The City of Summerville has announced a clean-up at the Summerville Cemetery. From the City of Summerville: Please remove faded flowers, holidays (Spring/Summer, anything not current), and all glass items from sites at the Summerville Cemetery by September 8, 2024. Any of these remaining items will be removed and disposed of by our staff on September 9, 2024. Thanks for your help!
The purchase of a lottery ticket at a Circle K gas station in LaFayette confirmed the whereabouts of a vehicle thief and resulted in the arrest of a twenty-nine-year-old Chattooga County man last week.
Here is the latest arrest report from the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office for Sunday, September 1, 2024:
The American Red Cross of Georgia is encouraging everyone to take critical actions during National Preparedness Month this September to be ready for worsening disasters. Deadly storms and floods, raging fires and extreme heat are becoming more frequent and intense due to the climate crisis and families are experiencing the effects.
Through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), the Georgia Environmental Finance Authority (GEFA) awarded five communities grant funding totaling $30,500,000 to address PFAS and additional emerging contaminants in drinking water. The City of Summerville will receive a grant of $3.5 million. The $3,500,000 EC-SDC grant will fund a pilot study to treat for PFAS and upgrading the city’s drinking water plant. The legislation allows investment in the water sector that includes $50 billion to the EPA to strengthen the nation’s drinking water and wastewater systems.
Data released Tuesday from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reveal increased West Nile virus cases in Georgia. Six cases have been reported in the state, up from two on Aug. 21.
The new cases are concentrated in metro Atlanta, with reported infections in Fulton, DeKalb, Hall, Richmond, Cherokee, and Chatham counties. Each county has reported one case of the virus.
The West Nile virus is primarily transmitted through the bites of infected mosquitoes, the CDC said and tends to peak in the United States from July through October. Nationwide, 33 states have reported human cases of West Nile, totaling 289 infections, including 195 instances of neuroinvasive disease, which affects the central nervous system. Texas currently leads with the highest reported cases, standing at 41.
Three women were arrested on three consecutive days last week for shoplifting at the local Walmart store. According to reports from the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office, the three separate incidents happened on August 23rd, August 24th and August 25th. All three of the shoplifting incidents involved “skip scanning” at the self-checkout lanes. Fifty-five-year-old Melinda Lively, twenty-four-year-old Kimberly Kincade and sixty-seven-year-old Nadia Belotto were all charged with theft by shoplifting and booked into the Chattooga County Jail.
Raising a flock of backyard chickens ensures that you have a steady supply of fresh eggs. But if you plan to sell those eggs, Georgia law requires the eggs be candled.
Additional charges have been filed against the suspect in a murder in North Rome last week.
