It looks to be a promising year for Chattooga High School basketball. Both the Chattooga High School Boys and Lady Indians won in scrimmage games this past week. The Lady Indians played an defeated both Mt. Zion and Rockmart. The Chattooga High School Boys defeated Calhoun in scrimmage action. You can see the complete schedule for the Chattooga High School Indians Basketball teams below:
The Georgia Lottery says that the first quarter of this fiscal year (started July 1, 2022) is the most profitable first quarter since its inception in 1993. Profits transferred to the State Treasury’s Lottery for Education Account will amount to $389.9 million, surpassing last year’s first quarter transfer by $25.1 million.
This holiday season, the American Red Cross of Georgia encourages everyone to follow simple steps to prevent home fires from holiday decorations. Most home fires involving candles happen in December, when one in five home decoration fires also occur.
The Chattooga Land Use Committee will be meeting again on Tuesday, December 1st. The committee has been hearing from the public at previous meetings about changes to the land use ordinance that was adopted by Commissioner Blake Elsberry earlier this year.
WZQZ News spoke with Chattooga County School Supt. Jared Hosmer who confirmed that Chattooga High School Head Football Coach Sean Peek says he will be resigning. Supt. Hosmer said, “I can confirm that Coach Peek met with his players Friday morning and told them that he plans to resign.” As of Friday afternoon, no other official statement has been released by the school system or Coach Peek.
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas in downtown Summerville. Over the past several days, City of Summerville workers along with Chattooga County Public Works and Summerville Main Street volunteers have been busy decorating the downtown area.
The Weiss Lake Crappie Rodeo Tagging Tournaments will begin on November 26 at Little River Marina in Cherokee County, Alabama.
Duck Season opens today in Georgia and the Georgia Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Division wants hunters to be aware of some changes for this year’s season.
A Chattooga County woman was arrested in Walker County on drug charges. According to docket records from the Walker County Sheriff’s Office, forty-eight-year-old Hope Ladyona Fletcher of a Milton Circle, Summerville address was booked into the Walker County Jail on charges of possession of a Schedule II drug. Fletcher posted bond and was released from jail on the felony drug possession charge.
Georgia’s unemployment rate rose slightly last month but remained below the national jobless rate, the state Department of Labor reported Thursday, Nov. 17.
