Tax Commissioner Says Mobile Home Tax Bills Are In The Mail

Chattooga County Tax Commissioner Joy Hampton says that mobile home owners in the county can be expecting to see their 2022 tax bills in the mail any day now.

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Officer Involved Shooting Leaves One Dead In Calhoun

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The Calhoun Police Department reported on Thursday morning that an officer was involved in a shooting with a suspect.

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Summerville Man Jailed In Alabama On Burglary Charges

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A forty-eight-year-old Summerville man was being held at the Cherokee County, Alabama Detention Center on Thursday on a variety of  theft and burglary charges.

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Longtime Chattooga Educator Passes Away

A longtime Chattooga educator passed away at his home this week.  Mr. Jack Herring was former principal at Chattooga High School from 1972-1988.  He also served as an assistant principal at the high school and as assistant school superintendent of the Chattooga County School System.

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Arrest Report – Thursday – January 6, 2022 (UPDATED)

Here is the latest arrest report from the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office for Thursday, January 6, 2022 (UPDATED AT 8:36 AM) :

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Mr. Jack Ross Herring, Obit (ER)

Strong. Generous. Loving. Adventurous. Fair. Firm. Charming. These are only a few words to describe Jack Ross Herring, 85, who passed away peacefully on Wednesday, January 5th, 2022, at the home he built in Summerville, Georgia in 1974.

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Mrs. Janice Chapman Bennett, Obit (McGahee-Griffin)

Mrs. Janice Chapman Bennett, age 85 of Summerville, passed away on Monday, January 3, 2022.

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DPH Announces Allocation Of Merck & Pfizer Oral Antiviral Treatments

The Georgia Department of Public Health has announced the allocation of Merck and Pfizer oral antiviral treatments for COVID-19, to select retail pharmacies in Georgia.  Initial supplies from the federal government are very limited… but additional allocations should arrive in the coming weeks as production increases.

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FedEx Driver Arrested Doing Drugs In Convenience Store Bathroom

LaFayette convenience store personnel called Police when a female FedEx Driver asked to use the restroom and wouldn’t come out.  A female employee checked and said the woman was not moving inside the stall.

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SBIRT Training Program Offered Through Extension Office

The UGA Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) Interprofessional Training Program is an online, self-paced program that trains health and social service professionals to provide screening, brief intervention and referral to treatment (SBIRT) services for patients who may have hazardous and harmful drinking and/or drug using patterns.

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