Here is the latest arrest report from the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office for Friday, September 20, 2024
Tonight is week 6 of the 2024 high school football regular season and both Trion and Chattooga are still undefeated! The last time both of our local teams went into week 6 of the season undefeated was 1980! Chattooga starts region play tonight at home against Armuchee while the Trion Bulldogs will wrap up their non-region schedule tonight with Robbinsville, NC.
Chattooga went on the road last week for the first time this season and passed with flying colors as they defeated the Gordon Central Warriors 56-6. The Indians will start region play tonight at home against the Armuchee Indians. Armuchee was 3-0 heading into last week but suffered their first loss of the season last Friday night to Gordon Lee 42-0. Armuchee had opened up the season with three straight wins over Ridgeland, Cherokee Christian and Southeast Whitfield. Armuchee’s offense was flying high through the first thee weeks of the season averaging 33 points per game but that came to a screeching halt as Gordon Lee shut the Indians out last week. Armuchee will be looking to get back on track tonight but that is going to be tough to do against a Chattooga team that is giving up an average of only 6 points per game on defense.
The Trion Bulldogs are 5-0 on the season and ranked #8 in the state according to the AJC. The Bulldogs started slow on the road against Lafayette last week but turned the heat up in the second half and cruised to a 50-21 win over the Ramblers. Trion will wrap up their non-region schedule tonight against a new foe that will travel from a far away land, the Robbinsville, NC Black Knights. Robbinsville is a very successful single A program from North Carolina, winning a state championship in 2019. Over the past 5 seasons, Robbinsville has won no fewer than 9 games per season and capturing several region championships along the way. The Black Knights are coming off a 13-2 season last year where they won a region championship and advanced to the 5th round of the playoffs before losing in the semi-finals. Robbinsville was 0-3 this season before notching their first win of the season last week against Copper Basin, TN 46-0.
Both the Trion and Chattooga games will be live video streamed on the WZQZ Facebook page. The Trion vs Robbinsville, NC game will also be broadcast on 99.1 FM and AM 1180. Ben Groce and Jeremy Burke along with cameraman Jim Warnock will call the action tonight from Trion. Chris “Bubba” Wilson and Steiner Davis along with cameraman Mason Gilreath will bring you all the coverage from the Chattooga game. The pregame show will begin at 7 pm with kickoff to follow at 7:30 pm.
The Georgia Power Foundation has announced the recipients of its Waters for Georgia grant program – The Trust for Public Land and the Seabrook Village Foundation. The organizations will share $1 million in grants under the program, which invests in water resource focused projects that result in measurable benefits to environments and communities in Georgia including projects to preserve and restore the state’s waterways, lakes and rivers.
A fifty-four-year-old man was arrested on DUI and drug charges near the Floyd County line last Saturday. A Chattooga County Sheriff’s Deputy traveling on Highway 27 shortly after midnight, noticed a car with its emergency flashers on. When the deputy stopped and talked to the driver, the driver said he thought he was about to run out of gas and was going to make a u-turn to go back to the gas station in Armuchee, but his vehicle stalled. While speaking with the driver, the deputy noticed signs of impairment. When the deputy asked the driver and his passengers to step out of the vehicle, the driver tossed something into the back seat. After searching the vehicle, the deputy found a bag of suspected methamphetamine in the back seat. Mark Allen Lucas was charged with DUI and possession of methamphetamine and was booked into the Chattooga County Jail.
Finster Fest is coming up this weekend at the world-famous Rev. Howard Finster’s Paradise Garden in Pennville. Folks from all over come for the two-day event and past attendees will tell you that one of the highlights of the event is the Chattooga Garden Club Pimento Cheese Sandwiches. The Paradise Pimento Cheese is always a great-seller for the local garden club and members work hard before the festival each year preparing pounds and pounds of the delicious Southern favorite. Finster Fest will feature 70 folk, craft and fine artists, music and dance performances, and special guest presentations. In addition, patrons will experience a menu of tasty southern fare, a fun-filled children’s art activity area, and, of course, the chance to tour Howard Finster’s famous historic folk art environment. The festival runs from 10 AM until 5 PM both Saturday and Sunday. General admission is $10 (children 12 and under free), Chattooga County residents and Paradise Garden members $5, all with free parking at the Walmart on U.S. 27 just north of the Paradise Garden, with a complimentary shuttle provided all day. Handicap parking is available on site.
The City of Summerville is seeking bids for Sanitary Sewer Improvements at the Summerville Industrial Park, located off Highway 100 in Summerville. The bids are being accepted now through October 30, 2024 at 11 AM. You can see the bid release below and find a link for more information:
Georgia Labor Commissioner Bruce Thompson announced Thursday that Georgia’s August unemployment rate was 3.6 percent, up two-tenths from a revised 3.4 percent in July. The unemployment rate was six-tenths lower than the national unemployment rate.
The U.S. postmaster general would be subject to term limits and Senate confirmation under legislation introduced Wednesday by Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga.
The Cherokee (Alabama) Sheriff’s Office recently engaged in a high-speed pursuit on US Highway 278 that ended in multiple arrests, including the apprehension of a fugitive with outstanding warrants.
Here is the latest arrest report from the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office for Thursday, September 19, 2024: