Mrs. Martha Josephine Pledger Baker, age 84 of Ft. Oglethorpe, Georgia passed away Saturday, February 12, 2022 at her residence.
Here is the latest arrest report from the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office for Monday, February 14, 2022:
Semifinalists for the statewide Governor’s Honors Program have been announced. Chattooga County resident Shayali Patel and Rome resident Annika Patel, both juniors at Darlington, have been selected to advance in the mathematics and social studies categories, respectively.
A sixty-eight-year-old Menlo man was arrested in Walker County recently on charges of DUI after a traffic stop.
Last Friday, the Georgia Department of Public Health reported that there were an additional 99 deaths from COVID-19 – bringing the statewide total up to 28,560. There was one additional death reported in Chattooga County, according to public health officials.
The District Attorney in Madison County, Alabama says that he plans to seek the death penalty for a former Huntsville, Alabama police officer accused of murdering a Trion, Georgia woman.
Work has begun on a new facility at Menlo Elementary School. The newest addition to the Chattooga County School System’s buildings will be replacing some of the oldest buildings still in use in the county school system.
The Summerville City Council will hold their February monthly meeting this evening at 5 PM at Summerville City Hall.
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Beverly Foster is the president of the Walker County African American Historical & Alumni Association. Last year, the Walker County Commission agreed to allow a building donated to the county to be used for an African American museum.
Chattooga County Tax Commissioner Joy Hampton says almost eighteen hundred late tax notices are in the mail.