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A Hartwell man who pleaded guilty to felony animal cruelty will learn his sentence next month. 52-year-old Steven Whitfield pleaded guilty to two counts of felony animal cruelty in Hart County Superior Court on February 27 and no contest to six other felony animal cruelty charges. He is expected back in court on April 4 to learn his sentence. In […]

Franklin County’s Board of Commissioners continues efforts to make life easier for those in the County who are building residential homes to pay for permits and inspections. The move comes in response to complaints about the high fees charged by a third-party inspection firm hired by the County compared to what neighboring counties are charging. At their February work session, […]

In Hart County, two people arrested in connection with a drug bust in January have been indicted by the Hart County Grand Jury. Sheriff Mike Cleveland said on January 17 GBI agents and Hart County Investigators went to a home on Ridge Road where they recovered what Cleveland said was a “trafficking amount of marijuana” along with cash and a […]

North Georgia Technical College has been approved by the Georgia Board of Nursing to offer a new program bridge pathway from Practical Nursing (PN) to an Associate of Science Degree in Nursing (ASN). The new ASN Bridge Option program will provide an accelerated, direct academic pathway to Registered Nursing (RN) for current PNs by using prior learning and previous work […]

Believe it or not, it’s time to Spring Forward. Daylight savings time starts this weekend when we set our clocks ahead one hour. Smartphones and computers will automatically jump ahead an hour Sunday morning, but other clocks in our homes still need to be manually advanced one hour Saturday night. Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John F. King says this […]