The Summerville City Council will hold their regular monthly meeting for September coming up on Monday at 5 PM at Summerville City Hall. The meeting will be preceded by a question and answer time with the mayor and city council that will begin at 4:30 PM. The public is invited to attend.
Chattooga 45 – Mt. Zion 20
Trion 22 – Model 12
Here is the latest arrest report from the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office for Friday, September 6, 2024:
Week 4 of the 2024 high school football season kicks off tonight and both the Chattooga Indians and the Trion Bulldogs will be in action at home. After a week off, the 2-0 Chattooga Indians will look to continue their winning streak in hopes of going 3-0 for the first time since 2015. To do so, the Indians will have to conquer the visiting Mount Zion Eagles tonight at the Little Big Horn. Mount Zion is 2-1 on the season with back to back victories to open the season against Chattahooche County and Ranburne, AL. However the Eagles suffered their first loss of the season last week in a one point loss to Bethlehem Christian Academy 14-13. Mount Zion is coming off a tough 3-8 season last year and a last place finish in Region 7A.
The Trion Bulldogs, who are currently ranked # 8 in the state according to the AJC, currently sit at 3-0 on the season after a 42-15 win last week against Temple. The Dawgs will welcome the 2-1 Model Blue Devils to Sam R. McCain Stadium tonight. Model is coming off a win last week over Coosa 23-13. The Blue Devils also defeated Sonoraville in week 1 21-14. The lone loss on Model’s schedule this year was back in week 2 when they lost 48-0 to Cass. Bulldog fans still remember the last regular season home loss came against the Model Blue Devils two years ago in 2022 when Model squeaked out a 31-27 win. Trion avenged that loss last year at Model 31-12 and will be looking to defend their home turf tonight. Model is coming off a 7-4 season last year, finishing 3rd place in region 7AA and losing in the 2nd round of the playoffs to Callaway.
You can watch all of the action tonight live as both games will be video streamed on the WZQZ Facebook page. The Chattooga vs Mount Zion game will also be broadcast on the radio on 99.1 FM and AM 1180. Join Chris “Bubba” Wilson and Steiner Davis as they call the action for the Chattooga game with Mason Gilreath on the camera. Jeremy Burke and Paul Cavin will call the Trion vs Model game tonight along with cameraman Jim Warnock. The pregame show will begin around 7:15 pm with kickoff to follow at 7:30 pm.
Last week, a deputy was called to a domestic incident on Booker Road in Summerville. When the deputy arrived on the scene and assessed the situation, he determined that the woman who was the main cause of the disturbance had left the scene. A short time later, the deputy saw the highly intoxicated woman walking around Fish Hatchery Road. The deputy feared for the woman’s safety, as she was unable to walk due to her state of inebriation. When the deputy questioned the woman, she said that she was walking to her son’s house. The deputy asked if the woman could call her son to come get her as she was in no state to be walking along the road. The woman handed her phone to the deputy and told the deputy to call her son. While the deputy was trying to help the woman, the woman began yelling and using profanity. Forty-two-year-old Heather Nicole McCool was arrested and booked into the Chattooga County Jail on charges of public intoxication.
A school shooting in Barrow County, Georgia on Wednesday that left four people dead, including a Rome native who was a coach at the Apalachee High School, and nine injured, is impacting communities all across the Peach State. Two local Chattooga County School employees have sons that teach at the school. The tragedy has left many with questions as to what could be done to prevent events like this from happening. State School Supt. Richard Woods issued a statement about the shootings:
The Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice has scheduled a Rome Career Fair for Wednesday, September 18th from 10 am to 2 pm at the Bob Richards Regional Youth Detention Center, 200 Marable Way. The positions available will include Juvenile Correctional Officers, Housekeepers, and Food Service Workers. For more information, visit www.djj.georgia.gov.
The Horticulture program at Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) will hold a Fall Mum Sale Monday, Sept. 16, through Thursday, Sept. 19, outside of Building L, located across from GNTC’s Floyd County Campus in Rome.
At the request of the Bartow County Sheriff’s Office, GBI agents are investigating an officer-involved shooting in Bartow County, GA. James Lee Rourks, age 42, of Adairsville, GA, was shot and injured in the incident. No officers were injured in the incident.
A 14-year-old student at Apalachee High School is facing murder charges after he allegedly shot and killed four people — including a coach from Rome — and injured nine others at the school on Wednesday.
