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September 8, 2026

Georgia Gas Prices Remain Elevated After Labor Day Weekend

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Georgia motorists are starting the shortened work week with gasoline prices still well above where they were a year ago.

September 8, 2026

by Jimmy Holbrook

Summerville Scarecrow Contest Returns For Month-Long Fall Celebration

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Downtown Summerville will once again take on a fall look as Summerville Main Street invites schools, businesses, clubs, nonprofit organizations and families to participate in this year’s Scarecrow Contest.

September 8, 2026

by Jimmy Holbrook

Bids For Summerville Recreation Restroom Renovations To Be Opened Tomorrow

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The City of Summerville will open bids tomorrow, Wednesday, September 9, for planned renovations to restroom and changing room facilities at the Summerville Recreation Department.

The project, identified as RFB-2026-137 – Rec Restroom Renovation, calls for renovations to the existing boys’ and girls’ restroom and changing room facilities at the Recreation Department, located at 220 Highway 100 in Summerville.

The city began seeking bids for the project in August. Since then, two addendums have been issued as contractors sought additional information about the work. The first was revised August 26, and the second was issued September 3 with answers to additional questions concerning the project.

The restroom work is one of several improvement projects undertaken recently at the Summerville Recreation Department. The city has also been working on other recreation improvements, including the new splash pad currently under construction at the Highway 100 complex.

Contractors interested in the restroom project have until 2 PM tomorrow to submit sealed bids to Summerville City Hall, 120 Georgia Avenue.

The bids will be opened publicly at 2 PM Wednesday in the City Hall Council Room, and the contents of each bid received will be available to interested persons. Submitted bids must remain valid for 60 days.

The original bid documents and both subsequent addendums have been made available by the City of Summerville.

Sources: City of Summerville Request for Bid RFB-2026-137; AM 1180/WZQZ, City Of Summerville Seeking Bids For Recreation Center Restroom Renovation, August 21, 2026; AM 1180/WZQZ, City Nearing Bid Opening For Summerville Recreation Restroom Renovations, September 5, 2026.

September 8, 2026

by Jimmy Holbrook

GDC Special Agent Arrested In Latest Georgia Flock Camera Misuse Case

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A Georgia Department of Corrections special agent has been arrested for allegedly misusing the state’s license plate reader system, adding another case to the continuing controversy surrounding Flock Safety cameras and other automated license plate readers in Georgia.

September 8, 2026

by Jimmy Holbrook

Rome Woman Sentenced To Prison After Abandoning Disabled Adults Outside Group Home

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A Rome woman has been sentenced to two years in prison and 18 years on probation after being convicted of abandoning three adults with intellectual disabilities outside their group home on a cold January night.

September 8, 2026

by Jimmy Holbrook

Housing Affordability Remains A Challenge In Chattooga County As New Apartments Move Forward

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Finding housing that local families can afford remains a challenge in Chattooga County, even as home prices have softened from a year ago and a new apartment development near Trion prepares to break ground.

September 7, 2026

by Jimmy Holbrook

Arrest Report – Monday – September 7, 2026

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Here is the latest arrest report from the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office for Monday, September 7, 2026:

September 7, 2026

by Jimmy Holbrook

Cooler Labor Day Weather Arrives In Northwest Georgia

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A cold front moving through Georgia is bringing a noticeable change in the weather for Labor Day, with cooler temperatures replacing the heat that has dominated much of the past several days.

September 7, 2026

by Jimmy Holbrook

When Labor Unrest Turned Deadly In Trion: The Textile Strike Of 1934

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For generations of Chattooga County families, the textile mill at Trion was more than a place to work.

It was at the center of a community.

Families depended on the mill for their livelihoods. Generations worked there, and the history of Trion itself became inseparable from the history of textile manufacturing.

But during the depths of the Great Depression, tensions between textile workers and mill management were growing throughout the South.

In September 1934, those tensions reached Trion.

And on September 5, they turned deadly.

Two men — Deputy Sheriff W. M. “Milton” Hix and strike sympathizer J. B. Blalock — were fatally shot during a confrontation outside the Trion Cotton Mill.

The events in Trion were part of a much larger labor uprising that became known as the General Textile Strike of 1934, one of the largest labor disputes in American history and the largest labor protest the South had seen.

September 7, 2026

by Jimmy Holbrook

Labor Day Travelers Urged To Use Caution As Holiday Weekend Comes To An End

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The Labor Day holiday weekend comes to an end today, and motorists should be prepared for heavier traffic as thousands of travelers make their way home.