Here is the latest arrest report from the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office for Wednesday, August 24, 2022:
Georgia’s former first lady Sandra Deal lost her long battle with cancer on Tuesday. She was 80.
The Trion Town Council will hold their regular council meeting for the month of August coming up on Thursday evening. You can see the complete agenda for Thursday’s meeting below:
A fifty-one-year-old Menlo man was arrested for DUI shortly after midnight this past Saturday after he passed a sheriff’s deputy while flashing his headlights.
Everything has become more expensive this year, and that includes owning and operating a new vehicle.
The Chattooga County Agricultural Fair opens tomorrow at 5 PM. Students in the Chattooga County School system will have a half-day of school on Thursday and Friday during the fair. Thursday night is Free Student Night at the fair. All students will not have to pay the $5 gate admission on Thursday. The free gate admission is sponsored by the City of Summerville. All entertainment and events are covered by the $5 gate admission, but rides are extra. Ride armbands are $25 this year. The fair hours on Thursday are from 5 PM until 10 PM.
In July of this year, two Georgia hospitals were cited for failing to comply with a new law that requires medical facilities to post accurate pricing for common procedures on their website. A new study shows that only about 16% of hospitals are abiding by the new law that went in place eighteen months ago.
On Monday of this week, Georgia Governor Brian Kemp designated up to $37.4 million in federal COVID-19 relief money to private groups and public agencies to help students catch up on learning they missed during the pandemic.
A sixty-three-year-old Summerville woman was injured in an accident this past Saturday on Highway 114 – the Lyerly Highway.
A high speed chase in Cherokee County overnight Sunday ended with a resident from Georgia being apprehended and placed under arrest.