Moore Qualifies For Senate District 53

Former State Representative Colton Moore has qualified to run for the Georgia State Senate to represent the 53rd District which covers Dade, Walker, Catoosa and Chattooga Counties.

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GNTC Graduate Named Early Childhood Educator of the Year

Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) graduate Hannah Beth Reeves probably never dreamed her career teaching small children would lead to her recognition as Georgia’s Early Childhood Educator of the Year for preschool.

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Trion Mayor Says He Won’t Seek Senate Seat

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With the announcement by State Senator Jeff Mullis (R-Chickamauga) on Monday that he wouldn’t seek reelection, WZQZ News reached out to some of his former challengers to find out if they had plans to seek the now-open seat.  Trion Mayor Lanny Thomas opposed Mullis in the Republican Primary in 2016.  Mayor Thomas gave us the following statement:

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District Attorney Comments On Rowland’s Conviction

A Chattooga County jury returned a guilty verdict in a murder case on Friday, February 25, 2022, in Summerville, Georgia. Defendant Angela Rachelle Rowland, 54, was convicted in less than 20 minutes of Malice Murder, Felony Murder, Aggravated Assault, and two counts of Possession of a Firearm During the Commission of a Felony.

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Hit & Run Suspect Taken Into Custody In Gordon County

A man being sought in connection with a deadly hit-and-run last month in the Plainville area was booked into the Gordon County Jail this week.

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Arrest Report – Tuesday – March 8, 2022

Here is the latest arrest report from the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office for Tuesday, March 8, 2022:

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Residents Upset With Governor’s Decision To Appoint Superior Court Judge

Last week, Georgia Governor Brian Kemp announced his decision to appoint someone to fill the seat of retiring Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit Court Judge Ralph VanPelt.

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Cigna “Community Ambassador” Organizing Trion Golf Camp

Global health service company Cigna, announced last month that fifteen of their employees nationwide had been selected for a “Community Ambassador Fellowship Program.”

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Rotary Scholarship Applications Accepted Until March 30, 2022

The application period for the Summerville-Trion Rotary Club is now open.  The deadline to apply for the $1,000 scholarships is March 30, 2022.  Students must live in Chattooga County in order to be considered for the scholarship.  You can find all the details below:

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Women Report Sexual Assault In Georgia Prison System

For months, inmates at Georgia’s second-largest prison for women have been subjected to brutal acts of violence, including at least three alleged sexual assaults, as a gang of inmates has bullied and intimidated the prison’s understaffed security detail, an Atlanta Journal-Constitution investigation has found.

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