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Once again, the scarecrows are coming to Hartwell and now is the time to learn how to have them in front of your business or home. Hartwell Downtown Development Authority is sponsoring their annual Scarecrow Bash competition in October and this weekend, those wanting to learn more about how to make the best scarecrow can attend scarecrow school. Speaking last […]

A 2013 Hart County High School graduate and Hartwell, Ga. native is serving aboard USS John S. McCain (DDG 56), living and working at a Navy base in Japan. Seaman Apprentice Willie Keese is stationed aboard the ship operating out of Japan. Often called “the tip of the spear,”Yokosuka is located approximately 35 miles south of Tokyo and accommodates our […]

Just a reminder that as part of World Rabies Day, Tugaloo Animal Hospital in Lavonia is offering $5 rabies vaccines for cats and dogs beginning today through Saturday. Dr. April Steele has been offering the $5 rabies shots for the past seven years on World Rabies Day. Steele said rabies is a dangerous disease to pets and humans. In the […]

By Charlie Bauder, WNEG Radio, Toccoa Too many dogs and cats and not enough adoptions. That’s the problem facing the Toccoa-Stephens County Humane Shelter.  The overcrowding has prompted the shelter to institute a kind of BOGO sale during the month of October. It’s called Pick a Pair. Shelter director Jeff Roberts says people will be able to adopt a dog […]

Hart County Commissioners have put off a recommendation to change how team uniforms are purchased at the Rec Department. At their meeting Tuesday evening, the board considered a request to bid out basketball uniforms. However, commission chair Joey Dorsey recommended the board consider stopping the practice of having the county pay for Rec Department team uniforms and leave that to […]