Firefighters responded to a call on Wednesday night to Smallen Road in Lyerly. An outbuilding was destroyed in the fire, but there were no injuries and no other structures were damaged. The Lyerly Fire Department and the Summerville Fire Department both responded to the scene. No word as to the cause of the blaze.
The American Red Cross has an urgent need for blood donations to prevent another blood shortage as hospitals resume surgical procedures and patient treatments that were temporarily paused earlier this spring in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Summerville City Council will hold a budget work session coming up next week. The meeting will take place on Tuesday, June 2 at 5 PM at the Dewey Hoskins Gymnasium. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss the budget for the 2020-2021 Fiscal Year proposed operating budget. The public is invited to attend.
The Chattooga County Registrar Office says that they have received over 1,700 absentee ballots and over 550 people have voted early in the June 9th Primary.
A Summerville woman was sentenced to four years probation and ordered to pay restitution to the pharmacy where she worked for stealing prescription opiods.
Berryton Faith Temple Holiness Church will be resuming church services on Sunday, May 31st. Pastor John Mann invites everyone to attend.
A Cherokee County, Alabama woman was killed in a single-vehicle crash at 9:35 a.m. Tuesday.
Georgia State Patrol Post 41, LaFayette and the GSP Specialized Collision Reconstruction Team are currently looking for information on two vehicles of interest in the fatal hit and run of a cyclist that occurred just North of LaFayette, on May 16th. The crash occurred on Highway 27 just south of Swanson Lane at approximately 9:35 p.m.
Nationwide, more than 8,300 people died in crashes involving teen drivers from 2008 to 2018 during the “100 Deadliest Days,” the period between Memorial Day and Labor Day. That’s more than seven people a day each summer. The combination of schools closed, activities curtailed, summer jobs canceled, and COVID-19 restrictions being lifted, could prove deadly as teens take to the road this summer. AAA recommends that now is a good time for parents to both model safe driving behaviors and help ensure their teens practice them too.
