The Summerville City Council has decided to take over the mowing of the Summerville Cemetery.  Area residents have complained about conditions at the cemetery but the corporation that oversees it says there just isn’t enough money to provide the upkeep that the cemetery needs.  Earlier this year, Mayor Harry Harvey had said, “the city will probably take over the maintenance of the cemetery”.  According to Summerville City Councilman Joe Money, the city will start mowing and maintaining the cemetery on July 1st of this year.

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Georgia Governor Brian Kemp had proposed going back to the original HOPE scholarship, where all high school students with a B average or better would get the full HOPE funding.  Democrats in the Georgia House agreed with the governor, but a majority of Republicans voted for a two-tier system.

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Here is the latest arrest report from the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office for Wednesday, March 15 ,2023:

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The Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office, with the help of a local resident, have recovered four dump trailers that were stolen in Maryland.  According to a report from the sheriff’s office, a Trion resident had purchased the four trailers online from someone in Maryland, paying $16,000 for all four trailers.  When they arrived via a transport company, the Trion man was concerned, because instead of being used trailers – all four trailers were brand new.  The Trion man contacted the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office and a responding investigator ran the serial numbers on the trailers.  All four came back as being stolen in Maryland.  The Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office is working with authorities in Maryland on the investigation.

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A woman was arrested for reckless conduct after leaving a child alone at Walmart in Trion for an extended period of time. 

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A shooting over the weekend in Cherokee County, Alabama left two people wounded, according to Cherokee County Sheriff Jeff Shaver.

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Lawmakers in Atlanta have passed two pieces of Georgia Governor Brian Kemp’s tax cut agenda.  The measures will allow for another $1 Billion in tax refunds to taxpayers and will waive tax collections on fuel for months.  This is the second year in a row that the legislature has approved income tax refunds.  Taxpayers will see refunds between $250 and $500, depending on their filing status.  Georgia ended last year with a $6.6 Billion surplus.

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