Students in Georgia will not be headed back to school this year, but Trion City Schools will be allowing students to drive by the school and school faculty will retrieve items from their lockers and bring it out to the vehicle.  The locker contents will be bagged up and brought to the students outside the school.  All persons picking up items should remain in their car and the bag will be carried to your vehicle.  Students can come by this Thursday, April 23rd.  The school is staggering times for students to pick up the items.  Seniors can pick up their locker contents from 9 AM – 10:30 AM; Juniors from 10:30 AM until Noon; Sophomores from Noon until 1:30 PM and Freshmen from 1:30 PM – 3 PM.

The City of Summerville has been purchasing water from the Town of Trion to supply drinking water to Hays State Prison, but the city has been losing around $3,600 per month since the agreement with Trion was reached.

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On Friday, Redmond Regional Medical Center in Rome posted a video showing eighty-three-year-old Ted Thomas being discharged from the hospital after being admitted for over a month with COVID-19.  You can watch the video above and read the statement from Redmond below:

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CHATTOOGA COUNTY OPERATIONS DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Chattooga County is working hard to ensure the health and safety of our employees that deliver critical services as well as the safety and welfare of our residents. With 9 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 1 confirmed death certain departments within Chattooga County will be limiting operations until further notice. All County facilities will operate under limited access to the public according to the Governor’s Emergency Health Order and the Governor’s Shelter-In-Place Order.  In accordance with that Order some county employees that are able to,  will telework or in staggered shifts.   Please contact the specific office that you are needing to access to allow them to assist you in providing essential services.     Specific information for the departments is listed below.  With the fluid nature of this pandemic, operations can change at any time.  Chattooga County will continue to update citizens through local media channels and social media on the Chattooga County, Georgia EMA/ 911 on Facebook.  Please contact the Chattooga County Commissioner’s Office at 706-857-0700 for more information and all department contacts and phone numbers are listed on our County website www.chattoogacounty.org by clicking on the Government Tab.  Our intent is to update this daily with any new information or changes for departments that may occur and post on the Chattooga County EMA/911 Facebook and the www.chattoogacounty.org website.

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Summerville Police were involved in a high-speed chase on Thursday afternoon after a Dalton man fled in a pickup truck.

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Here is the latest arrest report from the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office for Saturday, April 18, 2020:

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A Georgia National Guard contingent, the Walker County Health Department, and Walker County EMA will oversee free drive-up, self-swab, COVID-19 test clinics for any health care, public safety, and EMS workers Saturday, April 18, and Sunday, April 19, from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., at the Walker County Health Department, 603 E. Villanow  Street, LaFayette, GA. Persons to be tested must show ID clearly identifying themselves as one of these types of workers, remain in their vehicles, and do their own nasal swabbing after receiving instructions. There are no county-of-residence or employment-location restrictions. Persons tested will be notified of results in about 72 hours.