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Hartwell City Councilman Tray Hicks has been elected second vice president for District 2 of the Georgia Municipal Association. Hicks was named second VP at the association’s annual convention in Savannah on Aug. 8.  Tifton Mayor Julie Smith was elected first vice president. Hicks will serve as a liaison between GMA and municipal officials in GMA’s District 2. He will also […]

By Phil Hobbs, WNEG Radio, Toccoa In Toccoa-Stephens County, “Project C-47” is making progress at Camp Toccoa at Currahee. In 2017, members of the Camp Toccoa at Currahee Project has had the vintage World War II C-47 aircraft since May 2017. The plane is like the kind paratroopers from the 101st Airborne used to jump into Normandy on D-Day. Camp […]

Today, Governor Brian P. Kemp announced the Georgia National Guard, in coordination with the Georgia Emergency Management Agency and the Department of Community Health, will deploy 105 personnel to hospitals throughout the state. These trained medical personnel will assist staff at the following hospitals: ▪ Southeast Georgia Health System, Brunswick ▪ Northeast Georgia Medical Center, Gainesville ▪ Wellstar Kennestone, Marietta […]

The Hart County Grand Jury last week returned  indictments and among them was an indictment against a Bowersville man on six counts of statutory rape and child molestation dating back to 2015. 36-year old Jeremy Leonard Green was indicted on August 17. The six-count indictment alleges Green molested and raped a teenage girl under the age of 16 from July […]

With the surge in COVID-19 cases, District 2 Public Health is opening up two additional drive-thru testing sites at the Franklin and Lumpkin County health departments. Franklin County Mako testing site will open on Wednesday, and the Lumpkin County Mako testing site will open this Thursday. District 2 Public Health spokeswoman Natasha Young said in a press release that since […]