Category: News

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 […]

A drifter previously convicted of killing and beheading hikers in Florida and north Georgia will serve four additional life sentences for murdering a North Carolina couple in a national forest. The Associated Press reports Gary Michael Hilton was sentenced Thursday in Asheville, NC for kidnapping and killing John and Irene Bryant in 2007. Hilton camped out looking for victims.  He […]

The Lavonia Downtown Development Authority and the Lavonia Friends of the Library are hosting the first ever Festival of Authors Saturday from 10a to 1p at the Gazebo on Main St. in downtown Lavonia.  Surprisingly, Franklin County and Lavonia are home to literally dozens of published authors spanning everything from science fiction novels to children’s books to historical biographies. DDA […]