The Song Farmers will hold a good old-fashioned music event at Dowdy Park today from 4 PM to 7 PM. Come out to the park and bring your lawn chairs and gather under the shade trees for some good gospel, country and bluegrass music. All musicians are welcome to attend the event. There will be food vendors on site including Reita’s Fried Pies and Homemade Ice Cream and Small Town BBQ. The event is held at the park during the summer and will be moved to Fairway Recreation in the winter months.
Corrections officers at one Hays State Prison were able to stop a large amount of drugs from coming into the prison. The Georgia Department of Corrections say they received a vacuum-sealed package of books at the Hays State Prison in Chattooga County.
Here is the latest arrest report from the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office for Friday, July 8, 2022:
The Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) released a report that puts Chattooga County in the lowest tier of counties in the commission’s 423 coverage area.
Floyd County authorities continue their search for a man who they say shot three people at a popular county-owned campground over the Fourth of July weekend.
More information has been released about the arrest of the son of a man who was fatally shot earlier this week in Rome. The charges against nineteen-year-old Derricus Ramon Whatley, Jr. came after authorities say he pulled a gun on another during an altercation at 200 South Broad Street.
Trion High School has announced the 2022 Trion Cheer Clinic for upcoming grades K-5. The cheer clinic will take place July 18th and 19th.
The total economic impact for fiscal year 2021 at Georgia Highlands College (GHC) has topped $175 million. GHC holds the second-highest economic impact among state colleges in Georgia.
Chattooga County Sheriff Mark Schrader says he anticipates a move to the new Sheriff’s Office next to Hays State Prison sometime this fall.
Students in the Chattooga County School system will be returning to class at the end of this month and Trion City School students will be headed back to school the first week of August.
