Saturday voting is going on today at the Chattooga County Registrars Office on Commerce Street in Summerville. Registered voters can cast their ballots in the General Election from 9 AM this morning until 4 PM this afternoon. Voters are reminded that no campaign paraphernalia is allowed within 150 feet of any polling place in the State of Georgia. This includes: signs, caps, hats, buttons, and t-shirts. Be sure to bring a picture ID when you come to vote.
A twenty-year-old Centre, Alabama man has been indicted by a Cherokee County Grand Jury on charges of Producing Pornography with Minors (3 counts), Sodomy 2nd Degree (2 counts), Rape 2nd Degree (3 counts), Theft of Property 2nd Degree (2 counts) and Interfering with Custody (3 counts).
Floyd County Sheriff Tim Burkhalter released a statement saying that the Floyd County Jail is now on “Code Red” after multiple inmates have tested positive for COVID -19 over the past several days.
MRS. WANDA JO PRATHER, age 72, of Filter Plant Road, Summerville, Georgia passed away Thursday, October 22, 2020, in a Rome hospital.
Georgia Governor Brian Kemp has reappointed Chattooga County Commissioner Jason Winters to the state’s Soil and Water Conservation Commission.
Seated in the office of Dr. Heidi Popham, president of Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC), former Chattooga County Sheriff and GEMA Director Gary McConnell and his wife Diane McConnell established a Public Safety Scholarship through the GNTC Foundation.
If you go to vote early in Chattooga County, you will find a Chattooga County Sheriff’s Deputy posted at the door of the Registrars Office.
If you are traveling on I-75 in the Chattanooga area this weekend, you want to be watching for road construction.
