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Some locations in Royston were used recently to film scenes for a new TV Show. According to Downtown Development Authority Director Candy Rhoades, a film crew from Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta was in town for several days shooting scenes for a new TV Show, called “If Loving You Is Wrong.” Crews shot scenes inside the former Cobb Memorial Hospital […]

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, in partnership with the Lake Hartwell Association will host the 34th annual Hartwell Lake Cleanup Campaign, Aug. 1 through Sept. 20. Volunteers from scout groups, civic clubs, subdivision residents, businesses, families and friends are encouraged to pick up litter and other non-natural debris on and around Hartwell Lake. All volunteers will receive detailed information, […]

Rabun County authorities and the FAA continue to investigate a Saturday plane crash that killed one person. It happened about 9a near Heaven’s Landing, an upscale fly-in community outside of Clayton. The victim is identified as the pilot, 65-year old Ernest Merkelis of Clayton. A spokesperson for Heaven’s Landing said the plane was headed to Chicgao and then on to […]

Georgia Department of Transportation crews will be back out in force throughout counties in our area this week, weather permitting, doing some routine road work. Banks – A crew repair the driving surface of the SR 59 Bridge over the Hudson River, a lane will be closed as this work occurs. The shoulders alongside SR 51 and SR 63 will […]

  Hart County’s Board of Commissioners wants more to be done to keep its newly acquired parks clean. At their regular meeting Tuesday evening, Commission chair Joey Dorsey asked that a plan be developed after Longpoint Park was left in a trashy mess over the July 4th holiday. “One thing I’ve asked is let’s look at a plan for a […]