Looking for a profound gift to a child, are you willing to change a child’s story? Lookout Mountain CASA serves Chattooga, Catoosa, Dade and Walker counties with volunteer advocates for youth in foster care. One of the best gifts a child can receive is their voice, be a voice for a child from a hard place. CASA needs volunteers. Contact Lookout Mountain CASA at 423-402-0843, 706-639-6472 or lookoutmtncasa@gmail.com. Qualifications for CASA volunteer advocate: 21 years +; clean background check; completed CASA application with 4 references; completion of 30+ hours of training. The next CASA onboarding training will be in January 2023.

The Summerville City Council will hold a called meeting coming up this evening at 5:30 PM at Summerville City Hall.  The purpose of the meeting is to discuss the mid-year budget.  You can see the complete agenda for the meeting below:

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The Summerville City Council is actively looking to hire an interim city manager, after the council did not offer a new contract to current City Manager Janice Galloway.  Galloway had served as city manager since 2018 and is a long-time employee of the city. 

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County officials in Chattooga County will be getting a state-mandated pay raise in 2023.  The pay raise applies to all 159 counties in Georgia and will see county commissioners, tax commissioners, sheriffs and other elected officials receiving an extra $5,000 per year as part of a cost of living adjustment.

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The unemployment rate across Northwest Georgia took a jump in October, according to the latest numbers released by the Georgia Department of Labor.  Chattooga County’s unemployment rate has risen to the same place it was in October of 2021.

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Here is the latest arrest report from the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office for Sunday, November 27, 2022:

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