A man with suspended license was arrested by Chattooga County Sheriff’s Deputies on July 11th.  A deputy on patrol saw a dark colored car that was pulled over at the intersection of Hair lake Road and Mahan Road due to running a stop sign. The driver of the car, Johnathan Money, said that he didn’t realize he had ran the stop sign. After running his license it said that they were suspended due to failure to appear in court. The officer then placed Money under arrest but allowed him one call to have a friend retrieve his vehicle.

Each week, the U.S. Drought Monitor releases a report on drought conditions across the country.  The reports, which are released on Thursdays, include conditions for each county in the nation.  Despite recent rainfall across the Peach State, most of Georgia is somewhere between “abnormally dry” and “severe drought” conditions. 

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The Summerville City Council will hold a called meeting coming up tomorrow evening at Summerville City Hall.  The purpose of the meeting is to approve travel expenses for the finalists for the Summerville City Manager’s position.  The council will also go into executive session for a discussion about the applicants for city manager.  The public is invited to attend to the meeting that will be held at 5:30 PM.  You can see an agenda for tomorrow evening’s meeting below:

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Two Northwest Georgia men have pleaded guilty to hunting deer on federal park land. William Lough from Trenton and Jonathan Plaster from Rossville both pleaded guilty in federal court. Both face fines. They were both charged with illegal hunting of 2 white-tailed deer on park land. Park officials say they’ve seen a spike in illegal hunting on park land in the Lookout Creek area in Lookout Valley. The Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park does include land on and next to Lookout Mountain, plus several sites in Chattanooga. Park officials ask that if you see someone hunting on military park land, please call 911.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced that it is exercising a $106 million contract option with Georgia-based Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation to purchase a fully modified G550 aircraft that will be specially configured to support hurricane and tropical storm forecasts, atmospheric research and other NOAA missions.

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Tickets are on sale now for this year’s Chattooga Curtain Call – Peter Pan Jr.  This summer kids have attended drama camp and will be putting on their production coming up next month. The production will be held at North Summerville Baptist Church, located at 119 Maplewood Drive in Summerville on Friday August 2nd and Saturday August 3rd.   Both nights at 7 PM.  Tickets are $10 each and can be purchased from any cast member of the play or at North Summerville Baptist Church fellowship hall on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 5 PM – 8 PM.

The Town of Trion will have a regular Workshop / Council Meeting in the Town Hall Conference Room, this Thursday, July 25, 2024. The Workshop will begin at 6 PM and the Regular Meeting will follow shortly after. If you have any questions or comments, please contact Trion Mayor Lanny Thomas or the Town Hall Office and they will try to get the information you request.

Here is the latest arrest report from the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office for Saturday, July 20, 2024:

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