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Spring is here and now is the time to make sure your pet is vaccinated against rabies. This year, the Northeast Georgia Animal Shelter in Lavonia is again holding its annual low-cost rabies clinic next month. Shelter Director Tammie Jourdenais is encouraging anyone who needs to have their pet vaccinated to bring them to the shelter on Saturday, April 23. […]

Kao USA Inc. is asking consumers to check their Jergens® Ultra Healing Moisturizer 3 oz and 10 oz products to determine if it is part of a voluntary recall of the product. Select units of Jergens® Ultra Healing Moisturizer could show the presence of Pluralibacter gergoviae, a bacterium that typically poses little medical risk to healthy people. However, people who […]

By State Representative Alan Powell, HD 32  The House reconvened on 3/15/22, Crossover Day, spending the day debating and voting, passing almost 60 bills and resolutions by the time we adjourned around 11 p.m. House Bill 1354: Wrongful Conviction Compensation Act: Streamlines and standardizes the compensation process for wrongful accused House Bill 1435: Education; need-based financial aid program: Allows part-time […]

A Bowersville man charged with six counts of statutory rape and child molestation dating back to 2015 has pleaded not guilty in Hart County Superior Court. On Monday, the attorney for 36-year old Jeremy Leonard Green entered a waiver of not-guilty plea on all counts. Green was arrested in June 2021 and later indicted on August 17, 2021. The six-count […]

Hart County Commissioner Ricky Carter’s arrest over the weekend does not affect his ability to run for re-election for District 4. Carter, a Republican, qualified to run for re-election and is running against Republican challenger Jeff Dale Brown. That race will be held on May 24. Carter was first elected to the Hart County Board of Commissioners in 2012 and […]