Northwest Georgia Hunger Ministries requests financial contributions and helping hands from around the community to support its mission to feed the hungry.
A sixty-six-year-old Summerville man reported the theft of his bicycle to Summerville Police this past week. Willie Patrick White told police that he was involved in an accident on Wednesday of last week shortly before 8 PM. Mr. White had to be transported to the Chattooga County Emergency Room and a nearby resident told Mr. White that he could leave his bike at her house and retrieve it after he was released from medical care. When Mr. White returned to collect his bike, the bike was missing.
The Summerville City Council will have their regular monthly meeting for the month of February coming up tomorrow evening at Summerville City Hall. The meeting will get underway at 5 PM. There will be a question and answer session with the city council and mayor from 4:30 PM until the meeting time at 5 PM. The public is invited to attend.
The Rome News Tribune reported that two brothers from Northwest Georgia were arrested this past week and face felony federal charges stemming from the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol by supporters of outgoing president Donald Trump.
Here is the latest arrest report from the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office for Saturday, February 10, 2024:
The deadline to register for spring sports with the Summerville Recreation Center is tomorrow, February 11, 2024. The age control date for Tee Ball, Baseball and Softball (ages 3-12) is September 1, 2024. It is easy to register online by visiting www.summervillerec.org . You can also scan the QR code above to register your child. The cost is $10 for city residents and $25 for county residents.
Valentine’s Day is coming up next week and Felicia’s Kidz Tutoring Program spent time this week making Valentine Cards for the residents at Oakview Nursing Home in Summerville. The Valentines will be delivered to the residents this coming week. The tutoring program, started by longtime Chattooga County School supporter Felicia Foster, helps children of all ages improve their reading, writing and math skills. The program meets each Monday from 2 PM until 4 PM at the Fairway Community Center, located at 81 Senior Drive in Summerville, and is open to all children.
Scouting for Food is one of the Boy Scouts of America’s best known national service projects and is conducted by virtually every local Boy Scout council across the nation on an annual basis.
Family, along with former and current staff of Summerville Middle School gathered this week to honor the late Greg Vaughn, the longtime custodian at the school.
Longtime Democratic incumbent Chattooga County Coroner Earl Rainwater has announced that he will not seek another term. Rainwater, a native of Tennessee, moved to Chattooga County in the early 1960’s and worked for the late J.D. Hill and later bought the funeral home that Hill operated. Rainwater has been coroner in Chattooga County since 1976, except for one term that he sat out and allowed Steve Speers to run unopposed in the Democratic Primary. Mr. Rainwater and former Probate Judge Jon Payne were the county’s only two constitutional officers that did not switch to the Republican Party just before the 2020 election cycle. There are now four Republicans seeking the position: Savanna McGill, Jeremy “Big Mac” McElhaney, Heath Hammond and Carrie Blackwell. No Democrats have announced their intentions to seek any office in Chattooga County but they still have time to do so. Qualifying for local offices in March 4-March 8th.