Floyd County officials say that charges have been filed in connection with a fatal crash in January of this year in which a fifty-nine-year-old Rome woman lost her life.  Twenty-one-year-old David Frier, Jr. of Centre, Alabama has been charged with second-degree homicide by vehicle and failure to obey traffic control devices.  Frier was driving a Dodge Ram 5500 truck when he ran a red light on the Cedartown Highway at Walker Mountain Road.  Frier struck a GMC Yukon that was being driven by thirty-seven-year-old George W. Fowler of Rome.  Denise Howell was one of three passengers in the vehicle and lost her life as a result of injuries sustained in the crash.  Two other passengers were injured.  Frier turned himself in at the Floyd County Jail on Monday of this week.

A rash of storage unit break ins have been reported recently to the Summerville Police Department.  Over the past weekend, the manager of a storage unit facility off Commerce Street in Summerville contacted police after the renter of one of the units noticed that the lock was missing on  her storage unit.

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Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) is hosting an Open House at all six campuses to provide an opportunity to learn more about the programs offered at GNTC, tour the facilities and meet faculty and staff.

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A Chattooga County Sheriff’s Deputy stopped a car last Saturday night on Highway 100 near the Holland / Chattoogaville Road after he noticed the car failing to maintain a single lane.  When the deputy approached the car, he could smell burnt marijuana coming from the vehicle. 

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DeKalb County, Alabama  deputies arrested a Crossville man for an extensive property theft that occurred in May. They are still searching for a truck that was stolen. The sheriff’s office said a burglary and theft of many items, including the truck, happened in the Whiton community on May 19. Then on Thursday, May 30, DeKalb County investigators executed a search warrant at 360 Old McVille Road in Crossville, Alabama. Investigators found many stolen items at that address and returned the property to its owners.

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In the fall of 2020 Summerville, Georgia emerged as “The Friendship Capital of The World.”  In a ground breaking move, Summerville became the first community to recognize the transformative power of united global friendship, setting a new standard by claiming the “High Moral Ground of World – Wide Friendship.”  There is now an annual Friendship Festival held on the last Saturday in July, with a week of friendship activities leading up to the event. The World Friendship Pocket Park is a favorite spot located across from the historic Summerville Depot, where friends gather to share a meal, visit, reflect on the engraved bricks that honor members of the community past and present, and maybe even take advantage of a photo opportunity at the Solid Rock of Friendship.

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Memorial Day marked the unofficial start of summer and a period known as the “100 Deadliest Days for Teen Drivers,” which runs through Labor Day weekend. This is a time when there is an increase in the number of fatal crashes involving teen drivers.

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Summerville welcomed in the first train arrival of the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum on June 1 with the Great Chill & Churn Ice Cream Contest. The double steam engine train arrival was a full train, attracting rail fans of all ages.

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Here is the latest arrest report from the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office for Tuesday, June 4, 2024:

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Here are the latest health inspection scores from the Chattooga County Environmental Health Department for the last half of May, 2024:

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