A fifty-six-year-old woman told a Chattooga County deputy that she promised she would never come back to Walmart in Trion if he would not arrest her. Kristen May Bullock was stopped by Walmart employees after she was accused of concealing over $148 in animal food and groceries in her pocketbook and attempted to leave the store without paying.  Bullock was arrested and taken to the Chattooga County Jail on shoplifting charges on Thursday of last week, according to a report that was released yesterday.

The Town of Trion will have a regular Workshop / Council Meeting in the Town Hall Conference Room, Thursday, May 25, 2023. The Workshop will begin at 6:00p.m. and the Regular Meeting will follow shortly after. If you have any questions or comments, please contact me or the Town Hall Office and they will try to get the information you request.

The City of Summerville is proud to announce that the 2023 Celebrate Independence Festival & Fireworks Show will be held on Friday, June 30.

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Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John F. King announced Tuesday that he has appointed Cheryl S. Gardner as the Executive Director of Georgia’s state-based healthcare exchange, otherwise known as Georgia Access.

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The Town of Trion Business Office, Gas Department, Maintenance Department, and Recreation Department will be closed on Monday, May 29, 2023 for Memorial Day. Garbage normally picked up on Monday will be picked up on Tuesday, May 30, 2023. All other days will be on a regular schedule. For any emergency calls for the Gas Department or Police Department please call Emergency 911 and they will contact the proper person.

Chattooga County School Nutrition is pleased to announce the Summer Feeding Program will operate once again this year. This program allows meals to all children under 18, free of charge. The Summer Feeding Program will run from June 6th until July 21st. We will not have any meal service during the week of July 3 – 7, in observance of the July 4th Holiday.

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Last Saturday, a Chattooga County Deputy responded to a call on the Gore Subligna Road about a firearm that had been found.  When the deputy arrived, he spoke with a motorist who said that he spotted the firearm on the road and stopped to pick it up.  The gun was a 9mm Smith & Wesson.  The numbers on the firearm were ran through the statewide database and came back as not stolen.  The gun was put in the evidence locker at the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office.

According to Bartow Sheriff Clark Millsap, on Monday, May 22, 2023, at approximately 2040 hours, Agents with the GBI, Bartow-Cartersville Drug Task Force, Smyrna Police Department, and BCSO Deputies and Investigators arrested two brothers in the Tuesday, May 16, 2023, death of Caleb Demond Thomas, 19, of Marietta which occurred in the area of Parkway Station Drive SE and Grand Central Way SW, Cartersville, Bartow County, Georgia.

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Here is the latest arrest report from the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office for Tuesday, May 23, 2023:

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The Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit Drug Task Force (Drug Task Force) has been busy during the first half of May and has arrested three out-of-town suspects on drug charges in Chattooga County.

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