A twenty-six-year-old Chattooga County man was arrested on Friday of last week after a theft investigation by the Summerville Police Department.  According to reports from the police department, Joseph Walton Parker of a Back Penn Road address, is accused of going into Marvin’s home improvement store and purchasing over $7,000 worth of tools from the store on the account of his former employer.   The purchases happened over a period of months, stretching back to August of last year when Parker was terminated.  Parker was pawning the new tools at a local pawn shop, according to police.  Warrants were taken out on Thursday of last week and Parker was booked into the Chattooga County Jail on Friday on charges of theft by deception and forgery.

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Chattooga County Commissioner Blake Elsberry has released a list of roads planned for paving this year are in the Gore area, the Teloga area and the Lyerly area. Roads included on the list are: Silver Hill Road, Old Teloga Crossroads, Harrisburg Road, Railey Road, Lyerly Dam Road, Bethel Church Road and Sling Alley Road. Commissioner Elsberry said that since he has become commissioner, the county has spent around $3.85 million on road paving.  The commissioner says that this list is the first round of paving for the year and more will be announced as the year progresses.

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Authorities in neighboring Cherokee County, Alabama believe that remains recovered from Weiss Lake on Friday of last week may be those of an elderly man who has been missing for over a decade.

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After Saturday voting over the past weekend, a total of 338 ballots were cast during the first week of Advance Voting for the March 12, 2024 Presidential Preference Primary in Chattooga County. Additionally, 34 Absentee by Mail ballots have been issued and 14 have been received and accepted. Voters have until Friday, March 1, to request an Absentee by Mail ballot for this election. The ballot has until March 12 at 7 pm to be received by the Chattooga County Registrars Office.

Here is the latest arrest report for Sunday, February 25, 2024:

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Georgia Agriculture Commissioner Tyler Harper and Georgia Restaurant Association (GRA) President + CEO Stephanie Fischer announced six new Georgia Grown Executive Chefs at the 2024 Taste of Georgia Legislative Reception last night. The Georgia Grown Executive Chef program is a statewide program designed to promote and foster relationships between chefs and farmers while spreading awareness about the quality of locally sourced and grown products in Georgia’s restaurant scene.

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