The loss of money, personal information, and perseverance of scammers continue with online purchase scams as the riskiest of scams.
A Rome woman was charged with DUI and DUI/Child endangerment after going through a Summerville Police checkpoint near the intersection of Washington Street and Penn Street around midnight on January 2nd. Police say that Ka’Shay Michaela Bryant admitted to having consumed alcohol before driving, but couldn’t tell officers how much she had to drink. Bryant was arrested and booked into the Chattooga County Jail.
Chattooga County Probate Judge Gary Woods says that the Chattooga County Registrars Office will be reopening on Monday, January 9, 2023. The office was closed on December 28, 2022 after the heating system in the building failed. The heating unit has been repaired, but the staff is attending required election training this week.
Trion City Schools is seeking candidates for custodians. Benefits eligible, 40 hr. work week, Monday – Friday – evening shifts. Background check is required. Contact Jan Andrews 706-734-0990
A tornado watch is in affect for Northwest Georgia, including Chattooga and surrounding counties until 9 PM this evening.
Here is an arrest summary from the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office from December 30, 2022 – January 3, 2023:
Chattooga GOP will meet Thursday, January 5th at 6 pm at the Senior Center in Summerville. Guest speakers will be representatives of the Georgia Republican Assembly. All are welcome and encouraged to attend.
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City, Georgia says that we could see several waves of showers and thunderstorms impacting north and central Georgia early Tuesday afternoon through Wednesday evening.
Village of Summerville Marker
Most people realize that Georgia has two Chattooga Rivers – the one we know here in Chattooga County and the more famous one on the other side of the state that was the location for the 1970’s movie “Deliverance”, but some people may not be aware that at one time, Georgia had two “Summervilles” as well – and could once again.
A forty-seven-year-old Summerville man was arrested on December 28th on charges of child molestation. According to Chattooga County Sheriff Investigator Wendell Flood, David Anderson Kellar is accused of molesting a relative who was under the age of 16 at the time the crimes are alleged to have happened. The sheriff’s office believes that the molestation of the child has been ongoing for around three years, and “the crimes happened on multiple occasions”. Kellar was booked into the Chattooga County jail on charges of child molestation and enticing a child for indecent purposes. He was being held without bond.