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Severe Thunderstorm Warning – This storm coverage is being made possible by Skelton-Morris Associates, with offices in Hartwell, Toccoa, and Lavonia.  Insurance since 1912. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING GAC105-119-147-262315- /O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0041.150526T2210Z-150526T2315Z/ BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 610 PM EDT TUE MAY 26 2015 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE […]

Traffic fatalities on Georgia roadways over the 72-hour Memorial Day weekend rose from last year. The Memorial Day weekend traffic count began at 6p Friday and ended at midnight Monday. The Georgia State Patrol reports 15 people have died in traffic-related accidents this weekend up from 9 in 2014. Of the fatalities reported eight of those were on State highways […]

Royston’s City Council and mayor will meet for a called session this afternoon and are expected to vote on whether to close four railroad crossings through the center of town at the request of Hartwell Railroad officials. Hartwell Railroad is insisting the City close the crossings at SR17/Lee St., Carlton St., Bowers St., and Tony Jones St. At a public […]

Banks County authorities are continuing their investigation into how a 4-yr old child fell into a pool. According to Banks County Sheriff’s office spokesperson Sgt. Carrissa McFaddin , it happened Monday afternoon at home on Canter’s Run in Homer. “The four-year child had fallen into a swimming pool,” McFaddin said. “When deputies arrived, they found the child had been revived […]

Next time you go boating on Lake Hartwell and find yourself short a life jacket or two, no worries. The Georgia Department of Natural Resources Law Enforcement Division has installed a life jacket lending station at the Tugaloo Mega Ramp in Tugaloo State Park in Lavonia. On Friday DNR officers, along with rangers from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers […]