
The Georgia Public Service Commission voted earlier this week to allow the return of $122 million to Georgia Power customers as soon as January 2025.

The Georgia Public Service Commission voted earlier this week to allow the return of $122 million to Georgia Power customers as soon as January 2025.

ROME, Ga. — Shorter University is excited to officially have our Steinway Concert Grand Piano back on campus, now fully rebuilt and refinished.

Fall is rapidly approaching. It will not be too long until beautiful Fall colors begin to adorn the state of Georgia.

It’s September and in Chattooga County that means it’s time to think about property taxes. Tax bills are typically mailed out in the month of September and Chattooga County Tax Commissioner Joy Hampton announced on Friday that those 2024 property tax bills are now ready. To view and pay your 2024 Chattooga County Property Tax bill, you can log onto www.chattoogacountytax.com HERE . The due date is December 3, 2024.

The Summerville City Council will be holding their regular monthly meeting coming up tomorrow evening at Summerville City Hall. It will be the first council meeting for new City Manager Jason Winters who was hired last month. On the agenda, the council is expected to pass a measure that will allow Summerville Main Street to put a 2000 Toyota Tundra up for auction as surplus equipment. Also, the council will likely vote to allow local veterans organizations access to Dowdy Park for a Veteran’s Day ceremony that will be held on the Saturday before Veteran’s Day on November 9th. Tomorrow’s council meeting gets underway at 5 PM and there will be a question and answer session with the mayor and city council at 4:30 PM. The public is invited to attend.

While emotions remain high surrounding a mass school shooting in Georgia and many other copycat school threats across the country, many people wonder why this keeps happening.

A thirty-four-year-old Chattooga County woman was arrested last week after she was found driving under the influence. A deputy was called to a residence on Packer Dairy Road early last Saturday after a 911 dispatcher alerted the sheriff’s office about a domestic incident. When the responding deputy arrived on the scene, and spoke with Jasimen Monique Reed she told the deputy that she and her husband had been arguing that morning. A report from the sheriff’s office stated that the domestic incident was “fueled by alcohol”. The deputy left the Packer Dairy Road residence and was sitting stationary at Gore Fire Hall just minutes after leaving the scene of the domestic incident. The deputy noticed that it was Reed driving the vehicle and knew that she was highly intoxicated. Reed was arrested and charged with DUI for alcohol and was booked into the Chattooga County Jail.

The Republican Vice Presidential nominee will be coming to Georgia again soon. Ohio Senator JD Vance will be speaking at a conservative gala in the Peach State. Vance is scheduled to make an address at the Georgia Faith and Freedom Coalition’s annual dinner, which will be held at the Cobb Galleria Center on September 16. The dinner will also be attended by Governor Brian Kemp, as well as other key state GOP leaders like Georgia Congressmen Mike Collins and Barry Loudermilk, as well as Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr.

On Saturday morning, Sept 7, 2024 a staff member of CHS notified SRO Deputy King of a picture that had been shared with them by a student. The post showed an unidentifiable person holding a rifle and had a few captions that had been added to the photo. One of the captions was “who next” and another caption was “Trion High School”. Investigator Sanford began his investigation and notified Detective Wooten and SRO Railey of Trion Police Department.

Here is the latest arrest report from the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office for Saturday, September 7, 2024: