Category: News

Toys for Tots is kicking off its annual “Fill the Box” Virtual Toy Drive this week. The 2022 holiday season marks the 75th anniversary of the Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots Program, and the number of children in need this year has increased significantly. Record-high inflation is affecting all of us — but the stress of high costs can […]

Walhalla Police Chief Tim Rice has released more information on the stabbing death of 43-year old Terrance Boyd last month. 37-year-old, Lakeisha McLendon of Hartwell has been arrested and charged with his murder. Chief Rice said Wednesday that Boyd and McLendon worked together at a local manufacturing plant in Walhalla and that the relationship extended outside of work. Walhalla is […]

A Toccoa man has died in a two-car wreck in Franklin County. According to Georgia State Patrol Trooper J.R. Dean with GSP Hartwell Post 52 it happened just after 3p Tuesday afternoon at the intersection of Stone Bridge and Grady School Roads. Trooper Dean said a white 1998 Ford F-250 driven by 57-year Robby Douglas McDaniel of Jefferson, was traveling […]

Hart County Sheriff Mike Cleveland is asking for the public’s help for information about a shooting death early Tuesday. Sheriff Cleveland said it happened in the early morning hours Tuesday on the Bowman Highway near Hickory Crossing. “About 1a this morning we got word that there had been a pedestrian evidently struck and killed and was in the roadway,” he […]

The Archway Partnership has completed a number of larger projects in Hart County making the County an Archway Connector Resilient Community. At a recent Board of Commissioners meeting, Hart County Archway Director Dr. Rosanna Cruz gave the Board a six-month update on projects they’ve completed and ones in the planning stages. Cruz said this year’s Agriculture Expo had record-breaking attendance […]