WZQZ reported this week about the Summerville woman who was arrested by Floyd County authorities for making a bomb threat at the Floyd County Jail. Summerville Police say that when they went with Floyd County Sheriff’s Deputies to arrest Beth Neighbors on the terroristic threat charges, they also made an arrest for marijuana possession.
Summerville Police conducted a checkpoint on Saturday evening that resulted in several citations for misdemeanor marijuana possession. According to police reports, police cited three different people who produced small amounts of marijuana when questioned at the checkpoint. The checkpoint was conducted at the intersection of Penn Street and East Washington Street. Twenty-year-old Alissa Michelle Blackmon, thirty-year-old Xavier Martinique Lawrence and and thirty-one-year-old Dante Laneal Stewart were all cited for possession of marijuana less than one ounce.
A Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) Aviation Maintenance Technology student, who overcame a battle with depression, is looking at a bright career horizon after receiving a scholarship from the mikeroweWORKS Foundation.
A Cartersville man was cited by Summerville Police at a local motel after he was told not to leave his room because he had been drinking heavily. Police say that sixty-year-old Scott Evan Lasky was told to stay in his room but wandered into the parking lot of the motel and attempted to enter the vehicle of the motel owner. The owner called police who say that Lasky was found banging on the bumper of the vehicle when they arrived. Lasky was cited for public intoxication and entering a vehicle and was taken to the Chattooga County Jail.
The Georgia Department of Public Health Northwest Health District has received limited doses of monkeypox vaccine as part of the distribution of federally funded JYNNEOSTM vaccine to public health districts throughout Georgia. These vaccines are available at no cost to the individual. However, due to a limited number of doses, the vaccines are available online by appointment only, depending on supply, and only for people who are currently eligible for the vaccine.
AAA is bringing back a popular contest for 8th graders, where the winners are taken on a week-long educational river cruise in Europe. There is no cost to enter the contest and the prize includes the cruise, airfare, travel insurance and money for passports – for the student and a parent or guardian.
Summerville Main Street is proud to present “A Day of Music Downtown” on Saturday, August, 20. This event will highlight a variety of genres of music on the sidewalks of Downtown Summerville between the hours of 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Locations to enjoy live music downtown on the sidewalks include: the Local Loans Building, the Chattooga County Commissioner’s Office, the Tooga Theatre, the Chattooga County Courthouse, the Montgomery Knitting Mill, beside Sugarville Bakery, the Chattooga County Tax Office, and beside The Market At DIRT.
Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John F. King today is alerting consumers that Allstate Property & Casualty Company has filed an overall statewide automobile rate increase of 25 percent on their Georgia policyholders.
Here is the latest arrest report from the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office for Tuesday, August 16, 2022:
