A building on West Washington Street caught fire in the early morning hours of Friday. According to Summerville Police, a man has been arrested and charged with arson in connection with the fire.
Here is the latest arrest report from the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office for Friday, March 25, 2022:
An aggressive driving incident near Chickamauga led to a fatal shooting, Tuesday evening. The deceased is identified as fifty-three-year-old Danny Douglas Claire of Chickamauga.
With the news that Chattooga County Sheriff Mark Schrader will no longer enter items into the statewide crime database for local police departments, Trion Police Chief David Gilliland told the Trion Town Council at last night’s meeting that he will need updated computers.
The Chattooga County Republican Party is hosting an event tomorrow at the Chattooga County Civic Center on Highway 48 in Summerville to give the public a chance to meet their candidates. Several of the candidates for the Chattooga County Board of Education are expected to speak at the event. Also, there will be representatives from some statewide candidates at the event. The meet the candidate event will get underway at Noon and the public is invited to attend. There are a two contested races for the Chattooga County Board of Education in the Republican Primary. Bonnie Fletcher and Terry Henderson are running to represent the Lyerly District. There is no Democrat in that race, so the winner of the primary will gain that seat. Steve Groves and Lori Brady are seeking the Republican nomination to represent the Menlo District on the board of education. The winner of that contest will face off with incumbent Democrat Lynn Hall in November.
The deadline to enter the Ms. Menlo Pageant has been extended to the end of the business day today. The pageant will be held tomorrow, on Saturday March 26th at the Menlo Elementary School Gym at 6 PM. If you have a student that wants to participate in the pageant, be sure to get your registration in today to the office at Menlo Elementary School. The event is sponsored by the Menlo PTO.
An Armuchee man is charged with felony theft by taking after law enforcement officers found multiple stolen firearms from Gordon County earlier this month according to Floyd County Police. William Clinton Sanford, 36, is currently in jail in Gordon County. On March 14, Dixie Danielle Sanford, 31, was arrested on the same charge and is also in Gordon County Jail. The two are suspected of stealing the firearms in the Calhoun area.
Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signed legislation Wednesday providing Georgia taxpayers a $1.1 billion tax refund.
On Saturday afternoon, March 19, 2022, police responded to a report of an unresponsive female at the Morgan Square Apartments in Cartersville.
Miss Rita Marie Weston, age 72, of LaFayette, GA, died Thursday March 24, 2022, at her residence.