Today wraps up National Data Privacy week and Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr is offering these tips to protect your personal data:
The Summerville City Council will have the second reading of the Fiscal Year, Mid-Year Budget at a called meeting that is scheduled for Monday February 13, 2023 at Summerville City Hall. The meeting will be held at 5 PM and the public is invited to attend.
Here is the latest arrest report from the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office for Friday, January 27, 2023:
The Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office responded to a call on Sloppy Floyd Lake Road in Summerville on Sunday. The complainant said that she returned from a trip to Kentucky and found a window broken out in her home. The deputy observed that someone had removed a screen from a front-facing window of the residence and that the window had been broken at the top and the bottom. The deputy advised the woman to keep her doors and windows locked and said a report would be on file at the sheriff’s office.
Chattooga County was one of only four counties in the state to have an unemployment rate above 5% during the month of December. According to numbers released on Thursday by the Georgia Department of Labor, unemployment in Chattooga County stood at 5.1% for December 2022. The data shows that there were 9,204 eligible workers in the county and 8,739 people were employed. There were 465 unemployed workers – 129 more than the previous month when unemployment was 3.9%. Chattooga County was the only county north of Atlanta to post an unemployment rate above 5%. Wheeler, Telfair and Clay Counties – all rural south Georgia Counties – also had unemployment rates above 5%.
The Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office was called about a theft in Cloudland last Saturday. According to a report released this week by the sheriff’s office, the complainant said that someone had stolen a 100 gallon air compressor from her shop on Gordon Lane. The compressor was a Craftsman brand and had a value of $1,200. The incident was turned over to an investigator.
State Rep. Eddie Lumsden (R-Armuchee) says that state lawmakers were busy last week during “budget week” under the Gold Dome in Atlanta. Lawmakers heard from state agency leaders regarding budget requests as the legislators worked on the annual budget. Lumsden says that the legislature will be working with Georgia Governor Brian Kemp on his plans to prioritize education and health as well as the governor’s plans to crack down on crime in the state. You can read Rep. Lumsden’s complete report below:
March 29 is National Vietnam Veterans Day. A community ceremony is being planned to honor all Vietnam veterans in the county, and officially present Honor Certificates and federal Department of Defense lapel pins to those Vietnam veterans who have not yet received them.