Should school boards be nonpartisan? The answer in Georgia is mixed. Right now, it is up to local communities to decide if they want their school boards to be nonpartisan. The Trion City School Board is nonpartisan but the Chattooga County School Board isn’t.
Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr has landed the endorsement of the Georgia Chamber of Commerce.
Summerville Police arrested a twenty-three-year-old man who they found hanging around a church parking lot in the middle of the night.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is reporting that the coronavirus continued its onslaught across Georgia on New Year’s Eve as officials reported thousands of new cases due to the omicron variant. The Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) on Friday reported 24,320 confirmed and probable coronavirus infections, the second-highest total of the pandemic.
Chattooga County is upgrading Emergency Notification by adding weather warnings to the Hyper-Reach mass notification system. The new weather warning went into place on January 1st.
After another round of thunderstorms last night due to an advancing cold front, we are going to see temperatures falling throughout our Sunday and by tonight, we have the chance for a few snow showers. Most of the moisture will be moved to the east by the time the coldest air makes its way into Northeast Alabama and Northwest Georgia. Higher elevations, such as Mentone, Alabama and Cloudland, Georgia could see more snow showers – perhaps starting earlier in the day. The big news is the cold air that is on the way. As we start the first work week of 2022, we will see highs only in the upper 40’s on Monday and overnight lows in the lower 20’s.
Here is the latest arrest report from the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office for Saturday, January 1, 2022:
A Summerville couple’s home was damaged in a fire on Thursday and the family was displaced due to the blaze.
Trion Bulldog Rob Brown has been named to the Recruit Georgia All State Team. Brown set records for Trion in this year’s season, and has committed to play football for Kennesaw State University.
