Chattooga High School will have a youth football camp on Tuesday, June 27th and Wednesday June 28th at the Little Big Horn Stadium. The youth football camp is open for children ages six to eleven and will be held from 5:30 – 7:30 PM each evening. The camp is FREE! and a t-shirt will be provided.
Dr. Mandy Cohen, a former North Carolina official, will be the new director of the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the White House announced Friday.
A new study from the University of Georgia shows that fewer meals, or intermittent fasting, can help prevent and manage diabetes. Cases of diabetes have been on the rise in the state and here in Chattooga County, statistics show the rate of diabetes is higher than the state or national average.
This year marks the third time Juneteenth will be observed nationwide as a federal holiday. A commemoration of the end of slavery in the United States, Juneteenth is also called Freedom Day or Emancipation Day, and its roots date back more than 150 years.
The Summerville City Council will be holding a called meeting coming up this evening. The purpose of the meeting is the adoption of the 2023-2024 Fiscal Year Budget. The meeting will be held at 5:30 PM at Summerville City Hall and the public is invited to attend. You can see an agenda for tonight’s meeting below:
Here is the latest arrest report from the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office for Sunday, June 18, 2023:
Both the Town of Trion and the City of Summerville have approved donations to the Chattooga County Agricultural Fair. The Town of Trion Council increased their donation to $5,500 for this year’s fair, while the City of Summerville donated the same amount they did last year, which was $5,000. The Chattooga County Agricultural Fair was re-established in Chattooga County in 2014. This year’s fair will be held August 24th – August 27th on the grounds of the Chattooga County Agricultural Building and Summerville Middle School.
A Floyd County judge has sentenced a Northwest Georgia man to life in prison after a disturbing case of abuse and sexual crimes against children was presented in court. Fifty-four-year-old Dustin Lee Dowdy of Rockmart was found guilty of molesting and abusing multiple children in his care, some under the age of ten. The charges against Dowdy included the molestation of young family members. Dowdy will have to serve 30 years in prison before being considered for parole. Dowdy is facing similar charges out of Polk County.
On June 12, 2023 a boat was found tied to a tree near the intersection of Rocky Hollow Road and Saddle Club Road in Summerville. Pictures of the boat circulated on social media which prompted the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office to investigate. It turns out, the boat was reported stolen out of Whitfield County. The boat was impounded by the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office, according to a report that was released last week by the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office.
Father’s Day is being celebrated today. Retailers estimate that $29.3 billion will be spent on fathers for this year’s celebration.
