Both local school systems reported a dramatic drop in the number of positive COVID-19 cases.
The City of Summerville’s council has set a meeting to have the second reading and adoption of the Fiscal Year 2020-2021 Year End Budget. The meeting will be held at 5 PM at Summerville City Hall on Monday, February 14, 20022. The public is invited to attend.
The Chattooga County Chamber of Commerce has scheduled their annual awards banquet, to be held next month.
A residential fire over the weekend is a reminder of the importance of smoke detectors in homes and the Trion Fire Department is urging people who do not have smoke alarms to contact their local fire department for assistance.
MR. PAUL HARDEMAN, age 96, of Goodwin Drive, Summerville, Georgia, passed away Saturday, February 5, 2022, at his residence following an extended illness. Mr. Hardeman was born on January 26, 1926 in Sylvania, Alabama to the late Roy Jefferson and Mary Bankey Hardeman. He was a member of South Commerce Church of Christ, a Veteran of WW II a member of the 9th United States Air Force, serving stateside, in England, Germany, and Czechoslovakia, and was a member of the Disabled American Veterans. He was retired from United Postal Service as rural letter carrier and member of the National Rural letter carriers association. In addition to Parents, Mr. Hardeman was preceded in death by his wife of 65 years, Jessie Ann Fletcher Hardeman and a granddaughter the late Amanda Blackwell Early.
Mr. Winford Lee “Buz” Busby, age 87 of Rome, Georgia, formerly of Summerville, passed away Friday, February 4, 2022 at the Winthrop Court Assisted Living Center.
There’s Hope for the Hungry will be at Lyerly First Baptist Church coming up on Tuesday, February 8th from 10 AM until 1 PM. Anyone in need of food is welcome to come; there is no ID check.
Here is the latest arrest report from the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office for Sunday, February 6, 2022: