A Birmingham, Alabama woman is facing charges in Floyd County, including possession of items prohibited for inmates, use of a communications device to commit a felony, and possession of marijuana with the intent to distribute.
The College of American Pathologists, which works to ensure the safety and quality of medical laboratories across the nation, has accredited the laboratory at Atrium Health Floyd Medical Center’s stand-alone emergency department in Chattooga County.
Sacred Sprouts Academy, located at 28 Tate Road in Trion, is now accepting applications for the 2024-2025 Pre-K year. Children must be 4-years-old by September 1, 2024 to enroll. For more information call 706-696-0044.
Chattooga County Commissioner Blake Elsberry has written a letter to State Representative Eddie Lumsden, urging him to introduce local legislation in the upcoming General Assembly session to rename a portion of Georgia Highway 337 in honor of the late Martha Tucker, who served as county clerk under four different commissioners.
Here is the latest arrest report from the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office for Thursday, April 8, 2024:
Georgia State Superintendent of Schools Richard Woods
The Atlanta Journal Constitution reported on Wednesday that Republican Georgia School Superintendent Richard Woods will include AP African American Studies in the state catalog, assuring it will earn state funding and students who take it will qualify for a grade-point average boost in their HOPE Scholarship calculation.
The City of Summerville is seeking bids for work at the new public works building that is being built adjacent to the Summerville Industrial Park. The city is looking for bids for sheetrock work, heating and air and electrical work. Also, the city is seeking a bid for a new backhoe for public works. Bids are due by 2 PM today at Summerville City Hall, located on Georgia Avenue across from Summerville First Baptist Church. Bids will be open at 2 PM and the public is invited to attend.
In support of Secretary Raffensperger’s four-point plan for election security, the Secretary of State’s office hosted a comprehensive tabletop exercise focused on cyber and physical security in elections, brought together by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and state and local partners. The statewide event, held Wednesday, demonstrated a collaborative approach to safeguarding the electoral process through rigorous scenario planning and real-time threat detection and mitigation strategies.
Chattooga County Sheriff Mark Schrader says that investigators with his office are working with the Georgia State Fire Marshal’s Office in connection with a fire on Tuesday afternoon at the Maplewood Apartments just outside the city limits of Summerville. Sheriff Schrader says that three apartment units were damaged by the fire. Two of the units that received damage from the fire were occupied and one was vacant. As of Wednesday, there was no word as to the cause of the fire.
The Chattooga County Agricultural Fair will open two weeks from today and run from Thursday, August 22nd – Sunday, August 25th. The blue ribbon department of the fair will begin receiving items on Monday, August 19th. Residents of Chattooga, Walker and Floyd Counties in Georgia may enter items in the fair as well as residents of Cherokee and DeKalb Counties in Alabama. Submissions should be work that has been completed since August of 2023 and fall into one of the divisions listed in the 2024 Chattooga County Fair Book. Copies of the book are available at the Chattooga County Extension Office. You can see a schedule for receiving times for the blue ribbon department below: