At Monday’s City of Summerville Council meeting, council members voted to decided to move utilities on a Highway 48 bridge with city personnel.
A Summerville man reported to Summerville Police that he believed that he was scammed on a social media site. Levi Ragland told police that he had been communicating with a woman he didn’t personally know on Instagram. The woman began asking Ragland for money. He sent her $30 and then the woman asked for a copy of his driver’s license. The woman then asked for his social security number. At that point, the complainant was convinced that he was being scammed and wanted a report on file.
The Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) is transitioning from daily to weekly COVID-19 data reporting. Case counts and vaccination updates will be published on the DPH website every Wednesday beginning April 20. The last daily updates to the Daily Status Report and the vaccine dashboard will be April 15.
In observance of Good Friday, City of Summerville Offices will be closed Friday, April 15, 2022. Offices will reopen Monday, April 18, 2022. In case of an emergency, please call 911.
The Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office responded to an emergency call about a domestic altercation on Maplewood Drive that ended with a man being taken to jail on an outstanding warrant.
The Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office received a report about a stolen four-wheeler on Sling Alley Road in Lyerly on April 5th.
Motorists were asked to avoid Highway 53 and South Wall Street in Calhoun Tuesday afternoon after a helicopter crashed near El Nopal Restaurant.
With tornado season right around the corner, the Chattooga County Chamber of Commerce will be presenting a program on being prepared in the event of a tornado.
State Representative Eddie Lumsden (R-Armuchee) released his weekly legislative report for the final week of the Georgia General Assembly’s 2022 session. Rep. Lumsden talks about the state budget and how it was adjusted for a record-breaking revenue year. Workforce development, mental health, law enforcement, Medicaid and education all benefited from the budget. Georgia’s teachers will be seeing a $2,000 raise thanks to the budget. You can read Rep. Lumsden’s complete report below:
The Chattooga High School FCCLA (Family, Career and Community Leaders of America) will be hosting the annual Miss Chattooga County Pageant on May 7th,2022 at 2 pm at Chattooga High School.