Area News
Summerville To Hire Two Full-Time; Four Part-Time Employees With New Budget
Thanks to the financial support of sewer customers, the City of Summerville is readjusting staff pay, adding full-time employees and giving raises. Recently the city council passed its 2019-2020 fiscal year budget. It includes funds to hire two fulltime employees and four part-time workers. This will bring the total number of fulltime employees to 81.…
Read MoreRolling On The Chattooga Kayak Race And Fun Paddle Are Planned
By GENE ESPY Editor The Summerville-Trion Optimist Club is sponsoring its first Rolling On the Chattooga Kayak Race and Fun Paddle from Lyerly to Chattoogaville on Aug. 17. The race begins at 9 a.m. and the paddle begins at 10 a.m. starting at the Lyerly Boat Launch. The fee is $25 per person. There is…
Read More(Updated) Fatal Wreck Reported In Chattoogaville
Update: The driver in this morning’s fatal wreck has been identified as Robert Holland Strawn of Holland-Chattoogaville Road. The Georgia State Patrol is working a fatal crash that happened around 5:30 a.m. on Holland-Chattoogaville Road. A white passenger vehicle slammed into a fallen tree. One person was killed in the crash. More information will…
Read MorePolice Say Molester Targeted 8 and 10-Year Old Victims
The Trion Police Department arrested a Trion resident last Thursday for on six sexual related incidents involving two children. Trion Investigator Dexter Blackmon arrested 29-year-old Alejandro Lopex, of 147 Deforest Avenue. Police said the sexual encounters started early in 2018. Lopez was arrested for child molestation and aggravated sexual battery for his alleged sexual aggression…
Read MoreMeth Making Not Dead: GBI Uncovers Meth Operation
The GBI and other law enforcement agencies discovered a large methamphetamine operation in Dallas, Georgia on June 26. While Chattooga County and other law enforcement agencies around the region have noticed a dramatic decline in meth-making operations, there are still some out there. * * * (Dallas, Georgia) – On June 26, 2019, the GBI…
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Summerville Fireworks Show Coming Tomorrow At Agriculture Center
Something new is being added to Saturday’s City of Summerville firework show. Hamburgers and hotdogs will be sold in J.R. “Dick” Dowdy Park from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday ahead of the firework show. They are being sold as part of a fundraiser for the North Georgia Cruisers annual Christmas giveaway. “Before the fireworks…
Read MoreBLOOD ASSURANCE NEEDS DONORS TO PREPARE FOR HIGH HOLIDAY USAGE
(Rome) Nonprofit regional blood center, Blood Assurance, is asking community members to give blood this holiday week to prepare for high usage the Fourth of July brings. Blood banks all over the nation are experiencing shortages and Blood Assurance wants to ensure that does not happen in this area. Blood Assurance needs 400 donors a day…
Read MoreLocal Restaurant Featured In Regional Publication
The Willow Tree Grill, at 592 Hwy. 48, Summerville, is featured on the cover of this month’s Northwest Georgia Living magazine. Writer Jennifer Almand, of Kingston, visited the restaurant and gave favorable reviews on her dining at the Willow Tree. The restaurant is owned by Kandy Keen and her husband Chris. Kandy dreamed of opening…
Read MoreSomeone Stole A Summerville Man’s Push Mower
Hester Carter, of Ramey Street, told Summerville Police officers Thursday that someone stole a Poulan push mower and a gas-powered weed trimmer from his residence, according to an incident report. The mower was valued at $75 and the trimmer was $50. Both of the missing items had been covered with a tarp beside Carter’s utility…
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