Lake Hartwell Radio
Cornelia-based Community Bank and Trust, with branches in Toccoa, Clarkesville, and Cornelia, will soon have a new name. On Monday, First Financial Holdings, Inc, which owns CB&T, announced its plan to join five brands under one unified name – South State Bank. The holding company name will also be changed to South State Corporation, subject to obtaining shareholder approval in […]
Read moreBy Rep. Alan Powell The House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly Monday to approve a $20.8 billion state budget plan for fiscal year 2015, which begins July 1. HB 744 reflects an overall increase of $916 million, or 4.6 percent more than the fiscal year 2014 budget as originally approved. Year-to-date revenues for the first seven months of the current fiscal year show an […]
Read moreCharlie Brown is an approximately one year old Jack Russell/ Mountain Feist mix. He came to us at Christmas with open wounds around his neck and head. No one knows for sure what trauma poor Charlie endured to receive such punishing injuries, we only knew we had to help. Charlie has received comprehensive veterinary care and is now ready to find his forever […]
Read moreMembers of the Hart County Water and Sewer Authority are expected to hear recommendations tonight from a subcommittee formed to study whether to allow a South Carolina utility to piggyback on Hart County’s water withdrawal permit. Pioneer Rural Water District is planning to build a new water treatment plant near Fair Play in Oconee County, SC but they have not […]
Read moreThe civil trial of Lavonia pastor the Rev. Jonathan Ayers, who was shot to death during an undercover investigation in Toccoa five years ago, continues this week in U.S. District Court in Gainesville. Court proceedings were cancelled last week because of the snow storm. The trial will resume on Tuesday. Ayers’ widow, Abigail Ayers, claims in her lawsuit that the […]
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