The Trion Bulldogs moved to 2-0 on the season with a 45-7 win over the Lafayette Ramblers. Trion will have a bye week next week before playing their first home game of the season on September 9th against Gordon Central.
The Chattooga Indians had a bye week this week and did not play Friday night. The Indians will play at home next Friday night against Temple.
A twenty-one-year-old Cedartown man was arrested by Summerville Police on Thursday of this week after he was found to be under the influence and walking on Commerce Street.
Mount Vernon Mills in Trion is still recovering from a “ransomware” attack earlier this week that affected production at the manufacturing facility.
Two men from Huntsville, Alabama are now in custody, charged with the murder of Dakota Bradsaw at a Rossville residence on August 1st.
MR. MAX RUSSELL BALDWIN, Sr., age 85, of Dry Valley Church Road Summerville, Georgia passed away Thursday August 25th, 2022 at his residence surrounded by his loving family. He was born in Summerville, Georgia on March 5, 1937, son of the late Archie R. and Annie Ruth Baines Baldwin. Mr. Baldwin retired in 1980 as a Major of the United States Army serving in Vietnam two terms and achieved Master Senior Aviator. He was a member of the Church of Christ. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his sister, the late Gracie Ruth Hall.
Surviving are his loving Wife, Peggy Shamblin Baldwin; Daughter, Virginia Ruth Baldwin; Sons, Max Russell Baldwin II and Patrick S. Baldwin, M.D.; Grandchildren, Cassidy Shea Baldwin, M.D, Dylan Shamblin Baldwin, Catlin Rae Meredith, Max Edwin Kohl, James Ryan Kohl and Islay Ruth Kohl.
Funeral services will be held on Sunday August 28th, 2022 from the J.D. Hill Memorial Chapel of Earle Rainwater Funeral Home with Rev. Mike Woods and Mr. John Shamblin officiating. Entombment will be at a later date. Pallbearers will be Lee Wilcox, Jeff Mitchell, Dylan Baldwin, Mark Woods, Terry Payne, and John Meredith. Honorary Pallbearers will be Lee and Caroline Meranic, John and Glendia Liddle, Ted and Gayle Goss, Debra Piper, Sue Bridges, Kevin and Betsy Hayes, Connie and Terry Payne, Pam and Spenser Hogg, Peggy and Harold Boyd, Joy and Dewayne Hampton, Libby and Mikey Worthington, Dr. Jeffery Blackmon, Jimmy Barron, Lisa and Buddy Hill, and Teresa Compton.
The family will receive friends Sunday from 12:30 until 2 p.m. at the Funeral Home.
Earle Rainwater Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements for Mr. Max Russell Baldwin who passed away on Thursday.
Another full day of events are on tap at the Chattooga County Agricultural Fair – including two livestock shows and multiple demonstrations at the Chattooga County Farm Bureau Demonstration Kitchen.
The State of Georgia continues to enjoy a historically low unemployment rate. Numbers for the month of July were released on Thursday of this week.
Twice this week, U.S. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene has been “swatted” according to Rome Police.
There will be plenty to see and do at the Chattooga County Agricultural Fair today. Gates will open at 2 PM and will remain open until 11 PM this evening. WZQZ’s Ben Groce and Bonnie Fletcher will be broadcasting live from the fair today.
Georgia will give out $100 million in federal COVID-19 money to bolster policing and reduce violence, Georgia Governor Brian Kemp announced Thursday.
