Those sweet Georgia-grown Vidalia onions are starting to hit the grocery store shelves, and Lauren Jarrett with the Chattooga Young Farmers says that it is not to late for you to get your order in for their Vidalia Onion fundraiser. Jarrett said that the deadline to order Vidalia Onions from the Chattooga Young Farmers has been extended until Tuesday of this week. You can contact Ms. Jarrett or any Chattooga Young Farmer to order your Vidalia Onions.
An Atlanta man is facing ten years in prison in connection with a child-sex case in Northwest Georgia.
Here is the latest arrest report from the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office for Saturday, April 16, 2022:
It’s a problem across the United States. Government jobs were once considered to offer job security and paid above the prevailing wage, but now local and county governments across the country are struggling to find enough workers to fill empty jobs.
The Town of Lyerly has accepted a bid to build a storage facility at Lyerly Town Hall. At the last council meeting, the council unanimously approved a bid from B.J. Gamble Construction to pour concrete and enclose an area behind town hall that will be used for storage. The council had a previous bid of over $25,000 which was rejected by the council. The current bid came in at $8,540.
The Vietnam Veterans Alliance annual Barbecue for Veterans is set for May 21st this year. It starts at noon on Homer Cagle Road, South of Roper. All veterans and their families are invited for free barbecue, live music and fellowship. For more information, call (423) 762 9146.
Georgia Labor Commissioner Mark Butler announced Thursday that Georgia’s wages across the state are rising and the March unemployment rate dropped to an all-time low of 3.1 percent from February’s revised rate of 3.2 percent. Georgia’s unemployment rate was five-tenths of a percent lower than the national March 2022 unemployment rate of 3.6 percent.
This week, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation released the following statement regarding the search for missing woman, Monisha Sharae Leath:
Summerville resident, former Chattooga High School art teacher and former member of the Board of Education John Turner spends a lot of time promoting the World Friendship Flag Project. This week he was in Trussville, Alabama.
A Rome man has been charged with the death of his grandmother after locking his injured grandmother in a freezer, while she was still alive.
