


A Summerville woman called police last week after she was bitten by a dog on Curran Street. According to police, the woman said she was walking down the street when the dog jumped the fence and bit her on the thigh. The woman said that she fell backwards during the attack and injured her tailbone. The woman refused to be taken in for medical treatment. Police found the owner of the dog and called animal control to put the dog in quarantine, which is standard practice in dog-bite incidents.

Here is an arrest summary from the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office for October 29-November 1, 2021:

Chattooga County Vietnam War Veteran Arnold Kilgo was honored with a Quilt of Valor on Sunday.
MRS. GENEVA FOUNTAIN, age 75, of Dry Valley Road, Summerville, Georgia passed away Friday, October 29, 2021, at her residence, following a sudden event. A native Chattooga Countian, She was born on January 12, 1946 to the late Robert (Bob) and Bernice Smith Siffles. Mrs. Siffles was Holiness by Faith and was retired from House keeping from Oak View Nursing and Rehab. Center. She was preceded in death by her husband, the late Jessie Lee Fountain on August 12, 2013, sister, the late Margaret Siffles, brothers, the late Billy Siffles, Ray Siffles, Charles Ragan, Terry Ragan, Hollis Siffles.
Mrs. Patsy Obera “Pat” Elsberry, age 83 of Summerville, Georgia passed away Saturday, October 30, 2021 at the Oak View Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.

The Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) opens today in Northwest Georgia for home-bound and elderly households.

An Aragon man was arrested Saturday after he lunged at a person with an open blade at the Arby’s on Martha Berry Boulevard.

Summerville Police responded to the report of a theft last week in which a woman says that a man stole $2,000 in cash from her residence.

A recent Better Business Bureau (BBB) report shed light on those most impacted by employment scams: service members, military spouses, and veterans. Service members, military spouses, and veterans all reported higher likelihoods of losing money and higher median dollar losses to scammers, according to the 2020 BBB Scam Tracker Risk Report.






