Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit District Attorney Chris Arnt released the following statement about the trial and conviction of Renee Lanham. You can read the district attorney’s complete statement below:
Harbin Clinic is excited to welcome Dr. Alex Whitaker-Lea to Harbin Clinic Neurosurgery Rome. With a heart for making patients feel understood, Dr. Whitaker-Lea is an excellent addition to the Harbin Clinic team. She will begin seeing patients November 7, 2022.
Summerville Police responded to a call at 2 AM last Saturday to a State Street address. When a responding officer met with the complainant, identified as Ladaysha Adams, she told them that a man had pulled up in her driveway on an ATV-type vehicle. The man threw something at a 2002 Toyota Forerunner that was parked at the residence. The object broke the back glass on the vehicle. Adams said that the suspect then took out a knife and threatened her saying “You know what will happen”. Adams identified the suspect to police and the case has been turned over to an investigator.
Registration for the Toys for Tots program is open through November 30th for Chattooga County residents. The Toys for Tots program is overseen by the Rome Exchange Club and serves Floyd, Polk and Chattooga Counties. The successful program distributed over 14,000 toys last Christmas.
Everything’s coming up candy and pumpkins in downtown Summerville on Saturday, October 29. Summerville Main Street will team up with the Summerville Trion Optimist Club to present a Pumpkin Palooza, complete with a Pumpkin Decorating Contest and the Halloween Candy Walk! This fall celebration will be held down the East Washington Streetscape to the Summerville Depot. Hours for the Pumpkin Palooza will run from 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Vendors will be on hand with a variety of foods, crafts, and retail for the public’s pleasure.
The Chattooga County BOE recognized their FY 2023 school-level Teacher of the Year at its October 20, 2022 board meeting. Front row, left to right are:
Adriana Thompson- Lyerly Elementary
Ashlee Bradley- Leroy Massey
Leigha Burnham- Summerville Middle School
Lauren Jarrett- Menlo Elementary
Lana Moseley- Chattooga High School
Back row, left to right, are board members B.J. Montgomery, Brad Hayes, Lynn Hall, Spencer Hogg, and Eddie Elsberry.
Here is the latest arrest report from the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office for Tuesday, October 25, 2022:
The Chattooga County Land Use Committee is meeting this evening at 7 PM. At the last meeting, the committee asked citizens with concerns about the land use ordinance to submit their concerns in writing to the committee. The meeting will be held at the Chattooga County Civic Center, located on Highway 48 in Summerville across from Truist Bank. A group of concerned citizens has started a petition to overturn the ordinance that was signed by Chattooga County Commissioner Blake Elsberry earlier this year. The petition is available for signatures at several local businesses. You can click HERE to see a list of businesses that have the petition available.
Georgia Labor Commissioner Mark Butler has announced that Georgia’s job numbers increased almost 13,000 over the month to a new all-time high. The September unemployment rate remained an all-time low of 2.8 percent for the third consecutive month. Georgia’s unemployment rate was seven-tenths of a percent lower than the national September 2022 unemployment rate of 3.5 percent.