With current fuel prices remaining high, area cancer patients need more help than ever getting assistance so they can make it to lifesaving treatments. Cancer Navigators is hosting virtual and in-person races this spring to raise funds specifically for the transportation program.
MRS. BARBARA DIANNE BLACKWELL, age 75 of Summerville, Georgia went home to be with her Lord and Savior Sunday, May 15th, 2022. She was born on November 3, 1946, to the late Buford and Mary Ruth Smith. Mrs. Blackwell was employed with Mohawk Industries for 25 years. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister and friend, admired by many and known to all simply as Nanny. She loved sitting on her front porch enjoying her two cats and feeding her squirrels and birds. She was a member of Berryton Baptist Church. In addition to Her parents, she was preceded in death by her stepfather, Odell Johnston; brothers, Wayne, Joe, and Martin Smith; sisters, Lou Payne, Faye Buffington, and Redonna Green.
Here is the latest arrest report from the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office for Tuesday, May 17, 2022:
A judge has temporarily halted the execution of the Georgia man convicted of killing an 8-year-old girl and raping her 10-year-old friend Monday night.
Summerville Police arrested two men on Sunday after they were found smoking marijuana in the presence of minors. According to police records, officers found eighteen-year-old Charlton Edward Green and eighteen-year-old Logan Stacy King in possession of marijuana less than one ounce. Officers said that both men were smoking marijuana around minor children. Both men were jailed on the charges, according to the report.
Georgia Governor Brian Kemp will be campaigning in Rome today. His campaign bus is scheduled to be in downtown Rome at 10 AM.
Summerville Police arrested a twenty-two-year-old Hawkins Drive woman for the second time in recent days in connection to an ongoing feud between the suspect and two other women.
Here are the latest health inspection scores from the Chattooga County Environmental Health Department for the first half of May 2022:
Georgia gas prices increased at the pump compared to a week ago. Georgia motorists are now paying an average price of $3.98 per gallon for regular unleaded gasoline. Monday’s state average is 15 cents more than a week ago, 27 cents more than last month and $1.01 more than this time last year.
Summerville Police were summoned to an apartment complex over the weekend after the person living in the apartment reported that there were intruders inside their residence.
