A tax sale was held on the steps of the Chattooga County Courthouse in Summerville.  Chattooga County Tax Commissioner Joy Hampton said that there were 209 properties slated for yesterday’s tax sale.  There was $72,335.20 in outstanding taxes due.  Of those, only ten were taken to the sale on Tuesday representing $16,155.35 in delinquent taxes and fees.  All of the properties sold yesterday were vacant or abandoned.  The mobile home listed was sold to the current occupant in order to obtain a title.  Hampton said that there is now $53,919.64 left to be collected for taxes owed for 2021.

Here are the latest health inspection scores from the Chattooga County Environmental Health Department for the last half of July, 2023:

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Two men were arrested by the Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit Drug Task Force and Summerville Police on Thursday of last week at a Ramey Street, Summerville address.

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Vendors are getting ready for the World’s Longest Yard Sale that starts this Thursday, August 3 and runs through Sunday, August 6.  The route stretches through Chattooga County on its way to Gadsden, Alabama.

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Ford is recalling more than 870,000 newer F-150 pickup trucks in the U.S. because the electric parking brakes can turn on unexpectedly.

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Here is the latest arrest report from the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office for Tuesday, August 1, 2023:

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The former Long John Silvers building on Commerce Street in Summerville sold on the courthouse steps on Tuesday morning.  The property was one of the many properties sold for delinquent taxes.  According to the Chattooga County Tax Commissioner’s Office, there were $8,541.68 in back taxes due on the property.  The building and .88 acres sold for $110,000 and was purchased by T&W Enterprises – a real estate development company headquartered on Broad Street in Rome.

An overturned dump truck at the Raccoon Creek Bridge construction site on Highway 48 between Summerville and Menlo closed the highway yesterday afternoon.  The Georgia State Patrol Post in Rome released the following preliminary report:

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The Rome Police Department responded to a reported armed robbery in West Rome early Monday.

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