What do President & Mrs. Carter, Dolly Parton, David Letterman, Faith Hill, Reba McEntire, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Randy Owen and Luke Bryan all have in common? They are all 4-H alumni.
A fifty-nine-year-old Rome man was arrested by the Floyd County Police Department on Monday for multiple charges including Child Molestation and Strong-arm Rape.
The Summerville Police responded to a theft call on East Street. When a responding officer met with the complainant, he said that someone had stolen a pressure washer and two hoses from his vehicle. Christopher Timmons told the responding officer that the value of the stolen equipment was $1,800. The incident was turned over to an investigator.
According to a new report published by the Better Business Bureau (BBB), the tactics used by scammers have shifted drastically during the past several years, with scams being perpetrated online rising 87% since 2015. During the same period, scams perpetrated by phone dropped by 42%.
The Rome International Film Festival (RIFF) will be hosting the international premiere screening of the documentary ‘Her Name was Hester’ on RIFF’s opening night at the DeSoto Theatre located at 530 Broad St, Rome, GA 30161. On Nov. 10 at 6:00 p.m. there will be a red carpet walk for the media to interview the film’s subjects and filmmakers followed by the screening at 7:00 p.m. After the screening there will be a Q&A panel with the filmmakers and some of the family including: Brian Campbell, Stacie Marshall, members of the Mosley Family (the family featured in the film), Kim Severson (Pulitzer Prize winning NY Times journalist), Haley Smith, Austen Earp, Jeff Walsh, Matthew Raiford (Farmer/Chef) concerning the creation of the film; followed by a brief musical performance by members of the Mosley family who performed songs for the film.
Georgia Power has partnered with the nonprofit organization Voices for Georgia’s Children and the Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning for the ninth consecutive year to celebrate Pre-K Week across the state. This year will be the first in person week since the pandemic began in 2020. The goal of Pre-K Week is to reinforce the importance of quality early childhood education and to give legislators and local leaders around the state a chance to visit and read in classrooms for a first-hand experience in their communities.
Here is the latest arrest report from the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office for Wednesday, October 5, 2022:
A twenty-five-year-old Summerville man was sentenced to eight years in prison for statutory rape. The sentence was handed down in Chattooga County Superior Court. Nathaniel Lee Minard confessed to the crime and admitted that he enticed the twelve-year-old female victim and then took her to a specific location with the intent of raping her.
There were three businesses that applied for a lottery to determine two liquor licenses in the City of Summerville. One of the three dropped out of the lottery and the Summerville City Council approved the other two applications. The winning applications went to Bhavik Patel with BP Services, LLC and the other went to Akshar Golden, LLC. The two liquor stores will be operated on opposite ends of Summerville. Both businesses will be building new buildings – one on Commerce Street across from Advance Auto Parts and the other on Highway 114 adjacent to the Dollar General Store. The businesses must be up and running within a year.
Summerville Police responded to a call about a man harassing a cashier at Ingles Supermarket in Summerville last Saturday. According to a report from the Summerville Police Department, the mother of the cashier called police and said that a man, identified as “Roy”, had been harassing her daughter who works at Ingles. The mother told police that the man had approached her daughter several times and talked to her, and in one encounter, tried to hug her and referred to her as “baby girl”. On Saturday, the man reportedly gave the cashier a note with his phone number, offering her a place to stay. Police spoke with the manager at Ingles, who was aware of the situation. The manager told police that he would be banning the man from coming into Ingles in the future.