Category: News

A number of Northeast Georgia county commissioners have publicly endorsed State Agriculture Commissioner Gary Black’s run for the U.S. Senate. Last week Black’s campaign announced a total of 101 county commissioners from across Georgia endorsed Gary Black for U.S. Senate. Endorsements have come from Hart County Commissioners Michael Bennett, Commission vice-chair Joey Dorsey, and Commission Chairman Marshal Sayers. Commissioner Dennis […]

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Hartwell, GA man Thursday on a charge of Criminal Sexual Conduct with a Minor – 3 rd Degree. 49-year-old Timothy Edwin Carnes of Hart Terrace was booked into the Oconee County Detention Center around 8:59 pm Wednesday. Carnes was transported from the Hartwell, GA Police Department to the Oconee County Detention Center by […]

The Franklin County Board of Education has approved a plan to allow the creation of a Christian Learning Center and to allow parents to send their students classes there during regular school hours if they so desire. At their Board meeting Tuesday evening, school board members heard from Noel Pauley who is director of the Stephens County and Banks County […]

Georgia’s unemployment rate dropped to 3.1 percent in October, the lowest rate in Georgia’s recorded history. The rate was down two-tenths from a revised 3.3 percent in September. The national October 2021 unemployment rate was down two-tenths to 4.6 percent. Jobs in Georgia were up 21,000 over the month and are up 4.5 percent over the year to 4,605,600. “We […]

People across Georgia are hitting the roads early beginning today to spend their Thanksgiving holiday with family and friends. That’s why the Georgia Department of Transportation is also kicking off a new safety program in conjunction with the Lutzie 43 Foundation ahead of this year’s holiday travel. G-DOT and the Lutzie 43 Foundation have agreed upon a two-year partnership that […]