The National Weather Service in Peachtree City, Georgia has issued a heat advisory for Chattooga County and all of Northwest Georgia for today from 10 AM until 9 PM.  Temperatures are expected to be in the upper 90’s across the area and the heat index could be as high as 108 degrees. Staying  inside in the air conditioning is the best way to beat the heat, but if that is not possibly and you have to be outside, you should drink plenty of fluids and try to stay out of the direct sun.  If you are working outside, you should take frequent breaks and stay hydrated.

A forty-eight-year-old Summerville man told police this week that someone used his identity to fraudulently obtain a loan from the business software company Quickbooks.  The complainant told an investigator with the Summerville Police Department that someone had used his personal information to obtain a $45,000 loan with the company.  Of that $45,000 the criminal received  $6,500.  A police report was needed to stop further disbursement of funds.

Trion City Schools will start class tomorrow, Friday, August 2nd.  In an effort to reduce traffic, on the first day of school and for the first full week of school at dismissal, drivers will only be allowed to turn right when exiting from the front of the hill onto Bill Kinzy Drive.  Those dropping off children for the first day of school are asked to remain in their vehicles and drive slowly.  Also, no handheld devices are allowed by the driver in the school pickup / drop-off line. You may drop your child off at school between 7 AM and 7:50 AM.  Children will be counted tardy after 8 AM.  If you have questions, you should contact Trion City Schools.

Did you know that Georgia has a new enhanced school bus law?  As of July 1st this year, the penalty for unlawfully passing a school bus could cost you a lot of money and possibly jail time.

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The Georgia State Election Board, which has become embroiled in conflict over how the state administers elections, voted Tuesday to redo some of its actions amid a lawsuit accusing it of meeting illegally.

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Here is the latest arrest report from the Chattooga County Sheriffs Office for Wednesday, July 31, 2024:

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Atrium Health Floyd’s Chattooga Freestanding Emergency Department has reached another milestone.  The facility, which first opened in October of 2023, has served over 13,000 residents in Northwest Georgia and Northeast Alabama.

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A convicted child molester was arrested last week by Chattooga County Sheriff’s Deputies and charged with probation violation and failure to register correctly as a sex offender.  Twenty-one-year-old Dexter Dakota Blackmon was booked into the Chattooga County Jail on the charges and was additionally charged with felony interference with government property.  Blackmon was first convicted of child sex crimes when he was sixteen-years-old after Chattooga County Sheriff’s investigators discovered he had molested several young family members.  Blackmon was tried as an adult due to the heinous nature of the crimes.  Blackmon was sentenced for forty years of probation in connection with the original charges.