State Senator Colton Moore has held up local legislation in the Georgia Senate that would establish a hotel/motel tax in Chattooga County. The idea behind the bill is to collect the tax to promote tourism in the county, but Senator Moore says that he is not in favor of several portions of the bill.
The Chattooga County Registrars Office reminds voters that Advance Voting for the 2024 Presidential Preference Primary starts today at 8:30 AM.
Berry College Student Enterprises will be holding an Angus Beef Sale this coming Saturday, February 24th. Students at Berry use Berry College land and natural resources to raise healthy cattle and provide great tasting beef, we at the Angus Beef Enterprise raise Black Angus cattle without added hormones or steroids, promoting healthy production practices and efficient use of Berry College’s 27,000 acres. The beef is processed at a facility inspected by the United States Department of Agriculture to ensure a high standard, then kept in its pure form, free from artificial ingredients and additives. Berry Farms Angus Beef will be featured at the Berry Farmer’s Market coming up on Saturday, located at the Westcott Building on the Berry Campus.
A Summerville Police officer initiated a traffic stop on the Lyerly Highway near Jim’s Restaurant earlier this month, after a 2017 Kia Spectra swerved into his lane and nearly sideswiped his patrol car. The driver of the Kia pulled into the parking lot of Jim’s Restaurant. As the officer was speaking with the female driver, she showed signs of impairment. The officer asked the woman if she was alright and the woman said she was tired from “being up all day and all night”. Believing the woman might be under the influence, the officer asked for consent to search and found suspected methamphetamine inside the woman’s pants pocket. Fifty-two-year-old Penny Dianne Copeland was arrested and charged with possession of methamphetamine and was booked into the Chattooga County Jail.
State Rep. Eddie Lumsden says that several bills that were passed last week by the Georgia House would provide Georgia residents with “much-needed tax relief”.
Georgia Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger called for greater election security by asking Georgia’s State Senate to agree to funding for new technology approved by the House that would give election officials the ability to audit the text of every choice on every ballot, in every contest – without the use of QR codes.
The Board of Regents for the University System of Georgia has given approval for the state to establish a second medical college in addition to the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta. Georgia Governor Brian Kemp is behind the idea of a new medical college and says that a new medical school is needed because of the shortage of doctors in the state.
The Georgia General Assembly has taken steps towards giving Georgia judges a pay raise. Supporters of the legislation say that the bill is needed to address disparity in judge’s salaries across the state’s 159 counties.
Here is the latest arrest report from the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office for Sunday, February 18, 2024:
