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Three people are hospitalized after a bad wreck on I-85. It happened about 11a Monday morning near mile marker 174 on I-85 southbound. Georgia State Patrol Hartwell Post spokesman Corporal Matt Baxley says it was a single vehicle wreck, but is still not clear exactly how it happened. “We’ve got a single vehicle rollover with three serious injuries,” Baxley said […]

The Georgia General Assembly met for week six of the 2016 legislative session last week. Several Second Amendment bills have made their way through my committee and one passed the House on Monday. HB 859, also known as, “The Campus Carry Bill” favorably passed out of the House on Monday, after passing out of my committee last week. This bill […]

A high-speed chase overnight through Stephens and Franklin counties leads to the arrest of a Demorest man. Franklin County Sheriff Steve Thomas said the chase started early this morning in Stephens County. He says Stephens County Sheriff’s deputies stopped the chase in the Martin area where Franklin County deputies took up the pursuit. “Early this morning, Franklin County deputies attempted […]

The Northeast Georgia Animal Shelter in Lavonia loses its director. Sources tell WLHR News Sherri Lockhart resigned suddenly Friday night. Lockhart had served as the shelter director for some ten years and during that time instituted a number of programs and improvements that dramatically reduced the shelter’s euthanasia rate. Shelter board attorney, Judy Jarecki-Black would not comment on Lockhart’s leaving. […]

Hart County High School is one of the 272 Advanced Placement (AP) Honor Schools named by Georgia State School Superintendent Richard Woods. Hart County High School has earned the following honors: AP STEM School, AP STEM Achievement School, and AP Humanities School, three out of the six categories. The lists are based on the results of 2015 AP courses and […]