Summerville Police received a report of counterfeit money this week. A complainant told a responding officer that she had received a $10 bill and some $1 bills as change at Jack’s Restaurant over the weekend. Earlier this week, the complainant went into the Pure Stop on the Lyerly Highway to make a purchase, and was told that the $10 was counterfeit. Summerville Police are investigating.
A Lafayette, Georgia man is in the Floyd County Jail on charges related to a police pursuit that occurred back on June 22.
City of Summerville Offices will be closed Wednesday, July 22 nd through Friday, July 24th due to staff shortages.
A traffic stop near the Walker County line on Saturday afternoon led to the arrest of an eighteen-year-old Trion man.
The Chattooga County Chamber of Commerce is hosting a “Virtual Lunch & Learn” this week. The Chamber has suspended their monthly lunch meetings indefinitely due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The “Virtual Lunch & Learn” will be taking the in-person meetings place for the foreseeable future.
Stephanie Searce with Georgia Northwestern Technical College will be the guest for the first Virtual Lunch & Learn.
Chamber Director Cindy Rivers-McGraw says, “She will give us an update on how GNTC is navigating the COVID crisis and what upcoming courses may be of special interest to Chattooga County businesses and residents. Stephanie may also be joined by Kimberly Crowe, who is a new addition to the economic development staff.”
The chamber director added, “Since mid-March, the Chamber has halted our monthly luncheons. Early on we offered Zoom meetings to our business community to help guide them through the CARES Act funding, opening safely, and, most recently, how to add online shopping models to your business. We plan to host a monthly Virtual Lunch & Learn, in the form of a Zoom meeting, until we can meet safely in person again. We may throw one in every two weeks if there is a topic about which the community urgently needs to hear. Feel free to tune in during your lunch hour. Video and audio may be turned off during the meeting so that you may enjoy your privacy. If there are topics you would like for us to cover in future Lunch & Learn’s, please let us know.”
You can contact the Chamber Director at 706-857-4033.
Name of the event:
Virtual Lunch & Learn
with Stephanie Searce (GNTC)
Cost per person: FREE!
Date: Wednesday, July 22, 2020
Time: Noon
Location: Zoom Meeting
(aka Zeeting!)
The Georgia High School Association has decided to delay the start of the 2020 football season by two weeks. The original start date was scheduled for Friday, Aug. 21, but will now be Friday, Sept. 4.
State Representative Steve Tarvin of Chickamauga is taking some heat for his social media post, criticising teachers who don’t want to teach in-person as schools re-open.
Georgia gas prices increased at the pump compared to a week ago. Georgia motorists are now paying an average price of $2.01 per gallon for regular unleaded gasoline. Monday’s state average is 2 cents more than a week ago, 10 cents more than last month, and 65 cents less than this time last year.
