A thirty-one-year-old woman was charged with DUI for drugs after deputies noticed her vehicle without a tag in the drive through at the Summerville McDonald’s.
One person was shot in a domestic altercation in the Spring Creek area on Tuesday night. Chattooga County Sheriff Mark Schrader confirmed to WZQZ News that the person who was shot is in stable condition. More details will be released and the investigation continues into the shooting incident. WZQZ will have more updates as they become available.
Due to expected bad weather on Friday, the Chattooga High School Football scrimmage game at SE Whitfield has been moved to Thursday May 16th at 7:30 PM.
Summerville City Manager Andrea Surratt announced her resignation at Monday night’s Summerville City Council meeting. Surratt has only been on the job for eighteen months.
Here is the latest arrest report from the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office for Tuesday, May 14, 2024:
A thirty-one-year-old Chattooga County man was killed in a crash at a Florida bike rally days before his wedding, according to his fiancé. Rodney Grizzle of Summerville, was at the Thunder Beach Motorcycle Rally in Panama City Beach on May 4 when he and his fiancé, Mai Smith, were involved in an accident.
Last week, Georgia Governor Brian Kemp vetoed a two-year pause in a sales tax exemption the state gives for building and equipping computer data centers, after an intensive lobbying effort to preserve the tax break.
A former Floyd County Sheriff’s Sergeant pleaded guilty to theft charges yesterday in superior court.
The Georgia Department of Revenue reported late last week that Georgia’s net tax collections for April were down 1.2% compared to the year before. Tax collections were down in most sectors including individual income tax, sales and use tax and corporate income tax. Notable exceptions were motor fuel taxes and motor vehicle tag and title fees. Fuel taxes increased by just over $3 million and tags and titles also showed an increase of just over $3 million – up almost 8% over the previous year. Net tax collections for April totaled $3.96 billion.
See the complete report from the Georgia Department of Revenue below:
The 2024 General Primary Election will be held one week from today on Tuesday, May 21, 2024. Early voting continues through Friday of this week at the Chattooga County Registrars Office on Commerce Street in Summerville. Next week, voters will need to go to their local precincts to vote. Chattooga County Probate Judge and Election Superintendent Gary Woods said on Monday, “Voters who are uncertain which location is their assigned polling location are encouraged to visit the My Voter Page (mvp.sos.ga.gov) or call the Registrars Office (706-857-0739) prior to going to vote on May 21st”. Voters can find a list of the polling places, by precinct, in Chattooga County below: