A jury determined that a Rome man acted in self-defense in a 2023 shooting at the Callier Forest Apartments and found him not guilty on several charges stemming from that incident.
The City of Menlo has accepted a bid to demolish the old Menlo Garage, operated for many years by Ralph Tucker. The city plans to build a new garage building there for the city’s water department and public works. The cost to demolish the building will be $10,000 and that bid went to Paddy Construction. The Menlo City Council also accepted bids for the new building and the winner of the bid was Mackey Metals. The cost of the new building will be $54,810.60. The building is located at 2728 Highway 337 in Menlo.
GRAMMY® award-winning singer/songwriter John Berry is excited to announce the first dates for his 28th Annual ‘Christmas With John Berry’ Tour. Berry will be in Northwest Georgia in Cedartown on December 18th.
Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger announced that the Secretary of State’s office is in the process of conducting a SAVE audit of potential non-citizens who may have registered to vote. Using information from the Georgia Department of Driver Services (DDS), Georgia identifies people who may be non-citizens according to documents they have previously provided to DDS. Georgia is 100% REAL ID compliant, meaning that everyone who has a driver’s license or state identification card has proven their citizenship or legal immigration status to DDS.
Here is the latest arrest report from the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office for Thursday, July 11, 2024:
Georgia Council for the Arts (GCA), a strategic arm of the Georgia Department of Economic Development (GDEcD), on Wednesday announced that more than $3.5 million in competitive grant funding will be distributed to recipients across the state through its Bridge, Project, and Arts Education Program grants. A total of 324 grants were awarded during GCA’s initial disbursements for fiscal year 2025. Paradise Garden in Pennville in Chattooga County was one of the recipients of a Bridge Grant. A complete list of these grantees can be found here.
On Sunday, Officers were called to a residence in Summerville regarding a man named Justin Durham. Durham was banging on the windows of a residence and causing a disturbance. The resident of the home said that Durham opened her front door because he wanted inside but her boyfriend stopped him and they got Durham back outside and locked the door. Durham left the residence before officers arrived but a Summerville Police Officer found him walking down the street near the DFACS office. The officer observed Durham acting very erratic, sweating profusely, throwing his hands in the air, and yelling profane language. The officer said he wanted to talk with him about what had happened at the residence he was at earlier, but Durham said he had not been at that address. After hearing Durham speak and seeing the way he was reacting, the police officer believed him to be under the influence of drugs. Durham was asked to empty his pockets and he responded with, “Not unless you have a reason to arrest me”. Durham was then placed under arrest, to which he started yelling out more profane language. He was found to have drug related objects and substances on him.
Data from the Postal Regulatory Commission says Georgia has the nation’s worst mail service. The new numbers show Georgia was ranked dead last for on-time delivery of two-day first-class mail.
The Georgia Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Resources Division (WRD) has released its Fish Kill Report concerning the ammonia spill at Mount Vernon Mills in Trion on the Chattooga River.
