A thirty-two-year-old Summerville woman was arrested after a traffic stop on Tuesday of this week. According to a report from police, officers noticed a pickup truck driving erratically on Martin Street while they were working a separate incident in the area.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) Georgia State Executive Director, Arthur Tripp, reminds Georgia’s agricultural producers to file crop acreage reports with USDA to document the crops grown on their operation and their intended uses. Deadlines to file crop acreage reports vary by crop, state, and county. The next crop reporting deadline that impacts many agricultural producers is January 15, 2024. Agricultural producers should contact their local USDA Service Center for more information on deadlines and to file acreage reports.
Here is the latest arrest report from the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office for Wednesday, December 20, 2023:
December 18, 1833 Georgia Governor Wilson Lumpken signed a bill dividing Murray County into two counties, officially creating Walker County, During a ceremony to mark the 190th anniversary on Monday of this week, Walker County announced the “2033 Note to Self Time Capsule,” a campaign to encourage residents to write a letter to their future self.
Habitat for Humanity – Coosa Valley invites the public to do some Christmas shopping at its ReStore this week. The store is located at 501 East 1st Avenue in Rome near Central Plaza. The Coosa Valley Chapter serves Floyd, Polk and Chattooga Counties.
A thirty-five-year-old Summerville man was arrested last week on charges of sexual exploitation of a child. According to arrest reports, Alan Scott Holbrook of a Back Penn Road address was served a warrant by the Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit Drug Task Force for the charges which originated in the Town of Trion. WZQZ News spoke with Trion Police Chief David Gilleland who said that a statement about the arrest would be forthcoming. Holbrook was booked into the Chattooga County Jail on Thursday of last week.
A Chattooga County teenager was arrested with an open bottle of whiskey in the vehicle and is accused of fleeing and attempting to elude law enforcement.
Georgia Governor Brian P. Kemp – joined by First Lady Marty Kemp, Speaker Jon Burns, Chairman Matt Hatchett of the House Appropriations Committee – on Monday announced a state employee retention pay supplement of $1,000 for each of the roughly 112,000 state employees and 196,000 educators and school support staff across the state. Governor Kemp also announced school safety funding that will be added to the yearly base budget and will provide every public school in Georgia $45,000 to use on personnel or infrastructure improvements that strengthen campus security.
A fifty-nine-year-old Cherokee County, Alabama man was arrested for DUI for drugs after a traffic stop last week in Chattooga County. According to a report released yesterday by the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office, the incident happened on Tuesday of last week.
