Trion News

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.

Shorter Campus Ministries Intern Katie Clegg works to finish up a wall in one of the rooms.

Submitted by WDEF on September 28, 2009 - 11:24am. Comments Below: 1 GEMA and FEMA have opened a disaster recovery center in Chattooga County where those affected by storms and flooding that began September 18 can meet with recovery specialists.

Main Elementary, North Heights Elementary, Coosa High and Rome High were among Georgia schools singled out today for improvement on standardized tests.

Trion, Ga., Mayor Benjamin Perry said federal inspectors advised residents to wait at least one more day before drinking water from their taps.

The American Red Cross continues to provide disaster relief to families in Trion following the flooding on Monday.