The Catoosa County Board of Commissioners has proclaimed September as Literacy Month in Catoosa County. As part of the effort, the Catoosa County Learning Center and the Catoosa County Library are co-sponsoring One Book, One Community. Those interested may check out the book "Finding Salvation at the Dairy Queen," which is set in Ringgold, at the library or learning center and then participate in an Oct. ...
The Catoosa County Board of Education recently learned that Catoosa County has exceeded the Georgia state SAT average score. Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe High School exceeded the state average of 1466 by 38 points with 1533. Ringgold High School scored 1468 points, giving the county an average of 1490 out of 2400 possible points. College Board which produces the SAT exams, explained that the scores and ranks for each state should not be a full ...
Rome developer Robert H. Ledbetter Sr. is making a $1 million gift to Georgia Tech's College of Management to establish the Robert H. Ledbetter Sr. Professorship of the Practice of Real Estate Development. A former member of the Georgia Tech Foundation board of trustees and the College of Management advisory board, Ledbetter is the founder, CEO and president of R.H. Ledbetter Properties Inc., a family-owned real estate development and management ...
SUMMERVILLE -- A Chattooga County grand jury indicted suspended Chattooga County Judge Carlton Vines this afternoon in connection with a voter fraud investigation. Vines was indicted on charges of illegal possession of ballots, conspiracy to commit election fraud and false swearing. He was released on his own recognizance. Vines was suspended from the bench indefinitely last year by the Judicial Qualifications Committee after he was arrested on ...
Where would Catoosa County be without SPLOST (Special Project Local Option Sales Tax)? Since 1994, when the very first SPLOST started rolling in, $97,606,992 in pennies flowed through the coffers of the county and the two cities for capital expenditure projects. A capital expenditure is money used to acquire or upgrade physical assets - buildings, bridges, or vehicle, such as a fire truck. Benton Place would still be a green field with trees, ...