Last week, the City of Summerville declined to renew a contract with current City Manager Janice Galloway. Galloway said that she was not expecting that move by the city council. Now, the council will begin their search for an interim city manager and then someone to fill the roll in a permanent position.
This past week, Georgia Governor Brian Kemp announced plans to move forward with a work-based Medicaid expansion plan called “Pathways”
Cedar Bluff, Centre and Gaylesville firefighters were dispatched to several reports of a mobile home fire just before 8AM, Central Time, on Saturday morning (November 19th).
Word came on Friday that Chattooga High School head football coach Shawn Peek was resigning. WZQZ News learned that Peek met with his players on Friday morning and announced his decision. Later in the day, Chattooga School Supt. Jared Hosmer confirmed that Peek was planning to retire. Late Friday, Chattooga Athletic Director J. Mark Turner announced, “Coach Sean Peek has resigned as Chattooga High School’s head football coach. We thank him for his service to our students and this program and wish him well in his future endeavors”. Peek came to Chattooga County in 2020 from South Pittsburgh, Tennessee.
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.
