A thirty-eight-year-old Chattooga County man was jailed in Floyd County over the weekend. According to arrest records, Jarvis Jamal Johnson of a Peppermint Place, Summerville address was arrested by Floyd County Police on a felony probation violation and was booked into the Floyd County Jail.
On Saturday, Feb. 18, at 2 pm, Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park will present a special 45-minute ranger-led program exploring the events of Cherokee Removal and the subsequent arrival of the railroads in Southeastern Tennessee and Northwestern Georgia.
The Northwest Georgia Center for Independent Living aims to engage locals in a conversation on mental health in a virtual Town Hall slated for Thursday, March 30th.
The Summerville City Council will hold a meeting this evening at 5 PM at Summerville City Hall. There will be a question and answer session with the mayor and city council at 4:30 PM and the regular meeting starts immediately thereafter. The public is welcome to attend. You can see the complete agenda for tonight’s meeting below:
The Sara Hightower Regional Library System, in partnership with the University of West Georgia’s Center for Economic Education and Financial Literacy (CEEFL), has received a $50,000 grant from the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Foundation. Grant funds will be used to create and present financial literacy resources and programming for Floyd, Polk, and Chattooga Counties.
Trion Police Chief David Gilleland is asking for the public’s help in identifying an automobile involved in multiple reports of automobiles that have been entered around Trion. If you have any information, please contact the Trion Police Department or Chattooga 911.
Here is the latest arrest report from the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office for Sunday, February 12, 2023
The Calhoun Police Department in neighboring Gordon County, says that a juvenile teenager was taken into custody in connection with a shooting on Thursday of this past week. Calhoun Police say that the shooting happened around 10 AM at the Calhoun Lodge Apartments. The shooting victim’s name has not been identified, but was transported to the hospital after being shot in the stomach. Police say the shooting victim is expected to recover. After a brief search, the fifteen-year-old suspected shooter was taken into custody.
If you plan to be traveling I-24 in Dade County on Monday, you will want to be aware that the Georgia D.O.T. is planning a resurfacing project. According to the Georgia D.O.T. the work will require the closing of the right eastbound lane of I-24 in Northwest Georgia between mileposts 3 and 4. Motorist should expect delays in the area. The work will be taking place between 9 AM and 5 PM, weather permitting, according to the D.O.T.
