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.

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The Chattooga County Agricultural Fair opens on Thursday of this week.  This is the tenth year of the Chattooga County Fair since it came back in 2014.  The fair will be held at the fairgrounds located between the Chattooga County Ag Building and Summerville Middle School off of Highway 100 in Summerville.  The blue ribbon department will be opening up tomorrow to begin accepting entries for this year’s fair.  On Monday, they will be receiving arts, photography, needlework and food preservation.  You can see a complete schedule for receiving for the blue ribbon department of the Chattooga County Agricultural Fair below:

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Here is the latest arrest report from the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office for Saturday, August 17, 2024:

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Floyd County Superior Court Judge Kay Ann King has denied bond for the “ringleader” of a brutal police attack of a convicted child molester.

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A forty-five-year-old Chattooga County man was arrested earlier this week in neighboring Cherokee County, Alabama on an outstanding warrant:

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August is designated as Shooting Sports Month according to a recent proclamation signed by Gov. Brian Kemp. That is reason to celebrate! Where should you go? To a Georgia public shooting range, of course!

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At the request of the Gordon County Sheriff’s Office, GBI agents are investigating an officer-involved shooting in Calhoun, GA. Michelle Ralstons, age 55, of Calhoun, GA was shot and injured in the incident. No deputies were injured in this incident.

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