Trion News

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.

What do you think of the Congressman who yelled "You Lied" at the President during his speech? : I loved it, more politicians should speak out.

Terrible flooding in Georgia has killed at least five people and has prompted officials to evacuate several hundred people from the town of Trion.

The two days of sunshine metro Atlanta and north Georgia experienced on Tuesday and Wednesday was like receiving an earlier Christmas present as the water from torrential rains over the past six days started to recede.