Trion News

Submitted by WDEF on December 22, 2009 - 6:50pm. News Walker County News Comments Below: 0 A A A A Investigators say a shooting this afternoon in Walker county was an accident.

A 17-year-old is fighting for his life after being accidently shot by his hunting friend this afternoon in Walker County.

The Heritage Middle School Generals marched into the LaFayette Academy gym on Saturday, looking to walk away with a North Georgia Athletic Conference traditional wrestling championship to add to their NGAC duals title they won a week ago.

Ms. Cindy Mann Keith of Trion has been promoted to assistant loan officer of The Bank of LaFayette.

Rick Jacobs has been named warden of Hays State Prison in Trion, the Georgia Department of Corrections has announced.

An employee of the Crisp County Sheriff's Office jail staff has told Investigator Karlie Stowe she continues to be stalked by a subject already convicted and jailed for that offense.

These people were booked into the Walker County Detention Center during Nov. 11-17. Those with charges are innocent until they plead guilty or are proven guilty in a court of law.

Workers will begin repairing train tracks this week after damage from September floods put a major kink in transportation lines in Walker and Chattooga counties.

The Catoosa County Sheriffa TMs Department, during Oct. 30-Nov. 5, answered 1,368 calls, including 63 that were booked on a total of 118 counts.

About 10 inches of rain drenched Northwest Georgia over a couple of days in late September, leading to a broken dam in Trion, Ga., and widespread flooding in Chattooga, Catoosa and Walker counties.

A Trion man was killed and three others were sent to the hospital in a two car wreck in Summerville this morning.

A former Trion First Baptist Church organist is heading to prison after stealing more than $50,000 from the churcha s bank account.

Congressman Phil Gingrey, M. D., of Georgia's Eleventh Congressional District, held a Manufacturing Advisory Board meeting at Mount Vernon on Tuesday, August 25.

" In Trion Wednesday, Blue Bell Creameries will honor Trion High School, recently named a 2009 No Child Left Behind-Blue Ribbon School, with a school-wide ice cream party.

The Chattooga County Sheriffa s office uncovered several makeshift methamphetamine labs during the past week.

Disaster Recovery Centers in Catoosa and Chattooga counties are closing on Saturday, but one in Walker County will remain open, officials said.

The first of the Little Miss Coosa Valley Fair pageants started Wednesday night, crowning a Baby Miss, Tiny Miss, Toddler Miss and Wee Miss.

Georgia Northwestern Technical College has moved its adult education classes in Chattooga County due to recent floods in Trion.

Friends of Fenando Uribe help remove wet drywall and debris from his home in Austell, Georgia after rising waters drowned the home to the second level.

In the wake of last weeka s flooding, Disaster Recovery Centers have been opened in Chattooga, Walker and Paulding counties by the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Georgia Emergency Management Agency.