Listed on the April 8 Arrest Report are:
Jonathan Tyler Carson — No Charges Listed
Taite Eugene Davidson — Underage possession of alcohol
Randy Albert Martin — Burglary
Melissa Diane Maynor — Probation Violation
Iratta McGraw Tripp — Probation Violation
Karion Grace Blackmon — Disorderly Conduct
Chattooga Baseball will host Dade County today at 5:30 at home. Game admission is $5.00. The next Indian Baseball home game will be Friday, April 12th at 5:30 against Cedartown. Come and support YOUR Chattooga Indians.
The City of Summerville has set its Independence Day celebration for June 29, the Saturday before the Fourth of July. The event will be held at the recreation department starting at 5 p.m. with the fireworks at dark.
The Summerville City Council Monday night rejected the bids submitted for sewer work on Scoggins and Ramey streets in it's regular monthly meeting Monday night.
The lowest bid of $520,000 was $120,000 more than the city had budgeted for the work. City Manager Russell Thompson has been authorized to seek new bids for the project.
The city also agreed to submit a request for funding to add more gas customers. Farms with a total of four chicken houses in Floyd County are interested in converting to gas. A few months ago the city added five farms in the Texas Valley area with chicken houses to the gas system.
Luckily no one was seriously hurt when an SUV rammed into two vehicles and a storefront on Broad St. Sunday afternoon.
According to Rome Police, a Jeep Liberty, driven by 30-year-old Rhunda Hayes of Rome began swerving while drivingeastbound on Broad St.
The vehicle struck two parked cars before colliding with the front window of Riverside Gourmet and Bussey’s Florist at 250 Broad St. Medical personnel on the scene said that the wreck was the result of a seizure suffered by Hayes.
He was transported to the hospital to be checked out but was soon released. Police issued no citations in the accident.
The Bartow County Sheriff’s Department is asking for the public’s help in locating a man they say has been missing since Thursday.
Officers say Richard “Blake” Cowart disappeared Thursday morning according to his girlfriend, who said she hasn’t seen him since they went to sleep about 10 pm last Wednesday April 3rd.
Deputies and other law enforcement personnel searched for Cowart in the area of Hardin Bridge Road in Kingston Thursday night but found no trace of him in the surrounding woods or along the Etowah River. Family members told police Cowart uses recreational drugs and could be having hallucinations since he hadn’t slept for several days before his disappearance. Cowart’s girlfriend said she knew only of him using ‘spice’ or synthetic marijuana. Cowart left his cell phone and jacket at his home.
Anyone with information about Cowart can call the Bartow Sheriff’s Office at 770-382-5050.
Lafayette High School will host a wheelchair basketball game on Saturday to benefit student Austin Whitten who was injured in a swimming accident last summer.
The Chattanooga Lady Mocs, playing in wheelchairs, will face off with athletes from Atlanta's Shepherd Center.
Austin remains in a wheelchair since injuring his neck in a swimming accident last summer. Proceeds from the game will help build the Whitten family a carport at their home and with physical therapy treatments for Austin.
The game starts at 1:30 Saturday at Lafayette High School. Tickets are $5 with children under 5 admitted free.
In area high school sports this week:
The Trion Bulldogs will take on the Chattooga Indians in Soccer at 4:30 today at Chattooga. Chattooga goes up against Dade County at home Today in tennis. The Indian's track team travels to Adairsville and the baseball teams tackles Dade County.
Chattooga takes on Trion in Tennis at 4 p.m. on Wednesday at Trion.
Trion's JV baseball team takes on Coosa at 5 p.m. Wednesday at Coosa and will go up against Darlington at 10 a.m.
On Thursday, the Indian's Tennis team goes to Dade County. Indian baseball is at Coosa with the Indian's Soccer Team at Dade County.
Friday has Indian baseball going to Cedartown.
Saturday, Trion's JV baseball team will be at Darlington at 11 a.m.
