Area News

Plans to construct a wooden bridge over the creek in J.R. “Dick” Dowdy Park has run into a problem. The City of Summerville doesn’t have anyone to build their 80-foot long bridge. The city asked for proposals and received none back. “We will postpone the project for about a month, and we will try again,”…

By JIMMY ESPY Staff Writer The Chattooga County Board of Education has some numbers crunching to do. Although the exact figures won’t be known until August, when the school system receives property tax revenue information from the county tax office, it’s clear the board is facing a sizeable budget shortfall. Board members will have few…

By JIMMY ESPY Staff Writer Eddie Elsberry will bring eight years of experience when he joins the Chattooga County Board of Education this month. Elsberry, who served on the board from 2005-2012, was appointed recently to fill the unexpired term of John Turner, who resigned earlier this year. The District One seat will be voted…

A Summerville man was arrested after dumpster diving in the early morning hours Wednesday, according to police reports. A witness spotted 46-year-old Terry Lynn Byrge, of Fourth Street, in Summerville, going through dumpsters at the garbage transfer station on Stockade Road. The witness noticed Byrge in the dumpsters around 2:45 a.m. “[I] received a call…

Summerville Policemen were dispatched to a domestic disturbance at the Chattooga County Library’s main branch around 3:30 p.m. Monday, according to reports. “Officers received a call in reference to a white male subject who was reportedly being loud and threatening violence directed at a female child and a pregnant female . . .”Officer Lt. Tim…