U.S. Representative Marjorie Taylor-Greene is blaming the lack of border security with Mexico for the fentanyl deaths that happened in Walker County last week. Those three deaths included a woman from Chattooga County.
The Chattooga County Historical Society is helping the Chattooga County Public Library build a complete set of all annuals from schools located in Chattooga County. The yearbooks will be placed in the Georgia Reference Room at the library in Summerville. The Chattooga County Historical Society says that they have a good start on the collection, but still have missing years. They need annuals from the 1950’s for Summerville High School and annuals from 1985 and beyond for Chattooga High School. Also, they need annuals from the 1950’s, 1960’s, 1970’s and a few of the 1980’s for Trion High School. If you have annuals that you can donate, you are asked to take them by the Chattooga County Library, located at 360 Farrar Drive in Summerville. The library is open from 9 AM – 6 PM on Monday, Tuesday and Friday, 9 AM – 8 PM on Thursday, 10 AM -2 PM on Saturday and is closed on Wednesday and Sunday.
Over the weekend, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation identified a New Jersey man as the one who was shot and killed by law enforcement officers in Calhoun late last week.
Here is the latest arrest report from the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office for Sunday, February 5, 2023:
Conagra Brands is recalling over 2.5 million pounds of canned meat and poultry after a packaging defect that might cause contamination was found, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service announced recently. The recall mainly impacts canned Vienna Sausage sold nationwide under several different brand names including Armour, GOYA, Kroger and Walmart’s Great Value. The problem was discovered when a Congra location in Iowa noticed spoiled and leaking cans with multiple production dates in a warehouse, the agency said. The goods were produced between Dec. 12, 2022, and Jan.13, and shipped to retail locations across the country. The affected products have the establishment number “P4247,” according to the agency. Customers who have purchased these products are asked not to consume them and to either throw them out or return them to the place of purchase. Anyone with questions about the recall can call 800-289-6014, or email consumer.care@conagra.com.
The Chattooga County School System is experiencing a shortage of school bus drivers. Last week, the school system posted a notice to parents that “due to an extreme shortage of bus drivers”, some routes were running behind and that students would be arriving home later than normal.
The Town of Trion’s Veteran Committee has a meeting coming up on Tuesday, February 7th. The meeting will be held at the Trion Town Hall Conference Room at 6 PM. Anyone with questions, may contact Trion Town Hall.
A bill has been introduced in the Georgia General Assembly that would introduce “instant runoff” elections for Georgia municipal elections as a test run for statewide races.
Scouting for Foodis one of the Boy Scouts of America’s best known national service projects and is conducted by virtually every local Boy Scout council across the nation on an annual basis. Locally, Scouts in Chattooga County will be collecting food this coming Saturday, February 11, 2023.
Rain and muddy conditions have slowed outside work at the new Menlo Elementary School, but Chattooga County School Supt. Jared Hosmer says inside work at the new facility is progressing. Workers are installing wiring and plan to have the building’s heating and cooling systems installed in the near future. That will allow for the installation of flooring, which requires acclamation before installation. The building is located directly behind the current school facilities, parts of which date back over 80 years. Plans are to be able to move into the new facility sometime this spring or early summer. Work on the new school facility began in October of 2021.