After a full week of Early Voting for the May 21st Primary Election in Chattooga County, the Chattooga County Registrars Office says a total of 499 people cast their ballots in person between Monday and Saturday of last week.
Fierce Network reported late last week that Uniti Group is going to take over operations of Windstream Holdings in an estimated $13.4 billion deal. The two companies have been entangled for a long time. Windstream and Uniti used to be combined, but they were split apart before a bankruptcy restructuring of Windstream.
The Chattooga River Group is planning an organized cleanup of the Chattooga River coming up later this month on Saturday, May 18th. Volunteers will need to bring their own kayak and paddles and the Chattooga River Group will provide snacks, water, trash bags and gloves. Volunteers are being asked to meet at 9 AM at the Lyerly Dam Launch, located on Lyerly Dam Road in Lyerly. The cleanup will be along a seven mile stretch of the river from Lyerly to Chattoogaville and the cleanup is expected to take between 3 and 5 hours. Participants might want to bring a dry bag of clothes. If you have questions, you can contact 706-857-4033.
It’s a tradition that continues in Chattooga County, the Lowry 4L Ranch Rodeo – happening later this month in Chattooga County.
Here is the latest arrest report from the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office for Sunday, May 5, 2024:
Summerville Main Street invites you to celebrate National Dairy Month next month with a homemade Ice Cream Contest at the Summerville Depot on June 1st. Registration is now open for the contest that will be held between 10:30 AM and 2:30 PM. First place prize is $500, Second place is $250 and Third place is $100. The Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum Double Steam Engine passenger train will be arriving at the historic Summerville Depot at 1 PM. Visit the City of Summerville Georgia’s Facebook Page for more information.
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), there’s a nationwide recall on ground beef that everyone should be aware of.
The Chattooga County Board of Assessors has two new members after the resignations of former members Jack Brewer and Andrew Johnson. Chattooga County Commissioner Blake Elsberry has appointed Matthew Kinnamont to fill the unexpired term of Johnson and has appointed Kevin Peyton to fill the unexpired term of Jack Brewer. The two will be joining Doug Wilson, Betty Brady and John Bailey on the five-person board that oversees property assessments in the county.
The Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) has awarded a $434,131 grant to Walker County to help fund a direct connection for pedestrians and cyclists between the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park and downtown Chickamauga, known as the Chickamauga Battlefield Connector Trail.