Here is the latest arrest report from the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office for Tuesday, June 21, 2022:
The Trion Town Council will hold a meeting this evening at Trion Town Hall at 6 PM. The purpose of the meeting is to adopt the 2022-2023 fiscal year budget. The process is expected to go smoothly, as there have not been any questions or comments on the budget at previously held meetings. The town is looking to adopt a $14.9 million budget at tonight’s meeting. The town is expecting to bring in $6.4 million from its gas fund – an increase of $787,434 over last year. The town is also expecting to see more revenue from garbage collection, alcohol sales and the possibility of package liquor sales. The public is invited to this evening’s meeting.
Those who voted in the Democratic Primary in May will have the opportunity to return to the polls today to vote in the 2022 Democratic Primary Runoff Election. Chattooga County Election Superintendent Gary Woods is reminding residents that his office will be closed today for the election. Democratic voters will be selecting between two candidates for Lt. Governor, Secretary of State, Commissioner of Labor and Commissioner of Insurance. Polls will be open today from 7 AM until 7 PM.
Georgia gas prices decreased at the pump compared to a week ago. Georgia motorists are now paying an average price of $4.47 per gallon for regular unleaded gasoline (subject to change overnight). Monday’s state average was 1 cent less than a week ago, 34 cents more than last month, and $1.58 more than this time last year.
A Chattooga County man with two warning for criminal trespass was arrested after going through the trash cans at an area convenience store.
The Chattooga High School cheerleaders are kicking off their 2022 sponsor tee fundraiser to help with all the expenses for this coming season. They are asking you to participate by sponsoring an ad that will be printed on a personalized t-shirt that Coach Ray/Espy and the CHS Cheerleaders will wear to school and to special events throughout the coming school year.
Chattooga County Tax Commissioner Joy Hampton has started the sale process on 90 properties in the county for unpaid property taxes. Tax Commissioner Hampton will be holding a sale on the courthouse steps next month if the tax obligations are not met. At her most recent tax sale, two properties were sold – one on at Cloudland and one off Highway 100 in Summerville. Hampton says she started with 83 properties for the last sale, but 81 property owners came in and either paid the taxes, or set up payment plans. In addition to the tax sale next month, the tax commissioner says she will hold one more tax sale this year – in October.
A twenty-one-year-old Trion woman was arrested in Walker County last week on felony car theft charges. According to Walker County jail records, Kailey Alexandra White had a warrant issued on the car theft charges and was arrested and booked into the Walker County Jail on June 18th.
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Miss Jessica “Bee” Denise Terry, age 38, of Summerville, GA, passed away Sunday, June 19, 2022, at her residence.