AAA Auto Club says that Georgia gas prices decreased at the pump compared to a week ago. Georgians are paying an average price of $3.38 per gallon for regular unleaded gasoline (subject to change overnight). Yesterday’s state average was 3 cents less than a week ago, 5 cents less than a month ago, and 12 cents more than this time last year. It costs drivers an average price of $50.70 to fill a 15-gallon tank of regular gasoline. Georgians are now paying almost $1.00 less to fill up at the pump compared to a month ago.

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A domestic incident on Sunset Drive in Summerville on Sunday landed a fifty-four-year-old mother and her twenty-seven-year-old daughter in jail.  Summerville Police were called to the scene of the domestic incident on Sunday evening.  Police say that both women showed signs of being assaulted and both were arrested.  Mardella Roshea Neal and her daughter, Trinity Daniel were both charged with disorderly conduct and were booked into the Chattooga County Jail.

By Dave Williams: Capitol Beat News Service

Avian influenza, which wild birds have been transmitting to poultry during the last two years, has now spread to dairy cows, State Epidemiologist Dr. Cherie Drenzek reported this week.

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Georgia Republicans on Saturday elected to the Republican National Committee a conservative activist who helped organize the Jan. 6, 2021, pro-Trump rally that led to a mob storming the U.S. Capitol.

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The Town of Trion will have a regular Workshop / Council Meeting in the Town Hall Conference Room, Thursday, May 23, 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.  The public is invited to attend both the workshop and the regular council meeting on Thursday.

A forty-four-year-old man was arrested by the Summerville Police Department on Saturday morning at a Ramey Street address.  According to police, officers had told Robert Blaine Rehorn to leave the residence.  A short time later, Rehorn was observed by officers standing in the yard of the residence, yelling and cursing.  Rehorn was arrested and booked into the Chattooga County Jail on charges of disorderly conduct.

The Chattooga County Probate Judge’s Office will be closed Tuesday and Wednesday, (May 21st & May 22nd) for the Primary Election.  The office will reopen with regular hours on Thursday.

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

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Numbers released earlier this month by the Federal Bureau of Investigation show that Georgia’s elderly population are losing more money than ever to online fraud.  Online consists of email, social media and text messages, according to the FBI report.

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