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Three Hart County High School students are facing charges after a routine drug sweep Friday. Hart County School Superintendent Jerry Bell said the school went into lock down Friday and using several law enforcement agencies, conducted a sweep of the school for drugs and other contraband. “We had drug dogs come in from multiple counties,” Bell said. “We do that […]

Some job seekers may soon find themselves collecting a paycheck instead of unemployment after Monday’s Hart County Career Expo. With the unemployment rate still in the double digits in most of Northeast Georgia, hundreds of people looking for work came from around Northeast Georgia and the Upstate Monday to Cateechee Golf Club in Hartwell, resumes in hand, hoping to land […]

The Hart County Humane Society will be hosting a multi-agency, three-day adoption event this weekend and they are seeking volunteers as well as potential adoptors. The PetSmart Charities National Adoption Weekend is Friday through Sunday, May 3 – 5 and the Hart County Humane Society, along with a number of other rescue organizations from the Northeast Georgia and Anderson area […]

Hartwell Lake is almost at full pool, but still the only lake in North Georgia still not where it should be. As of Monday evening, the lake level stood at 658.43 feet above mean sea level.  That’s just slightly over a foot below full pool, which is  659.46 ft msl. The increase is due to the rainfall we’ve had over […]

Gov. Nathan Deal has signed a bill into law that makes changes to a tax break program aimed at boosting Georgia tourism. Deal signed the bill Monday at an event at the Atlanta Motor Speedway. The Georgia Tourism Development Act, which offers tax rebates for building tourist attractions, was signed into law two years ago, but had been unavailable to […]