Category: News

A massive rat infestation at a Franklin County poultry farm appears to have been remediated. Last month, we told you about the major rat infestation at a poultry farm on Toms Creek Road that’s owned by OK Foods, which is based in Fort Smith, Arkansas. So many rats had invaded the farm, they were crossing SR145 by the thousands. On […]

A Hart County family will be on the nationally syndicated TV Game show Family Feud this evening. Former Hart County Bulldog Speizio Stowers and his family are set to appear on the Game Show Network’s Family Feud through January 29th. Stowers attended Hart County High School from 1989-1993 and won All-State honors his senior year. Stowers competed with family members […]

Georgia’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in December was 5.5 percent, down one-tenth of a percentage point from 5.6 percent in November. The rate was 6.6 percent in December 2014. “The rate dropped to its lowest level in nearly seven years as our employers continued to create jobs and hire more people,” said State Labor Commissioner Mark Butler. “While we saw […]

Workers at the Hartwell Dam, on the upper Savannah River, have opened the spillway gates on the dam to help lower the reservoir’s water level following significant rainfall on Jan. 22. The gates will remain open through the weekend. Water managers and Hartwell Dam officials opened the 12 spillway gates 1 foot. This allows up to 13,400 cubic feet per […]

Governor Nathan Deal has issued a state of emergency for 21 counties through midnight Sunday and has ordered state offices closed at noon today. Georgia DOT crews will be out in force this afternoon to lay sand and brine mixture on North Georgia main arteries and to begin clearing roads in extreme North Georgia. GDOT Spokesperson Annalyce Baker tells WLHR […]