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Amtrak has fully restored its rail service on all lines after a deal was reached last week to avoid a strike by freight rail line workers. That includes the Crescent Rail Service through Toccoa and Clemson. Amtrak had canceled all long-distance trains in all corners of the country as well as some state-sponsored routes as a potential freight railroad strike […]

St. Mary’s Hospital, the flagship facility of St. Mary’s Health Care System, has received the American Heart Association’s 2022 Silver Get With The Guidelines® – Resuscitation quality achievement award for its commitment to treating in-hospital cardiac arrest, ultimately helping to improve survival rates. Each year, more than 300,000 adults and children experience an in-hospital cardiac arrest. Survival from cardiac arrest […]

Hart County Sheriff Mike Cleveland has released the name of the pilot killed last weekend when his plane crashed into Lake Hartwell. He is 55-year-old Todd Jeffrey Carrell of North Port, Florida. Carrell took off from the Punta Gorda airport, in Florida Saturday morning, September 10 on his way to the Anderson Regional Airport in SC. There was rain in […]

The Franklin County Board of Elections welcomes a new board member and an Interim Elections Supervisor. Board Chair Scott Andrews welcomed new Elections Board member Cindy Banks and announced Traci Creason has been named as the Interim Elections Supervisor. Creason has served in the Franklin County Board of Elections office as the Elections Clerk. She takes over for former Elections Supervisor […]

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District, is set to celebrate National Public Lands Day at Hartwell Lake Saturday, Sept. 24, 2022, and they are looking for volunteers to help clean up areas around the lake. National Public Lands Day is an annual event held across the nation when hundreds of thousands of volunteers gather together to help restore […]