April is nationally recognized as Child Abuse Prevention Month as well as Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Traditionally the local child abuse and neglect prevention agencies kick the month off with the planting of a pinwheel garden. Why pinwheels? By its very nature, the pinwheel connotes playfulness, joy, and childhood. It has come to serve as a physical reminder of the great childhoods we want for all children.  The Chattooga Family Connection and Chattooga County DFCS invites the public to the annual ceremony, which will be held at Dowdy Park in Summerville on Thursday, April 13 at 11 AM.

The Chattooga County Chamber of Commerce will be hosting graduation for the Leadership Chattooga – Junior Edition today at noon at Sweet P’s at the Tavern in Trion.  Chamber Director Cindy Rivers-McGraw told WZQZ News that there will be 13 students graduating from the program.

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Funeral arrangements have been announced for Makenna Purvis whose body was discovered in a wooded area in Valley Head, Alabama in late March. 

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Wreaths Across America (WAA) has announced the 2023 Youth Service Project as part of its year-round TEACH program. The project will tie into the national nonprofit’s 2023 theme, ‘Serve and Succeed.’

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A Summerville salon reported a theft of services to the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office on Thursday of last week.  According to the report from the sheriff’s office, the salon worker at Salon Complete said a woman named “Brooke” came in and got a haircut and when the salon attempted to run the client’s credit card, it was denied.  The customer said that they were going to Walmart and would bring the money back by, but never returned. The salon was able to provide a phone number for the customer and the incident was turned over to an investigator with the sheriff’s office.  The haircut was priced at $15.

The Summerville Police Department is investigating the theft of a utility trailer that was reported on Monday of this week.  Police say that the complainant told them the trailer was stolen from Roseway Drive.  The serial number of the trailer was 5TJSSU081498020941 and the trailer had a tag number of TL4D153.  The 4×8 utility trailer was valued at $1500 and was entered into the statewide data base as being stolen.  The incident is under investigation.

Summerville Police responded to a call on Sunday about some keys that were stolen from a vehicle at a local repair shop.

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Country music super-group Alabama has released the much anticipated lineup for the 2023 June Jam that will be held in Fort Payne later this year.  The lineup consists of some of the biggest names in country music, and include a special appearance of a country music legend.

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