Floyd Medical Center will conduct free sports physicals for middle and high school athletes in Chattooga County on Sunday, April 14.
The physicals, which are approved by the Georgia High School Association, will be held at Chattooga Medical Center and will be available for students who attend Trion or Chattooga High School ar Middle School.
Athletes from Trion Middle School or Trion High School can receive their physical from 3 pm until 5 pm. No appointment is necessary.
In addition to the sports physicals, Chattooga Medical Center will also be hosting a Community Health Fair from 1 pm until 5 pm. The health fair will offer free health screening as well as wellness education and is open to the public.
“Floyd has long been a supporter of our local athletic programs,” says Andy Fairel, Community Outreach Coordinator at Floyd. “We believe that a big part of that support is doing everything we can to keep athletes safe so we’re honored to be able to offer this service.”
Chattooga Medical Center is located at 11766 Highway 27 in Summerville.
A Chattooga County man is sought by Chattooga County Sheriff's Deputies concerning a domestic incident that occurred on Tuesday.
According to the report, the incident occurred at the Farmersville and Gore Subligna Road residence of Brandi and Andrew Scott Sherbet. The two reportedly argued and 24-year-old Andrew Sherbet is accused of grabbing his wife and hitting her with something, The report indicates Brandi Sherbet had puffiness in the area of her right eye. Her wrist also was bruised and Andrew Sherbet reportedly bit her on the arm. He is also accused of slinging her up against a wall in the home causing injury to her hand.
According to the report, Sherbet, in a rage, also caused damage to property that the couple own. Officers were unable to find Sherbet when they were at the home on Tuesday, according to the report.
All eastbound lanes on Highway 53 as well as northbound lanes on I-75 were at a standstill on Wednesday after a hazardous truck carrying organic acid spilled the material out onto the road. Authorities said that close to 150 gallons leaked on the Hwy 53 Bridge. According to police the material leaked for close to a mile. No injuries were reported.
According to Marion Environmental Group Inc., the acid is only hazardous in large quantities of direct contact.
The driver of the truck was transporting the good from Rome to Melrose Park, Illinois.
Authorities said that unless the inspection of the truck turns up negligence, no charges are expected.
Disorderly Conduct charges have been dropped against the wife of Chattooga County's former sheriff.
Tracey Lynn Everett was arrested in January charged after turning herself in at the Chattooga County jail. A warrant had been taken out for her arrest stemming from an altercation that occurred at the Trion Walmart earlier.
In that incident Mrs. Everett is alleged to have been involved in a verbal altercation in which deputies were called to take a report from a couple that claims that the former Sheriff's wife allegedly started a verbal confrontation with them while they were in the check-out line at Walmart.
Jason Kellett and his girlfriend, Melinda Hood told Chattooga County Deputies that Everett's wife walked up and "got in (Ms. Hood's) face." Mrs. Everett is then alleged to have used vulgar language with children standing nearby in the check-out line. Kellett told deputies that former Sheriff John Everett physically removed his wife from the Walmart store. The Everetts were no longer at Walmart when deputies arrived.
Mrs. Everett was released in minutes after turning herself in. He said Judge Jon Payne allowed her to sign her own Recognizance bond.
The Charges were dropped on Monday by Chattooga County State Court. Mrs. Everett is an employee of the Floyd County Sheriff's Department.
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Listed on the April 10 Arrest Report are:
Jerimiah Glenn Barber — Probation Violation
Jeffrey Alan Pless — Open Container of alcohol; Possession of untaxed alcohol; VGCSA/ possession of schedule II drug
Randall Craig Evans — Probation violation
Jonathan Edward Hayes — Compulsory school attendance law
James Gregory Hewitt — Driving with suspended/revoked license; seat belt violation
Charles Anthony Kirk — disorderly conduct
Bobby Michael McWhorter — no insurance; removing affixing license plate with intent to conceal; driving without license on person; without tag/vehicle registration
Jesus Reynoso — Driving without valid license/expired license; hit and run/ leaving the scene of an accident
Brenda Gayle Wesson — Theft by shoplifting
A Trion woman was arrested last Friday and charged with shoplifting two bras a dress, cosmetics and other items from Wal-Mart in Pennville. The stores loss prevention told deputies that they had observed the woman take the items from the store and alerted law enforcement. The woman was detained by the loss prevention employee of Wal-Mart and when deputies arrived the called the woman’s husband to retrieve a vehicle from the parking lot. The woman’s husband gave law enforcement consent to search the vehicle where the items that were alleged to have been stolen were found. Twenty-five year old Megan Blalock of a Halls Valley Road address in Trion was arrested on shoplifting charges.
An Old Highway 27 resident in Trion reported that her dog was shot while in a kennel behind her home. The woman called the sheriff’s department and when deputies responded she told them that she had checked on her dogs around 3 PM last Friday afternoon. When she returned to feed the dogs shortly before 7 PM she found that one of the dogs had been shot. The woman told the deputy that earlier in the day a man had been riding a green four wheeler without permission on her property. The man was advised that he didn’t have permission to be there and was asked to leave. The woman and another witness said that later that afternoon they had heard a gunshot. The Chattooga County Sheriff’s Department has been providing extra patrol in the area and the incident is under investigation.
A burglary was reported on Monday of this week by a Summerville man who told deputies that around $7,000 in knives and other items had been stolen from his home. The burglary was reported on Ranchland Drive in Summerville. The resident said when he arrived home on Monday he found that knives, some of which were valuable collector’s knives, were taken from where he had them stored underneath his bed. One of the knives was a 50th Anniversary North Carolina law enforcement knife. The resident gave the serial number for the knife to law enforcement. The man also reported medication being stolen from his home. An investigator is looking into the incident.