The Summer meeting of the Chattooga County Historical Society will be held tomorrow, Sunday, July 14th.  The topic of this quarter’s meeting will focus on the historic Tooga Theater in downtown Summerville.  Also, a discussion will be held about the ongoing renovations at the historic theater. The Tooga first opened its doors in 1947 and continued in operation as a movie theater for over forty years.  The building then served as the headquarters for the Chattooga County Shrine Club until it was purchased by the county in 2015 by former Commissioner Jason Winters.  The meeting will be held on Sunday, July 14 at 2 PM at the Historic Summerville Depot.  Meetings are open to the public.

Here is the latest arrest report from the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office for Friday, July 12, 2024:

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The SongFarmers of Summerville will meet this Saturday, July 13th, from 1 PM until 4 PM at the Fairway Recreation Center on Senior Drive in Summerville. The free event will feature old-fashioned “front-porch pickin’. ” Musicians are invited to bring their instruments and join in, and audience participation is always encouraged.

Two replicas of the famous ships that were used for Christopher Columbus’ voyage to the then ‘New World’ will visit Chattanooga and north Alabama this fall.

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A jury determined that a Rome man acted in self-defense in a 2023 shooting at the Callier Forest Apartments and found him not guilty on several charges stemming from that incident.

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The City of Menlo has accepted a bid to demolish the old Menlo Garage, operated for many years by Ralph Tucker.  The city plans to build a new garage building there for the city’s water department and public works.  The cost to demolish the building will be $10,000 and that bid went to Paddy Construction.  The Menlo City Council also accepted bids for the new building and the winner of the bid was Mackey Metals.  The cost of the new building will be $54,810.60.  The building is located at 2728 Highway 337 in Menlo.

GRAMMY® award-winning singer/songwriter John Berry is excited to announce the first dates for his 28th Annual ‘Christmas With John Berry’ Tour.  Berry will be in Northwest Georgia in Cedartown on December 18th.

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Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger announced that the Secretary of State’s office is in the process of conducting a SAVE audit of potential non-citizens who may have registered to vote. Using information from the Georgia Department of Driver Services (DDS), Georgia identifies people who may be non-citizens according to documents they have previously provided to DDS. Georgia is 100% REAL ID compliant, meaning that everyone who has a driver’s license or state identification card has proven their citizenship or legal immigration status to DDS.

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Here is the latest arrest report from the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office for Thursday, July 11, 2024:

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Georgia Council for the Arts (GCA), a strategic arm of the Georgia Department of Economic Development (GDEcD), on Wednesday announced that more than $3.5 million in competitive grant funding will be distributed to recipients across the state through its Bridge, Project, and Arts Education Program grants. A total of 324 grants were awarded during GCA’s initial disbursements for fiscal year 2025.  Paradise Garden in Pennville in Chattooga County was one of the recipients of a Bridge Grant. A complete list of these grantees can be found here.

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