Two Summerville residents were arrested following a physical altercation at Jeffersons in Summerville.
Faculty and staff at Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) have nominated seven of their peer instructors for the Rick Perkins Award of Excellence in Technical Instruction competition. The Rick Perkins Award honors the Technical College System of Georgia’s (TCSG) most outstanding instructors. The award has been an ongoing statewide event since 1991 and is designed to recognize technical college instructors who make significant contributions to technical education through innovation and leadership in their fields.
Job Fair today at Bonded Logic in LaFayette… hiring 30 positions, all shifts. Hours 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. today. 1456 Shattuck Industial Blvd.
GOAL, a statewide program of the Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG), honors excellence in academics and leadership among the state’s technical college students. GOAL winners are selected at each of the state’s 22 technical colleges. Four Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) students have been selected as the college’s semi-finalists for the Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership (GOAL).
Rep Eddie Lumsden gives the week eight update from the Georgia Capitol as this years legislative session continues. This week the House of Representatives focused on preparing for “Crossover Day’, which is the last new any new legislation can be passed in the House for this year. They also passed House Bill 81, the Fiscal Year 2022 (FY 2022) budget. This comprehensive budget covers July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022, and is set at $27.2 billion, which is an increase of $1.34 billion or 5.2 percent over the current fiscal year budget. Nearly 90 percent of this new funding in the FY 2022 budget would go towards education and health and human services agencies. House Bill 593, or the Tax Relief Act of 2021, also passed the House of Representatives this week, which seeks to cut income taxes during the tax year 2022 by increasing the standard deduction for taxpayers that are single and heads of household from $4,600 to $5,400 and increasing the standard deduction for a married couple filing jointly. House Bill 44 will see Georgia swap to Daylight Savings Time permanetly if the U.S. Congress approves it. You can read Rep. Lumsdens full update below.
Summerville Main Street is excited to help kick off the spring shopping season by partnering with Historic Downtown Businesses to present a Downtown Summerville Hop ‘N Shop. This free public event is scheduled for Saturday, March 27, between the hours of 10:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. The objective of this project is to provide a fun activity for the public that brings them through the doors of the downtown small businesses.
A vehicle, formerly reported as stolen was found, abandoned on Williams Cemetery Road last week.
The Summerville 7-8 Boys All-Star basketball team traveled to Effingham County this past weekend, and came home as State Champions!