A meeting for the adult basketball league at Trion Recreation Department will be held on June 17th. Rosters and fees are due at the meeting which will be held at 6 PM. Anyone with questions, should contact Fitz at (706) 734-2011 after 5 PM for questions. The fee is $400 per team.
A former Trion Middle School science teacher and school principal has been named the Executive Director of Student Services for the Floyd County School System. Floyd County School Superintendent Dr. Glenn White made the announcement last week that Scott Crabbe would be stepping into the new role and will be overseeing student support services throughout the Floyd County School District.
Early voting is underway today in two local runoff races. Summerville residents are voting in a runoff race for City Council Seat One and there is a runoff for Chattooga County Coroner going on as well.
The Walker County Board of Commissioners is developing their fiscal year budget and asked department heads for budget requests for the upcoming fiscal year. Jenna Stevens, director of the county-owned Mountain Cove Farms asked commissioners for an increase in the venue’s budget.
As part of the process mandated by the Endangered Species Act (ESA), the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will conduct five-year status reviews of 59 endangered or threatened fish, wildlife, and plants.
The Summerville City Council will hold their regular monthly meeting for the month of June coming up this evening at Summerville City Hall. The meeting will get underway at 5 PM and the public is invited to attend. You can see the complete agenda for tonight’s meeting below:
The Chattooga County Board of Education will hold the second of two budget meetings coming up this Thursday, June 13th at the Chattooga County Education Center on Penn Street in Summerville. The purpose of the meeting is to provide for public input on the operating budget of the county school system. A copy of the tentative budget can be found HERE. The meeting this Thursday will take place at 8 AM and the public is invited and encouraged to attend with any questions or comments about the budget. The board will hold a meeting on June 20th to adopt the budget.
A single-vehicle accident on Highway 48 between Summerville and Menlo on Saturday afternoon sent one person to the emergency department. According to Georgia State Patrol Rome Post 38 Commander Chris Harris, the vehicle was traveling on Highway 48 in the vicinity of Sunnydale Road when it left the roadway and overturned. The driver was transported by Atrium Health Floyd EMS to the Atrium Health Chattooga Emergency Department. No word on the driver’s condition and a complete report will be released when the investigation into the accident is completed by the Georgia State Patrol. The accident happened around 3 PM on Saturday and some Georgia Power customers were without power in the area.
Here is the latest arrest report from the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office for Saturday, June 9, 2024:
McDonald’s is offering grants of up to $20,000 to K-12 teachers in North Georgia through its Golden Grants program.
