Late Friday night, the Trion Fire Department was called to a residence on Eleventh Street due to smoke alarms going off.
The number of COVID-19 patients in hospitals across Georgia has been termed “staggering”, “overwhelming” and “serious” by health officials. The number of hospitalized COVID patients is higher than it has been since January of this year.
Here is the latest arrest report from the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office for Saturday, August 14, 2021:
The Trion Bulldogs squared off against the Cherokee County AL Warriors Friday in a preseason scrimmage.
Trion was up 24-7 at halftime. The final unofficial score was 37-21 with both teams playing their younger players in the 2nd half.
Toby Maddux lead the way for Trion in the 1st half with two TD runs of 3 and 18 yards. Trion QB Logan Eller connected with Nathan Willingham on a 31 yard TD pass.
Trion will have next week off before opening the season 2 weeks from now at home against Coosa.
Three people were murdered in the Holland Community of Chattooga County in August of 2019. This week, Steven James Mauldin of Trion pleaded guilty to multiple counts of malice murder, felony murder, armed robbery and more felonies in Chattooga County Superior Court.
Hunters ready to head to the woods don’t have to wait much longer, because squirrel hunting season begins August 15, according to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources’ Wildlife Resources Division (WRD).
The Chattooga County Chamber of Commerce and the Northwest Georgia Joint Development Authority will be hosting a job fair coming up next month.
Chris Carr, attorney general of Georgia, has sided with a large coalition of attorneys general across the country. The group wants the Federal Communications Commission to take quicker action on illegal robocalls.
Storm Team 12 and WZQZ Meteorologist Patrick Core says that a tropical storm system could bring some heavy rain to Northwest Georgia as early as Monday of next week.
Three people were arrested on drug trafficking charges during a probation search of a residence on Dwyatt Street in Rome Wednesday.
