Here is the latest arrest report from the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office for Tuesday, September 19, 2023:
A fifty-one-year-old woman was arrested on Saturday after police say that she was intoxicated in the roadway. Police had been called to the scene by the suspect’s aunt who said that the suspect had taken a pair of her shoes. By the time the police arrived, the shoes had been returned, but the suspect was walking down the street being loud and boisterous. When police asked the woman how much she had to drink, she told the officers “35-40” and said she had “$2 shots from the bootlegger”. Police arrested Charity Machette Allgood on Hawkins Drive near State Street in Summerville on Saturday evening. She was booked into the Chattooga County Jail on charges of public intoxication.
A fifty-four-year-old Summerville woman was jailed on Sunday after she was abusive towards EMT personnel on three separate occasions.
Georgia gas prices continue to decline at the pump compared to a week ago. Georgia drivers are now paying an average price of $3.39 per gallon for regular unleaded gasoline (subject to change overnight).
On Saturday, the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Law Enforcement Division responded to a call in Floyd County about hunters who were hunting without permission. According to the DNR, four people were charged in connection with the call. One of the hunters had killed a deer out of the caretaker of the property’s deer stand. It is illegal to hunt on land without permission in Georgia. If the land is posted, the hunter should have written permission from the landowner before hunting.
Throughout the month of October, the AdventHealth cancer care teams are challenging our community once again to light porches pink across Northwest Georgia to spread awareness of breast cancer.
U.S Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene attacked the Rome City Commission in her remarks at a Republican rally in Rome over the past weekend. Greene, who moved to Rome so that she could run for Congress in the 14th Congressional District, says that the November elections are important to defeat “Democratic city commissioners that encourage Black Lives Matter and want to de-fund the police”. As with most municipalities in Georgia, Rome’s elections are non-partisan. Greene went on to say that some Rome City Commissioners want to allow sex toys to be sold “in front of children” and that they “ignore drag queens”. She also spoke against the plans to build a new $120 million elementary school in Rome, saying the Rome School Board should have “fiscal restraint”.
The Chattooga County 4H Shotgun Team signups will be held next month at the Chattooga County Ag Building, located on Middle School Drive in Summerville.
The State of Georgia’s tax collections during the month of August totaled $2.28 billion for a decrease of $25.4 million, or -1.1 percent, compared to August 2022 when net tax collections totaled nearly $2.31 billion. $181.6 million of August tax revenue changes were the result of the reinstatement of the Motor Fuel Excise Tax. Excluding Motor Fuel Tax revenues and prior year related local sales tax distributions made in August, all other net tax collections decreased by -4.8 percent, or $110 million, compared to August 2022.
The Town of Trion’s Veterans Committee will have a meeting in the Town Hall Conference Room on Tuesday, September 19, 2023 at 6 PM. If you have any questions or comments, please contact Mayor Lanny Thomas or the Town Hall Office and we will get the information you request.