This week is Georgia Agricultural Awareness Week and celebrates Georgia’s number one industry – agriculture.  “As we celebrate Agriculture Awareness Week, let us remember that agriculture is way more than just a job – it’s a way of life,” said Commissioner Tyler Harper. “From the gas pump to the grocery store and everywhere in between, Agriculture and the Georgia Department of Agriculture impact all 11 million Georgians every single day. Today we appreciate and celebrate Georgia’s farmers and farm families who work every day to produce the food, fiber, and shelter the rest of us rely on. We can all play a part in ensuring the success of Georgia’s number one industry – Agriculture, and I encourage everyone to join in the celebration.”  Find out more about Georgia’s Agricultural Awareness Week Here

The Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the theft of a vehicle that was reported last week.  The complainant told a responding deputy that she had been living out of her 1997 Ford Explorer for a while while she got back on her feet financially.  A property owner on Watson Road in Trion had told the complainant she could leave her vehicle on the property until she got her finances in order.  After several months, the complainant was able to get her finances straightened out and had found somewhere to live, but when she went to retrieve her vehicle from the property, it was gone.  The property owner said that he didn’t know what had happened to the vehicle.  The incident is under investigation.

State Rep. Eddie Lumsden (R-Armuchee) has released his weekly legislative report for the 10th week of the General Assembly.  Lumsden says that the General Assembly has passed a bipartisan measure to improve infant and maternal health outcomes in Georgia and another measure that would protect vulnerable senior citizens.  Also, both the House and Senate passed the “Lemonade Stand Act”.  The measure, if signed by Governor Kemp, would mean a child’s lemonade stand would be free from permits that state and local governments require of businesses – as long as the annual income is less than $5,000.  You can read Rep. Lumsden’s complete report below:

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The Chattooga County Water District will be moving a main water line on Butler Dairy Road within the next 10 – 12 days, weather permitting. The Chattooga County Water District says that they expect this project to take approximately one week to complete. The water district wants the public to know that one lane of Butler Dairy Road will be closed during this project. The work will be taking place just northeast of Maddox Lake Road and Sprayberry Hill Road.

Here is the latest arrest report from the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office for Tuesday, March 21, 2023:

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The Trion Band Boosters host the Miss Trion Pageant annually, dating back to the early 1960’s. The Miss Trion Pageant is the largest fundraisers that the Pride of Trion Band has.

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Summerville Police are investigating the theft of a cell phone.  According to a report released on Monday, a Rome woman said she was shopping at the Factory Connection in the Ingles Shopping Center and when she returned to her vehicle, she saw that her phone charger was hanging out of the passenger side door.  Police say a short time later, the phone was “pinging” at the Summerville Cemetery.  Neither the complainant, nor police were able to locate the phone at the cemetery.  Police told the woman that the thief may have been driving down Highland Avenue at the time.  The incident has been turned over to an investigator.

Georgia gas prices decreased at the pump compared to a week ago. Georgia drivers are now paying an average price of $3.22 per gallon for regular unleaded gasoline (subject to change overnight). Monday’s state average was  4 cents less than a week ago, exactly the same as a month ago, and 96 cents less than this time last year. It now costs $48.30 to fill a 15-gallon tank of regular gasoline. Drivers are now paying almost $15.00 less to fill up at the pump compared to a year ago.

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The Coosa River Basin Initiative has plans for a multi-year study to determine the extent of PFAS contamination in Northwest Georgia and Northeast Alabama.  Those are the “forever chemicals” that were found in Racoon Creek in Summerville that prompted the water crisis in 2020.

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