Photo: Governor & First Lady Kemp with Josh Powell from the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office and former Democratic State Rep. Barbara Massey Reece.  Reece and Kemp were colleagues in the Georgia General Assembly

Georgia Governor Brian Kemp is in a comfortable position.  He handily won his reelection campaign against Democrat Stacy Abrams after she failed in a second attempt to take the state’s top job.  Kemp, who is no ally of former President Donald Trump is facing a backlash from some Republicans in Georgia, who side with the former President.  However, Governor Kemp will be noticeably absent from the upcoming statewide Republican Convention.

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A former Chattooga County Deputy and investigator for the Trion Police Department was arrested on Friday afternoon and charged with aggravated stalking under the Family Violence Act.  Chattooga County Sheriff Mark Schrader told WZQZ News that the charges were in relation to a domestic situation.  Dexter Blackmon had served as the Trion Police Department Investigator and had come back to work at the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office, but had resigned from the sheriff’s office the first of May of this year.  Blackmon was not working in law enforcement at the time of his arrest.

The Trion Fire Department has released their May call report.  Trion firefighters responded to a total of 51 calls.  Seven were residential fire alarms and seven were commercial.  They responded to four illegal burns; eight vehicle accidents, eighteen medical assists; three report of trees down or power line endangerment calls and two natural gas leaks.  They also assisted in one search and rescue and one other alarm call.

On Friday of last week, the North Georgia Conference of the United Methodist Churches announced that any local churches that would like to disaffiliate from the United Methodist Denomination may do so. 

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Two Rome men are facing charges in connection with a shooting incident on Brandon Lane off Smith Road that occurred late Wednesday evening.

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A forty-seven-year-old Centre, Alabama was arrested last Thursday in Floyd County, Georgia after he was seen placing several items in a plastic tote at Dunham’s Sporting Good at Mount Berry Mall and leaving the store without paying.  According to Floyd County Police, Paul Bryan Lollar was found to be in possession of methamphetamine when he was arrested by police.  He was booked into the Floyd County Jail.

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The Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia (USG) on June 1 named Dr. Michael P. “Mike” Shannon president of the University of North Georgia (UNG), effective July 1. Shannon, a retired U.S. Army officer, currently serves as interim executive vice president for Administration and Finance and interim chief business officer at Georgia Tech.

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Here is the latest arrest report from the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office for Saturday, June 3, 2023:

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The GBI, along with the Atlanta Police Department, have arrested three people on charges stemming from the ongoing investigation of individuals responsible for numerous criminal acts at the future site of the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center and other metro Atlanta locations.

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