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Bitter cold temperatures and high sustained winds are apparently no match for crews with two local power companies. Hart EMC reports only three outages this morning on their Web site. Tuesday morning, some 5,500 customers were without power due to the ice storm that passed through Monday night that caused ice-laden trees to fall onto power lines. Hart EMC spokesman […]

Traffic was tied up for about an hour in Lavonia Wedneday morning when an 18-wheeler carrying a huge generator got stuck at the only major intersection in town. Authorities say the gooseneck trailer was carrying a generator on its way to North Carolina, but because of its size and length, the trailer couldn’t make the turn from SR17 onto SR59. […]

The City of Royston is beginning a review of its ordinances with a view towards making any needed updates or changes. At their regular meeting last week, the City Council and Mayor David Jordan received an update on the process from City attorney Andrea Grant. Grant said she has begun looking at the Zoning Ordinance and recommended the city allow […]

Governor Nathan Deal’s Senate floor leader Butch Miller (R-Gainesville) has introduced legislation to create an Opportunity School District that will allow the state to temporarily step in to assist chronically failing schools. Deal said in a press release this week, that while Georgia boasts of many schools that achieve academic excellence every year, there are still too many schools where […]

Prices will be higher this summer for people who take their garden produce to the Stephens County Cannery to be canned and preserved. Members of the Stephens County School Board recently voted to raise prices after a months long debate on the issue. In January, Stephens County School Superintendent Bryan Dorsey announced he was cutting back the cannery’s hours of […]