Walker County Government and Thrive Regional Partnership will host another community engagement session on digital connectivity at 6:00 p.m. on Monday, August 26th at the Walker County Civic Center. The purpose of this session will be to gather input from residents about the first draft of the county’s Digital Connectivity Plan, which will be released soon.
Trion School Supt. Dr. Phil Williams is looking to build a covered walkway for high school students who must go from the main building to the gym. Dr. Williams says that with students having to switch buildings during the school day, there is a need for a covered passage between the two buildings.
The State Transportation Board (STB) of Georgia elected its new executive leadership team at its monthly board meeting on Thursday, August 15 held at Georgia DOT headquarters in Atlanta. Ann R. Purcell was named chairwoman; Jamie Boswell was named vice chairman; and Dennis McEntire was named secretary.
Trion defeated arch-rival Gordon Lee in a game Saturday night after a delay in the opening of high school football season for both teams due to stormy weather on Friday night. The teams rivalry is the longest running in Georgia’s high school football history. The Trojans were no match for the Bulldogs. Trion was leading 13-6 at halftime and shutout Gordon Lee in the second half for a final score of 30-6. Trion has won the game the last four consecutive contests. The Bulldogs will be on the road this week as they take on Dade County on Friday.
Here is the latest arrest report from the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office for Sunday, August 18, 2024:
As a new school year begins, Better Business Bureau (BBB) reminds consumers to do their research when looking to watch a high school sporting event online. Each week, WZQZ streams both the Trion High School and Chattooga High School football games, and thanks to our community sponsors, you can watch them for free on our WZQZ Facebook page. But the BBB says scammers are constantly trying to trick people into paying for fake sports streams online.
The University System of Georgia (USG) contributed a total of $21.9 billion to Georgia’s economy between July 1, 2022, and June 30, 2023, a $1.8 billion or 9% increase over the previous year, a new study shows.
Summerville Police were called to a West First Street address this past week in reference to a theft. The responding officer met with the complainant who said that someone had thrown a rock through the window of her daughter’s car overnight and stolen items from the back seat. The stolen items included a Northface backpack containing school work, Apple Airpods and a Vera Bradley lunch box. The driver’s side window on the vehicle was shattered and a rock was found in the floorboard. The incident was turned over to an investigator.
Summerville Mayor Harry Harvey says that the city council is kicking the can down the road, so to speak, after they turned down the mayor’s plans to being implementation of a property tax for Summerville property owners. For many years, revenues from the gas department have buoyed the city’s bottom line and allowed the city to give their property owners a break. Other municipalities in the county charge a property tax on top of the county property tax. The council firmly rejected the mayor’s plans at a meeting held this past week. According the Georgia Public Policy Foundation, more and more municipalities across the state are beginning to asses property taxes to make up for declining revenues. Add to that, politicians who are eager to take advantage of rapidly rising housing valuations across the state. Georgia’s constitution says that any municipality in the state can collect property tax.
A Honduran man, who was residing in Cherokee County Alabama, has been arrested by the Centre Police Department in reference to Burglary 2nd and Attempted Rape 1st Charges.
