’Tis the season to travel, and AAA estimates over 3.5 million Georgians will journey 50 miles or more away from home, December 23rd to January 2nd. That’s an increase of almost 113,000 people over last year and a new record-high for the year-end holiday travel period in Georgia.
A twenty-six-year-old Summerville woman was arrested in Walker County over the weekend. According to docket records from the Walker County Sheriff’s Office, Tanzania Malawi Glenn of a Dry Valley Road address was charged with being a public drunk, willful obstruction of law enforcement and battery. Glenn was booked into the Walker County Jail on the charges overnight on Saturday.
It’s a Christmas tradition for many families in Chattooga County and neighbors in Alabama and beyond – the live nativity at Alpine Community Church in Menlo. Once again this year, you can take the short trip to Alpine and be transported back in time to the first Christmas in Bethlehem. The live nativity at Alpine Community Church is, by far, one of the best live nativities in our area.
Here is an arrest summary from the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office for December 9 – December 12, 2022:
There was a slight decline in Georgia tax revenues in the month of November, according to numbers released by the Georgia Department of Revenue on Friday of last week. The state collected almost $2.29 billion in November, which was down $2.4 million or about a tenth-of-a-point from the same time last year. Last month marked the first time in over a year that tax revenues have been lower. Still, the state has over $6.6 billion in surplus revenue. One area that is causing a dip in state revenues is the motor fuel tax, which is down over 99% since Governor Kemp suspended state tax for most motor fuel. The governor announced another extension of the fuel tax again last week.
The Summerville City Council will hold their regular monthly meeting for the month of December coming up this evening at 5 PM at Summerville City Hall. A question and answer time with the mayor and council members will take place at 4:30 PM. You can find a complete agenda for tonight’s meeting below:
COVID-19 cases were down slightly in Chattooga County over the past reporting period. Cases are reported weekly by the Georgia Department of Public Health. The new statistics come out on Wednesday of each week. The previous reporting period, there were eight new COVID-19 cases reported in Chattooga County, that number dropped to seven. There were two COVID-19 deaths reported in Northwest Georgia, one in Floyd County and one in Bartow County. There were twenty-six COVID-19 patients being reported at Rome hospitals – the highest number since September.
Summerville Police were called about an act of vandalism on Senior Drive in Summerville on December 1st. According to a report from the Summerville Police Department, someone overturned concrete picnic table near the Chattooga County multi-purpose building. According to the report, that was released late last week, the Summerville Police Department was requested to add extra patrols in the area.
Students from Menlo Elementary School were 2022 Fall Stock Market game winners from the 14th Congressional District of Georgia at the Stock Market Game, hosted from New York City.
