Area News

A three-vehicle collision is being reported on Hwy. 27 between McDonalds and Burger King in Summerville. Injuries are being reported. Watch for emergency vehicles heading that way.

A two-vehicle crash is being reported in front of the cotton warehouse owned by Mount Vernon Inc.,  on Old Highway 27. Injuries are being reported in this crash. Watch for emergency vehicles heading that way.

A 44-year-old Kansas City man was arrested inside a local Mexican restaurant Thursday night, according to Summerville Police reports. Cops were called to Los Maguey Mexican Restaurant in downtown Summerville around 10:30 p.m. after a customer started talking loudly and began using “inappropriate language,” according to Officer Matt Wilson. When officers arrived, they found Michael Wayne…

According to Cherokee County Sheriff Jeff Shaver, the third suspect in a shooting that took place Monday night in the Kirk’s Grove Community has been captured. Michael A. Gilreath, 54 of Rome, Georgia, was captured Thursday evening after a manhunt in the area of County Road 16. The suspect was transported to the Cherokee County…

The Chattooga County Board Of Education has appointed Eddie Elsberry to fill the unexpired term left by John Turner who resigned earlier this year. The board’s decision was unanimous.  Elsberry is a former board member from several years ago.

A Summerville woman lost her iPhone and has tracked its location to a home on Highland Avenue on Wednesday afternoon, according to a police report. Keley McGill left her house for about 10 minutes Wednesday afternoon. When she got back home from the store, she noticed her iPhone 8 Plus missing from the house. She…

A 41-year-old woman stood in a local street and exposed herself to people in the neighborhood around 7:30 a.m. Wednesday, according to Summerville Police reports. Neighbors called the cops after Sandy Wynette Wilson, 41, of Summerville, starting causing a ruckus in the middle of Curran Street. One of the chief complaints included her lifting her shirt…