A Chattooga County man was scammed out of hundreds of dollars by someone claiming to be with “Probation and Parole”. According to a report from the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office, Charles Akery said he got a phone call saying a family member was getting out of incarceration on December 1st and that they need payments for the family member’s ankle monitoring service.
WZQZ News heard from several Trion residents with questions about the Trion Town Council looking into mold remediation at the current Trion Police Department. We reached out to Mayor Lanny Thomas who provided the following explanation:
Chattooga County Sheriff’s Deputies were called to a Maffet Street address in Trion after a Pit Bull attacked its owners and a neighbor’s dog.
The past week or so has been a deadly one on Floyd County roadways. Monday, a nineteen-year-old man was killed off Calhoun Road, marking the third traffic fatality in eight days. One of those fatalities was a twenty-five-year-old Summerville man.
A Floyd County Jail inmate, who is being held for Chattooga County, is accused of attacking a fellow-inmate and threatening to kill the other inmate. According to Floyd County Jail reports, Anthony Dennis Walker, age 21 of Winterville, Georgia is facing additional charges after he allegedly repeatedly beat another person with his fist and feet while stating that he was going to kill him. Authorities went on to say that the victim suffered visible injuries to his face from the attack. Walker is charged with aggravated assault battery and terroristic threats and acts. He had been housed at the jail since Thursday as a hold for Chattooga County.
Today is National Pearl Harbor Day, the day set aside to remember the attack on the United States by the Empire of Japan eighty-one years ago.
If you plan to purchase a real Christmas tree this holiday season, AAA urges you to have a plan to get it home safely.
Looking for the best holiday gift idea for that special outdoor enthusiast on your list? No need to go to the stores – gift them a hunting or fishing (or combo) license to help them enjoy the wild places they love, according to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources’ Wildlife Resources Division.
A Menlo teenager was charged with underage possession of alcohol after a traffic stop in Summerville on Monday. According to a report from the Summerville Police Department, seventeen-year-old Sean Alan Sammons of a Highway 48, Menlo address was stopped in a 2006 Jeep Wrangler by police near Greenhill Memorial Gardens. Officers said that Sammons “tested positive for alcohol three times the legal limit”.
Chattooga County voters voted overwhelmingly for Republican Herschel Walker in the 2022 U.S. Senate Runoff Election. With the final numbers in, Walker received 5,500 votes to incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Raphael Warnock’s 1,343 votes.
