Stephanie Dawn Callihan, age 31 of Summerville, Charged with Deposit Account Fraud

Stanley Byron London,a ge 50 of Summerville, Charged with Disorderly Conduct

James Clard Porter III, age 54 of Summerville, Charged with Instruction Permit Violation

Charlotte Echols Williams, age 65 of Summerville, Charged with Deposit Account Fraud

Kayla Leeann Johnson, age 19 of Summerville, Charged with Weekend Superior Court Sentence

Darrell Wayne Kilgore, age 36 of LaFayette, Charged with Weekend Superior Court Sentence

April Michelle White, age 30 of Armuchee, Charged with Failure to Maintain Single Lane, DUI – Alcohol

Chattooga County Commissioner Jason Winters announced last week that a new jail meal provider will be cooking the food for county inmates.

Jim’s Family Restaurant in Summerville won the bid to provide the service to the county Jail.  Their bid came in at $5.48 per inmate per day.  The former provider of jail meals was Pops Restaurant in Summerville.  Pop’s had come in with a bid of $5.70 per day.

Jim’s will begin providing the meals in 2010.

The Menlo City Council will hold it’s regular monthly meeting coming up Tuesday evening, December 1st at the Menlo City Hall at 7 PM.  The meeting is open to the public.

The deadline for paying property taxes in Chattooga County is looming.  Five days before Christmas, Chattooga County property owners will have to pay their taxes or face a penalty.

According to Chattooga County Tax Commissioner Kathy V. Brown, residents can now pay their property taxes online by going to www.chattoogacountygatax.com .   People can use an approved debit or credit card to apy online, but there is a fee for online use.  Another way for people to pay who might no be able to get by the tax office is to write a check and drop it off in the overnight box at the Chattooga County Tax Commissioner’s office located in the courthouse annex building.

In the future residents of Chattooga County will be able to pay for their car tags over the internet according to Tax Commissioner Brown.

The Centre City Council has adopted a policy covering the extra jobs city police officers may take when they are off duty.

The issue arose when Walmart managers sought to hire some of the officers for security during the holiday season, and city officials realized they had no guidelines in place. City Attorney Al Shumaker said liability is an issue.

He cited a case in Birmingham, Ala., where the city was sued after an off-duty police officer working security for a bar refused to intervene in a fight, and a man was killed.

Centre’s policy spells out the types of jobs officers may take and requires the employer to provide insurance. It also states that the officers’ first duty is to the city, Shumaker said.

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The annual Christmas in the Park festivities will be held Thursday, Dec. 3 in J. R. “Dick” Dowdy Park in Summerville. This year the events will take place in one night and is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. with free festivities lasting until 9 p.m.

This year’s Christmas in the Park will include entertainment by local talents, Charlie Long, Carla Nixon, Denise Brown, Kathy Worley, North Summerville Baptist Sign Team and Greg and Tracy Dotson will be giving wagon rides..This year’s Christmas in The Park Festivities will be in memory of City Manager Grady McCallmon.  Nancy McCallmon and family will be on hand for the event..Kids can have their pictures made with Santa free and can be picked up at the Summerville Recreation Center on or after Dec. 9. The City of Summerville invites everyone out to Dowdy Park to enjoy a night of Christmas festivities for the whole family free of charge.

A Silver Creek man was in jail without bail Sunday after Floyd County police found a tear gas grenade and drugs in his residence, reports stated.

According to reports from the Floyd County Jail:

A clerk at a convenience store called police Saturday night to say Jerry Handley Harcourt, 31, of 52 Pine Ridge Drive in Silver Creek, was under the influence when he drove away in a Lincoln Continental.

Police tracked Harcourt to his house, and after he gave them permission to enter, they immediately saw a small plastic bag of suspected marijuana and what Harcourt told police was a “smoke grenade.”

During a search of the rest of the house, police found a gas mask, a bulletproof vest, a number of pills and a suspected meth pipe. Police later identified the grenade as a tear gas grenade.

Harcourt is facing felony charges of possession of an explosive device, possession of a ballistic vest by a convicted felon, possession of methamphetamines and possession of dangerous drugs. He was also charged with misdemeanor possession of marijuana less than an ounce, drugs to be kept in original container and possession of drug related objects.

Rome News Tribune

Chattooga County ranked 123 out of 159 counties in the State of Georgia for total Farm Gate Value of agricultural commodities in ranking that has been released by the University of Georgia Cooperative Extension.

According to the report Chattooga County had a total farm gate value of $14,784,552 in 2008. The farm gate value report is a complied survey of Georgia Cooperative Extension county agents and commodity specialists for the purpose of providing annual county level information for the value of all food and fiber commodities grown in the state.

The 2008 farm gate value report indicated that Georgia’s agricultural production value was about $356 million (+3.1%) more in 2008 than 2007. Value gains in peanuts and broilers more than offset losses in beef cows and cotton.