Last Saturday, armed robbers held up a convenience store on Highway 48 just outside of Summerville. The Chattooga County Sheriff’s Department had been reviewing evidence and investigating the incident. On Tuesday night, Chattooga County Sheriff Mark Schrader released a statement about the incident and warned other stores in the area to be vigilant.
The Town of Trion will have a regular Workshop / Council Meeting in the Town Hall Conference Room, Thursday, December 15, 2022. The Workshop will begin at 6:00p.m. and the Regular Meeting will follow shortly after. If you have any questions or comments, you may contact Trion Mayor Lanny Thomas, or the Town Hall Office and they will try to get the information you request.
Parkridge Hospital says it will no longer contest an effort by CHI Memorial to build a new hospital on Battlefield Parkway in Catoosa County.
The Chattooga County Sheriff’s office was called to a residence on Jenkins Gap Road by a complainant who said that a man had entered her house without permission.
The Summerville City Council met on Monday evening of this week and approved a contract for the interim city-manager. The council voted to approve the four-month contract for Andrea Surratt, whose most recent job was city manager in Sandy Springs, Georgia. A provision in the contract allows the council to extend the contract if a full-time city manager is not hired within the four-month period. The council also voted to transfer funds from the city’s restricted account to pay for the chassis for a new fire engine for the Summerville Fire Department. The council approved a motion to finance the balance of the new fire truck with Truist bank.
Farmers & Hunters Feeding the Hungry, the national venison donation ministry, has launched a new Hunt Down Hunger campaign. Hunt Down Hunger is a national campaign encouraging hunters across America to help feed the hungry by donating their legally harvested game such as deer and elk to local hunger relief charities and ministries. The campaign will help individuals and families this Christmas season and beyond, as costs for necessities such as food and fuel have risen.
Georgia Northwestern Technical College’s (GNTC) Precision Machining and Manufacturing program on the Floyd County and Whitfield Murray campuses was presented with a $30,000 grant by the Gene Haas Foundation to be used for student scholarships.
A forty-nine-year-old Summerville man was arrested recently after stuffing food items down his pants at the Circle K Convenience Store on Commerce Street. According to a report from the Summerville Police Department, a store employee called police after seeing Kevin Alphonso Boykin stuff several candy bars and some sausage and cheese biscuits down his pants. When the officer approached Boykin, he found that the suspect still had some beef sticks, Snicker bars and two cold orange Gatorades inside his britches. In all, Boykin was accused of attempting to steal $42.97 worth of food items. Boykin was charged with shoplifting and was banned from both Circle K stores in Summerville.
