Chattooga Headlines

01/12/2023

Sweet P's leaving Trion at month's end.

Changes at Sweet P’s should boost Rome site: Longtime customers of Sweet P’s at the Tavern in Trion are saddened about news of the site’s closing later this month. But

19/12/2022

Water woes

29/11/2022

Floyd County wreck claims Summerville man; 18th fatality on Georgia roads over Thanksgiving weekend.

A Summerville man was killed in a two-vehicle crash Sunday night on Ga. 101 in Silver Creek.

28/11/2022

Please note water pressure

02/11/2022

Below please find updates on the memorial services for the Chattooga High students:

Memorial services for Zantavian D. Brown are set for Saturday, Nov. 5, at noon at Christ Temple RPC, 1321 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. NE in Rome. F.K. Jones Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

A celebration of life for Xaviar Gray and for TyDraevius Antwaun “Drae” Dozier will be held at 2 p.m. Monday, November 7, at North Summerville Baptist Church with Rev. Brandon Bishop, Rev. LeBron Long and Coach Jared Groce officiating. Mason Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Mr. Dozier was born July 18, 2008, in Rome, son of Desirae Rogers and Dylan Chaney, and biological father Terrance Dozier. He was an A-B honor roll student at Chattooga High School where he played J.V. and Varsity Football. His brother, Zantavian Brown, passed away in the accident as well.

Those left to cherish his memory are his parents, Desirae Rogers and Dylan Chaney; father, Terrance Dozier; sisters, Essynce Stallings, Avva DeBerry, Serenity King, L’niya Baldwin, Aaliyah Alley, Asia Dozier; brothers, Adrian Bullard Zaylan Chaney, Sam Mobbs, Tre Lester, T’Kius Lowe, and Terrance Dozier, Jr.; grandparents, Charles Rogers, Tammie Gentry, Mark London, Kathy London, and Joey Chaney; and several aunts, uncles, and cousins.

Interment will follow at West Hill Cemetery. Active pallbearers will be Will Mitchell, Aiden Fletcher, Quarry Gibson, Korei Shaver, Nick Hester, and Dan Meyer. Honorary pallbearers will be his teammates of the Chattooga High School Football Team.

Mr. Dozier will be in state at North Summerville Baptist Church and the family will receive friends from 11 a.m. until the hour of service on Monday.

Within hours of the early Sunday crash, the head basketball coach at Chattooga High shared a post. CHS head basketball coach Jared Groce wrote about three teens who were gone

02/11/2022

Memorial services for Zantavian D. Brown are set for Saturday, Nov. 5, at noon at Christ Temple RPC, 1321 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. NE in Rome. F.K. Jones Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

02/11/2022

NBC News returns to Chattooga County with a look at the midterm elections -- and a comparison with Anson County, N.C.

Rural voters in key battleground states could determine the balance of power in Washington. NBC News’ Ellison Barber reports from Georgia and Antonia Hylton from North Carolina where they speak to voters about issues that matter to them.

01/11/2022

Counselors on campus today following Monday evening remembrance service.

Tuesday update:

30/10/2022

A solemn farewell....

30/10/2022

We are heartbroken.

30/10/2022

Continuing updates

Four people died in a single vehicle crash near Lyerly on Sunday morning and the fifth person in the car is in critical condition. The Georgia State Patrol is investigating.