Second Baptist Church in Summerville will have a Gospel Singing / Fundraiser on July 17th at the Chattooga County Civic Center. Featured singers will included Changed Four from Chattanooga, AM/FM Quartet from Summerville, UVIC from Rockmart and is being presented by the Sacrificial Sons. There will be a food truck and raffle. All proceeds will go to the Second Baptist building fund. Cash app donations can be sent to $secondbaptist65.
MRS. MARY JEANETTE YOUNG, age 69, of Summerville, Georgia, passed away Wednesday evening, June 15, 2022, in a Chattanooga health care. She was born in Summervile, Georgia on October 4, 1952, a daughter of the late Benjamin (Doc) Johnson, Sr. and Elizabeth Poovey Johnson. Mary was an active member of Summerville First Baptist Church, where she taught Children’s Sunday School Class and was a faithful member of the Choir. She was retired from the shade room of Mount Vernon Mills, and had a passion for helping anyone, especially disabled and elderly friends. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by beloved husband, the late David Dwight Young and a brother, the late Benjamin Johnson, Jr.

Here is the latest arrest report from the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office for Thursday, June 16, 2022:

A Bittings Avenue, Summerville woman reported a burglary to Summerville Police this week. The complainant told a responding officer that someone had entered her apartment and moved the television set and also moved the mattress on her bed. The complainant said that she had $180 in cash under the mattress and it was now missing. The complainant said that whoever had entered her apartment had covered the security camera she has with something before entering the apartment. The incident was turned over to an investigator.

Summerville Police released a report his week about a drug arrest that happened earlier this year in March. According to the report, twenty-nine-year-old Brittany Leanne Stanley was found sleeping in her car at the Circle K gas station on Commerce Street.

For the fifth consecutive year, the American Heart Association has ranked Floyd Medical Center in the Gold category for the care it provides heart failure patients. The AHA releases its Get With The Guidelines honorees annually. Polk Medical Center has been awarded gold for the fourth consecutive year.

Here are the latest health inspection scores from the Chattooga County Environmental Health Department for the first half of June 2022.

It seems as though the kids just got out for the summer, but the Chattooga County School System has already released the school supply list for area schools for the 2022-2023 school year. You can see the supply lists below:

Melissa Hughes, ACCG president and Tift County Commissioner recently appointed Chattooga County Sole Commissioner, Blake Elsberry to serve as the Vice Chair of the General County Government Policy Committee for the 2022-2023 policy year.

With temperatures expected to be in the high 90’s throughout the state for the next several days, and at times feeling like more than 100 degrees with the humidity, the Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) is urging Georgians to avoid prolonged exposure to the heat and sun and to limit strenuous outdoor activity to prevent heat related illnesses.






