A late night fire on Friday night in Walker County claimed the life of one person.
A thirty-eight-year-old woman was arrested at Walmart in Trion after store employees told a responding Chattooga County Deputy that the woman had stolen groceries. According to a report released by the sheriff’s office, Jodi Olson Adams scanned some items into the self-scan and then would place more items in the bagging area. In all, there were $51.51 worth of groceries that were not scanned. A juvenile with Adams was picked up by family members and Adams was booked into the Chattooga County Jail on shoplifting charges.
Chattooga Mountain Education Charter High School will be going virtual this summer. The last day of face-to-face classes is May 30th. Campuses will reopen on August 5th. Students will be able to work through the summer virtually from 10 AM until 2 PM and from 4 PM until 8 PM, Monday – Thursday. Chattooga Mountain Education summer classes will be held June 3 – August 1.
Chattooga Riverfest is now just a little more than a month away. The annual event rotates between Lyerly, Trion and Summerville. This year, the event will be held in Summerville. There will be a Kayak raffle and live music, along with a vendor market and festival food. A Jeep Cruise-In and Ducky Derby will also be featured at this year’s event. Chattooga Riverfest will take place on June 8th from 10 AM until 3 PM at Dowdy Park in downtown Summerville and features free admission and free parking. Visit www.chattoogarivergroup.org or call 706-857-4033 for more information.
Advance voting for the City of Summerville Municipal Special Election on May 21, 2024, will begin tomorrow, Monday, April 29, 2024 and continue through May 17, 2024.
For the tenth consecutive year, the Positive Athlete organization has named their Regional Award Winners for the Northwest GA Region. Positive Athlete’s Northwest GA Region consists of schools located in the following counties: Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Floyd, Gilmer, Gordon, Haralson, Murray, Pickens, Polk, Walker and Whitfield.
Parents working in state government and public schools will be able to take up to six weeks of paid parental leave under a new Georgia law.
Investigators have new evidence in a case involving the January 2015 deaths of two Cobb County residents, Bud and June Runion.
Here is the latest arrest report from the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office for Saturday, April 27, 2024:
Cancer Navigators’ annual 1-Mile Walk and Daisy Drop will take place this year tomorrow, on Sunday, April 28th.