Here is the latest arrest report from the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office for Tuesday, September 26, 2023:
Trauma patients from northwest Georgia and northeast Alabama have another reason to expect continued expertise from Atrium Health Floyd Medical Center, the state’s only Level II Trauma Center west of Gainesville and north of Atlanta.
Howard Finster’s Paradise Garden hosted the annual two-day art festival, Finster Fest, last Saturday and Sunday at historic Paradise Garden. The event featured over 65 folk, craft and fine artists, along with musical performances and special guest presentations. Once again this year, the Chattooga Garden Club supplied their famous pimento-cheese sandwiches, along with other food vendors at the festival. Patrons traveled from all over the South to attend the nationally recognized art festival which was sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts and Georgia Council for the Arts. The Paradise Garden Foundation says that this year’s Finster Fest set a record for attendance at 2,431 attendees, which was 300 more than last year.
Youth night for the Summerville Recreation Department will be held at Chattooga High School football field this Friday September 29, 2023. Players and coaches will get in free. Football,Volleyball and soccer players must wear their jersey and cheerleaders wear their uniform. All coaches and teams must be there by 6:30 PM. Coaches and players will meet at the gate across from the High School Softball Field. Note: Parents will have to go online to order tickets if they want to attend the game.
Georgia gas prices continue to decline at the pump compared to a week ago. Georgia drivers are now paying an average price of $3.30 per gallon for regular unleaded gasoline (subject to change overnight).
On Monday, the Georgia State Patrol released details about a crash that happened last Friday morning shortly before 6:30 AM on Highway 27 at Taylor’s Ridge.
Floyd County Police have charged a forty-six-year-old truck driver from Birmingham, Alabama with vehicular homicide in connection with a wreck that killed a LaFayette man on a motorcycle near Armuchee High School on Monday morning.