A thirty-one-year-old man led a Chattooga County Sheriff’s Deputy on a high-speed chase in the Gore area on Sunday.
The SongFarmers of Summerville will be meeting this Saturday, February 10, 2024 from 1 PM until 4 PM at the Fairway Recreation Center on Senior Drive in Summerville. The free event will feature old-fashioned “front-porch pickin’ “. Musicians are invited to bring their instrument and join in and audience participation is always encouraged. Reita’s Fried Pies will be on hand and there will be homemade ice cream, Brunswick stew and chili. Everyone is invited to attend.
State Rep. Eddie Lumsden (R-Armuchee) has released his weekly legislative report for week four of the General Assembly’s 2024 legislative session. You can read the full report below:
Here is the latest arrest report from the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office for Wednesday, February 7, 2024:
Photo Credit: Skip Vaughn / Redstone Rocket
Country music star Craig Morgan wore his Army green service uniform Saturday at Redstone Arsenal. The Reserve Soldier was promoted to warrant officer in a pinning ceremony at Heiser Hall attended by his fellow members of the 313th Army Band, family and friends from as far away as Texas and Oklahoma. He was promoted from staff sergeant.
A fourth Republican candidate for Chattooga County Coroner has announced their intentions to run for the position. Carrie Blackwell, a Subligna resident originally from Colorado, has served as a deputy coroner and says she has the experience for the job.
A seventeen-year-old Chattooga County teen was arrested after an off-duty drug task force agent saw him driving erratically in the Mountain View area and reported it to the sheriff’s office. A Chattooga County Deputy stopped Jayce Alan Lee Atkins after observing the vehicle he was driving weaving in and out of traffic at a high rate of speed on Highway 27 and entering Wendy’s parking lot in the exit lane. Atkins admitted to the deputy that he had “been doing burnouts and was driving at a high rate of speed”. While searching the vehicle, the deputy found a loaded 9mm handgun and discovered that Atkins had a warrant in Floyd County for hit and run. Atkins was arrested and booked into the Chattooga County Jail on Friday of last week and charged with possession of a handgun by a person under the age of 18, reckless driving and other driving violations.
A sixty-four-year-old Chattooga County man was arrested twice in a three-day time period over the past weekend. Deputies were called to the the Great Way Food Mart on Highway 27 on Friday evening of last week after a clerk at the store got into an altercation with the suspect. When deputies approached Howard Keith Thompson, who was standing in the corner of the store, he began to talk incoherently about someone with a mask. Attempts to reason with Thompson ended in his arrest on charges of willful obstruction of law enforcement. Then, on Sunday morning around 11:30 AM, Thompson was stopped by a Chattooga County Sheriff’s Deputy and was subsequently charged with DUI for Drugs and driving on a suspended or revoked license and was once again booked into the Chattooga County Jail.
The Chattooga County Chapter of Quail Forever will hold a meeting coming up on Thursday of this week. The meeting will take place at 7 PM at the Chattooga County Ag Building. Miranda Gulsby will be the guest speaker. Gulsby is a wildlife biologist with Quail Forever who works to develop habitat for wildlife through better soil management and sustainable agriculture. Prior to joining Quail Forever, Gulsby received her Master of Science from Kennesaw State University. She also worked in wildlife conservation for the University of Georgia, conducting research on gopher tortoises and other wildlife native to the longleaf pine savannas of South Georgia. Gulsby’s connection to the state is deep-rooted. She was born and raised in Georgia and has spent her professional career promoting wildlife conservation. Anyone interested in learning more is welcome to attend the Chattooga County Chapter of Quail Forever meeting on Thursday evening.
A twenty-year-old man was charged with DUI and underage possession of alcohol after a complaint about someone driving recklessly in the parking lot behind McDonalds in Summerville on January 31st. When a sheriff’s deputy arrived to investigate the complaint, the truck in question couldn’t be located. A short time later, the deputy returned to the area and spotted the truck sitting in the parking lot at Marvin’s. The deputy told the driver that they had received complaints about him driving erratically, in circles, around another vehicle. When the deputy asked the driver what he was doing, he replied that he was just sitting in the parking lot while he was eating. The deputy observed a twelve-pack of beer inside the truck. After a field sobriety check, Haven James Deveir told the arresting deputy, “See, I told you I was drinking”. Deveir was arrested and booked into the Chattooga County Jail.