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By David Stephens, WSGC Radio, Elberton The Elbert County Sheriff’s Office is still looking for two men after a chase in Bowman ended in a crash two weeks ago. It happened on April 19th when a deputy noticed a Chevrolet Truck matched a lookout  Hartwell Police Department regarding a stolen vehicle.  The suspects failed to stop when the deputy tried […]

A Kansas man is the first traffic fatality in Oconee County, SC this year. Oconee County coroner Karl Addis said over the weekend  33-year old Frank Travis Yoho of LeRoy, Kanasas was found dead by friends on the Rochester Highway near Salem. Authorities say  Friday night Yoho was traveling north on SC 130 when his motorcycle ran off the right […]

Hart County Sheriff’s office has another reported  case of tax ID theft. Last week, the victim told authorities he had filed a request for an extension on his returns with his CPA in Hartwell. He said when his CPA tried to file the extension with the IRS, he was told a return had already been filed using the victim’s personal […]

The unemployment rate in the Georgia Mountains region  dropped  7.1 percent in March. That’s  down  from 7.5 percent in February and almost a full point from a year ago.  According to the Georgia Department of Labor, the rate declined because the number of unemployed workers  decreased. Right now in the Georgia Mountains region which includes Hart and Franklin counties,  21,849 […]

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Hart well Lake Office will open area campgrounds and day-use areas for the 2013 recreation season on May 1. The campgrounds include: Oconee Point and Coneross Campgrounds in Oconee County, S.C. , Paynes Creek and Georgia River Campgrounds in Hart County, Ga., and the Crescent Group Campground in Anderson County, S.C. The South Carolina […]