The Summerville City Council will hold their regular monthly meeting this evening at Summerville City Hall.  Mayor Harry Harvey and the Summerville City Council will present Chattooga High School Valedictorian Pippa Key with a proclamation for her academic accomplishments.  Also, Summerville resident Felicia Foster will be providing information about her after school tutoring program “Felisha’s Kids”.  The program meets at Summerville’s Fairway Recreation Center.  Also, Republican candidate for State Senate Angela Pence will addressing the meeting.  Pence will  be introducing herself and sharing her vision for the 53rd District.  Pence is challenging incumbent State Senator Colton Moore.  The city council meeting gets underway at 5 PM and the public is invited to attend.  You can see a complete agenda for this evening’s meeting below:

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After a devastating year in 2023, Georgia’s peach farmers are hopeful about the 2024 peach season.  Most of Georgia’s commercial peach orchards are located in the middle part of the state and growers say that weather conditions have been optimal this year, which bodes well for Georgia peach lovers.

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A low-cost rabies vaccination clinic will be held coming up this Saturday, May 18th at Chattooga High School.  It’s the law in Georgia that all dogs and cats have their annual rabies vaccine. Dogs, cats, and ferrets must get rabies vaccination when they are twelve weeks of age or older. Rabies vaccinations are only recognized in Georgia when performed by a licensed veterinarian.  Cominut up on Saturday, the Summerville Veterinary Clinic, the Chattooga County Health Department and the Chattooga County Extension Office will host a rabies clinic from 9 AM until 5 PM.  The cost for each shot is $10.  Those bringing their pets to the vaccination clinic should access Chattooga High School by the Highway 100 school entrance.

A bipartisan bill to protect children from online exploitation has been signed into law. The bill law, which was sponsored by Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) and Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), will toughen penalties on websites and social media companies that fail to report crimes against children.

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Early voting continues this week in the special election that is being held in the City of Summerville.  Six candidates are running to fill the unexpired term of former City Councilman David Ford who passed away earlier this year.

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Here is the latest arrest report from the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office for Sunday, May 12, 2024:

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Bidders will fight with their dollars next week at an Ohio auction house for the sword of the Civil War Union general who led a scorched-earth campaign across Georgia and coined the phrase “War is hell.”

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While most Georgians treasure seeing backyard wildlife like songbirds and squirrels, the sentiment might fade if you find wildlife digging through your trash can or tearing open bags of pet food on your carport. Let’s look for ways to avoid the conflict. In most cases, wildlife invades our space because of access to a food source and that is something we can easily prevent, according to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources’ Wildlife Resources Division.

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The Summerville City Council will be having their meeting for the month of May coming up tomorrow evening at 5 PM at Summerville City Hall. City Council members are expected to approve payments for public works projects and annual payments for Summerville firefighters.  Also, they will be asked to approve a request from Connect City Church to close East Washington Street on Saturday, September 7, 2024 for an event.  The council will also have a first reading of the fiscal year 2024-2025 budget.  The public is invited to attend.