Chattooga County Probate Judge and Election Superintendent Gary Woods issued the following reminders about the June 21, 2022 Democratic Primary Runoff Election:
A Summerville man was arrested this week after he was found rummaging through items left for donation at a local thrift store.
The name is changing, but the purpose, mission and services will remain the same. That’s the word from Lookout Mountain Community Services that provides services to citizens in the Catoosa, Walker, Dade and Chattooga County region.
A forty-six-year-old Gaylesville, Alabama man was arrested and charged with shoplifting over the weekend after he was accused of taking several items from Walmart near Trion. According to the report from the sheriff’s office, Walmart employees witnessed Derrick Thrift attempt to walk out of the store with several tools and a pellet gun without paying for the items. Thrift was arrested and charged with shoplifting and booked into the Chattooga County Jail on Sunday.
A Turner Street, Summerville woman called the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office this week after she said her dogs were poisoned. Kenzie Howard told the responding deputy that she had checked on her dogs around 8 AM on Monday morning. Later that day, two of her dogs were dead and one “was actively dying”, according to the report from the sheriff’s office. The complainant said that she had video surveillance of someone on her front porch earlier that day. The incident was turned over to an investigator.
Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John F. King announced this week that Jessica Church, 41, of Rome, has been arrested for Insurance Fraud, Forgery, Conspiracy, Concealing the Identity of a Vehicle, and Tampering with Evidence. The case also resulted in the arrest of David Dover, 45, of Rome, for Insurance Fraud and Conspiracy.
Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) has named Lisa Pearson, Student Success coach at GNTC’s Walker County Campus in Rock Spring, as its 2022 ROSE Award winner.
Musicians and singers and those that enjoy country, bluegrass, gospel and old-time music are invited to an event that will be held from 4 – 7 PM at Dowdy Park tomorrow, June 11th.
Here is the latest arrest report from the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office for Thursday, June 9, 2022:
Calhoun-based Mohawk Industries has entered into an agreement to purchase the Vitromex ceramic tile business from Grupo Industrial Saltillo for approximately $293 million in cash.