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.
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.
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.
Georgia Highlands College has been selected to host a Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation Campus Center by the American Association of Colleges and Universities.
Here is the latest arrest report from the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office for Sunday, November 27, 2022:
Citing threats from non-native species, the Georgia Department of Natural Resources has expanded limits on animals that can be bought, sold or kept as pets in the state.
The Peppermint Project is a new Holiday event at James H. Sloppy Floyd State Park featuring the story “The Woodland Elves of the Peppermint Cave” written by Nell Farrar, a member of the Friends of Sloppy Floyd.
The Summerville City Council will hold a called meeting coming up tomorrow at Summerville City Hall. According to an agenda for the meeting released on Wednesday of last week, the premise for the meeting is to talk about the mid-year budget. It will be the first meeting for the council since Summerville City Manager Janice Galloway’s contract was not renewed by the council. There is no item on the agenda about the city manager’s position, but it will be the first opportunity council members have to talk about the hiring of an interim city manager since the announcement about Galloway’s forced retirement. The council has expressed their plans to hire an interim city manager and then start the search for a permanent city manager to replace Galloway. Tomorrow’s meeting will be held at 5:30 PM at Summerville City Hall and the public is welcomed to attend.
Georgia State Troopers have been busy investigating holiday traffic fatalities in Georgia during this Thanksgiving holiday travel period that began on Wednesday. Half-way through the holiday travel period, there were already ten fatalities. The travel period ends tonight. Most of the fatalities were being reported around the Atlanta metro area. Last year, during the 2021 Thanksgiving holiday weekend, state troopers investigated 589 crashes, resulting in 267 injuries and 20 deaths. Those traveling back home today are being encouraged to buckle up, slow down, don’t drive distracted and never drink and drive.
Retailers are after you money this Holiday season with Black Friday and Small Business Saturday behind us – Cyber Monday is coming up tomorrow. But it’s not just businesses that want your Holiday cash – scammers are out to get your money as well. Experts say that while you are taking advantage of Cyber Monday deals, be aware of scammers. One of the tactics used by scammers that targets online Holiday shoppers is termed “smishing”.
