Over the past several weeks the following Chattooga County residents have been arrested by the Walker County Sheriffs Department:

Jeremy Todd Evans, 27, of Mitchell Street, Summerville, driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs.

Pamela Renee Coulter, 47, of West Armuchee Road, Summerville, issuance of bad checks.

Adelfo Castro Hernandez, 33, of First Street, Trion, driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs; driving on the wrong side of the road; license required, surrender of prior licenses.

Tearia Norton Vann, 48, of Monroe Green Road, Trion, possession of altered ephedrine, possession of ephedrine to manufacture, possession of firearm or knife.

Henrietta Nichole Stoker, 24, of Monroe Green Road, Trion, possession of controlled substances, bringing controlled substance across guard line.

Katrina Michelle Lindsey, 35, of Blake Street, Summerville, issuance of bad checks.

Chattooga County Commissioner Jason Winters and Public Works Director Lamar Canada are expected to meet with officials from the Georgia Department of Transportation on Monday to discuss the closure of the Lyerly Dam Bridge.

The Bridge was closed in December by the Department of Transportation.  County officials are bewildered by the bridge closing.  Earlier this year the DOT had given the county a list of bridge problems in the county.  While the Lyerly Dam Bridge was on that list, it was not slated for closure. 

One of the bridges that was slated for closure, unless problems were fixed was a bridge in the Oak Hill area.  The necessary repairs were made and that bridge remains open.  Had the DOT told the county about the pending closure of the Lyerly Dam Bridge, the county may have averted the bridge being closed.

The closing of the bridge in Lyerly has caused problems for area residents.  Some residents with Post Office boxes in Lyerly are now having to make a 10 mile trip to get their mail.  Also, the county has had to deal with the garbage dumpsters that were located on the other side of the bridge from Lyerly.  A temporary dumpster was set up behind the Pure Stop in Lyerly to help with the problem.

Fire Departments from all over the region are expected to have representatives attending today’s funeral services for a fallen Walker County Fire Fighter. 

Twenty Four year old Jarrett Little was killed on New Years Eve on the way to a fire in Northern Walker County.  Little was driving a fire truck when it overturned and crashed into a power pole near McFarland Road.

Funeral Services will be held today at the Walker County Civic Center in Rock Spring.

The popular PBS Television program "Antiques Road Show" will be airing the edition taped early this year  in Chattanooga during the month of January.  The show, which features everyday folks bringing in their anitque items in for appraisal by some the industries top professionals, was taped back in July.  Check local PBS listings for air times for the "Antiques Road Show".

Timmy Westbrooks – Deposit Account Fraud (6 counts )

Larry Dooley –  Failure to Appear in State Court

Ciera Key – Battery FVA

Ben Fife – Suspended License, Failure to Maintain Lane

In an effort to become environmentally friendly, Leroy Massey Elementary School has partnered with Terracycle, a recycling program that takes empty drink pouches, cookie wrappers, and 20 oz. drink bottles and reuses them for various products.  They are now collecting empty drink pouches and cookie wrappers.  The school is on a waiting list to begin the 20 oz. drink bottle program. 

Service Chevrolet in Calhoun is closed its doors on Wednesday. 

NEW YEAR’S HOLIDAY PERIOD
6 p.m. Wednesday, December 31 – midnight Sunday, January 4, 2009

102 Hours

NEW YEAR’S HOLIDAY PERIOD FATALITIES

By GSP Troops

Troop A (2):   GSP Dalton; GSP Lafayette

Troop B (0):   

Troop C (2):   Dekalb Co. P/D; Gwinnett Co. P/D

Troop D (0):   

Troop E (1):   Putnam Co. S/O

Troop F (5):   GSP Sylvania (3); GSP Dublin (2)

Troop G (1):   GSP Americus

Troop H (0):   

Troop I  (0):   

The holiday traffic count is updated every six hours each day of the holiday period and is a safety initiative of the Georgia State Patrol and the Crash Reporting Unit of the Georgia Department of Transportation.

Funeral services are set for Sunday for a Walker County Firefighter who lost his life while in the line of duty.A Walker County firefighter, 24-year-old Jarrett Little, died Wednesday night after the fire truck he was driving wrecked on the way to a fire. Little was driving a freightliner fire engine, which overturned while making a left turn from Mission Ridge Road onto McFarland Avenue in Rossville. The truck was heading to a structure fire on Wilson Road. The wreck occurred around 11 p.m.  According to reports the truck overturned and hit a power pole. Two other firefighters, Matt Mills and Adam Lozano, were taken to Erlanger, and both were released this morning. Little is the first Walker County firefighter to die in the line of duty.

AM 1180 Chattooga County Radio spoke with Sheriff John Everett on Friday about the first two days on the job for Chattooga County’s new top law enforcement officer.  Everett said that overall everything has gone smoothly as he took over the helm from former Sheriff Ralph Kellett.  Everett took office at Midnight on New Years Day. Everett said that there was a large amount of old paperwork at the Sheriff’s Office that was left behind.  Everett said that he and his workers went through and cleaned out some of the old  paperwork dating back to the 1980’s  that was no longer needed.   Everett said that other than a few problems with computer passwords, that have since been resolved, there have been no major hurdles since coming into office.  Everett pointed out the large amount of drug arrests and DUI’s that have been made in the past two days as evidence that things are running smoothly.