trustees will hold their rescheduled quarterly meeting on Tuesday, July 23, at 5 p.m. The meeting will take place at the Summerville Library, 360 Farrar Drive.

Georgia Northwestern Technical College Practical Nursing students Kimberlee Autumn Hall and Brittany Square made GNTC history when they won the gold and silver medal at SkillsUSA Georgia and Hall went on to win the bronze medal at SkillsUSA’s National Leadership and Skills Conference. Both students had to overcome many obstacles along the way and became…

An intoxicated man passed out on the sidewalk in front of the Summerville Pizza Hut store on Friday afternoon, according to local police. Robert Matthew Snider, 26, was sleeping on the sidewalk in front of the restaurant, according to a Summerville Police report. “He was very intoxicated from the effects of alcoholic beverages at the…