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Now that tax filing season is underway, the Internal Revenue  Service is reminding moderate to low-income tax payers they may be eligible for the Earned Income Tax Credit.  The Earned Income Tax Credit is a work incentive for individuals and families who earn less than $51-thousand dollars a year.  IRS spokesman Mark Green said, however, many taxpayers who are eligible […]

Sen. John Wilkinson (R- Toccoa) and Lt. Governor Casey Cagle welcomed Rev. Wayne Marcus of Tom’s Creek Baptist Church in Martin, Ga. to serve as the Chaplain of the Day on Monday, Feb. 3,  in the Georgia State Senate. As Chaplain of the Day, Rev. Marcus lead the Senators in the daily devotion before the work of the Senate got […]

Almost five years after his death, the trial in the civil lawsuit filed in the 2009 death of Lavonia pastor the Rev. Jonathan Ayers is underway in Gainesville.  Opening statements took place Monday in U.S. District Court in Gainesville before Judge Richard W. Story.  The Rev. Ayers was shot in the parking lot of a Toccoa gas station in September 2009 by […]

Hart County Commissioners have approved a new policy for how to pay employees during a severe weather event.  The Board of Commissioners met for a called session Friday night to discuss putting a written policy in place.   Last week’s snow and ice storm brought the lack of solid guidelines to the board’s attention, according to county administrator Jon Caime.  Caime […]

Qualifying for the District Two Hart County Commission seat has ended and five candidates are now vying for the seat left vacant by the sudden death of commissioner Dan Reyen last November.  They include Jerry Canady, James Faulkner, Gary Hamilton, Frankie Teasley and Charles Walters.  Canady was the first to come forward in early December to announce his intention to […]