The Trion Town Council will hold their regular council meeting for the month of August coming up on Thursday evening. You can see the complete agenda for Thursday’s meeting below:
A fifty-one-year-old Menlo man was arrested for DUI shortly after midnight this past Saturday after he passed a sheriff’s deputy while flashing his headlights.
Everything has become more expensive this year, and that includes owning and operating a new vehicle.
The Chattooga County Agricultural Fair opens tomorrow at 5 PM. Students in the Chattooga County School system will have a half-day of school on Thursday and Friday during the fair. Thursday night is Free Student Night at the fair. All students will not have to pay the $5 gate admission on Thursday. The free gate admission is sponsored by the City of Summerville. All entertainment and events are covered by the $5 gate admission, but rides are extra. Ride armbands are $25 this year. The fair hours on Thursday are from 5 PM until 10 PM.
In July of this year, two Georgia hospitals were cited for failing to comply with a new law that requires medical facilities to post accurate pricing for common procedures on their website. A new study shows that only about 16% of hospitals are abiding by the new law that went in place eighteen months ago.
On Monday of this week, Georgia Governor Brian Kemp designated up to $37.4 million in federal COVID-19 relief money to private groups and public agencies to help students catch up on learning they missed during the pandemic.
A sixty-three-year-old Summerville woman was injured in an accident this past Saturday on Highway 114 – the Lyerly Highway.
A high speed chase in Cherokee County overnight Sunday ended with a resident from Georgia being apprehended and placed under arrest.