Georgia gas prices continue to increase at the pump compared to a week ago. Georgia drivers are now paying an average price of $3.66 per gallon for regular unleaded gasoline (subject to change overnight).
Over 1,000 Chattooga County property owners have filed appeals after getting their property tax assessments in the mail several weeks ago. Just how all those tax appeals are going to be heard remains to be seen, but the tax process is likely to be slowed down. The county still has to get its tax digest approved by state officials and the county commissioner and board of education has to set millage rates before tax bills can be mailed.
UPDATE: MEETING HAS BEEN CANCELED AND RESCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER 5, 2023.
The Menlo City Council will meet this evening at Menlo City Hall. The regular monthly meeting was originally scheduled for last Tuesday, but was postponed until this week. The meeting will get underway at 6 PM. The public is invited to attend.
A fifty-year-old woman was arrested recently after she was found sleeping inside her vehicle at Angus McLeod Park in Lyerly. According to a report released last week by the sheriff’s office, a deputy observed the parked car at the park in Lyerly and investigated. Cynthia Dawn Dupree was found asleep. When the deputy awakened Dupree, she said that she had pulled into the park because she was tired and needed to sleep. The deputy found out that woman was on probation for methamphetamine related charges. After a consent to search the vehicle, the deputy found suspected methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia inside the vehicle. Dupree was charged with possession of meth, possession of drug related objects, possession of meth with intent to distribute and transactions in controlled substances.
Here is the latest arrest report from the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office for Monday, August 8, 2023:
Remember when summer break lasted most of the summer? Chattooga County School students headed back to school at the end of July and Trion City School students started back last week on August 3rd. There is one north Georgia county school system where students don’t head back to class until after Labor Day.
The Trion Board of Education will hold the second of two public meetings for input into the school system’s 2023-2024 fiscal year budget. The meeting is open to anyone wishing to comment on the school system’s proposed budget. The meeting will be held today at Noon at the Trion City Schools Board of Education building, located at 239 Simmons Street in Trion. You can see a copy of the proposed budget on the Trion City Schools website at www.trionschools.org.
The City of Summerville just saw a brand-new liquor store open in recent days and the Town of Lyerly has a liquor store, but if you travel past Summerville on Highway 27, you won’t find another liquor store until you cross the Tennessee state line into Hamilton County. That could be changing, as Walker County Commissioners are discussing licensing criteria for the county to have its first liquor store or stores.The Walker County Board of Commissioners held one hearing on the matter on July 27th and another hearing will be held on August 10th at 7 PM at the board room at the Walker County Courthouse Annex. Commissioners are deciding how many licenses they will allow and the minimum size for each licensed store, where those stores could be located and operating hours.
The next Mega Millions® drawing on Tuesday, August 8, will flirt with the game’s record jackpot of $1.537 billion, won in South Carolina on October 23, 2018. After no ticket matched all six numbers drawn Friday night – the white balls 11, 30, 45, 52 and 56, plus the gold Mega Ball 20 – the estimated jackpot rolls to $1.55 billion ($757.2 million cash). With enthusiastic players across the country, many of whom are newcomers to the game, it is indeed likely that there will be a new record Mega Millions jackpot. However, we won’t know for sure until we get closer to Tuesday’s drawing; at this level, jackpots are hard to predict with complete accuracy.
Fair time is fast approaching in Chattooga County and once again this year, residents of Chattooga County and the surrounding areas are being invited to enter items for the Chattooga County Agricultural Fair Blue Ribbon Department. Residents of Chattooga, Gordon, Walker and Floyd Counties in Georgia and from DeKalb and Cherokee Counties in Alabama are encouraged to enter items for blue ribbon judging. Find our more details HERE