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Main Street Toccoa announces its 2021 Ida Cox Music Series, which begins Saturday, June 5, 2021. The headlining act for the first week of the Series will be Toccoa Jazz, a local favorite. Toccoa Jazz is known within Toccoa and throughout Northeast Georgia for their venerable selection of jazz classics and their excellent performance. The group has opened the summer […]

Two teenagers have been arrested by the Hart County Sheriff’s office for throwing rocks at passing cars over the weekend. According to Hart County Sheriff Mike Cleveland, the teens were allegedly throwing the rocks from a pick-up truck Monday morning as they drove down Reed Creek Highway. “They were shooting these rocks from a really high-powered slingshot. They were using […]

It was another historically busy Memorial Day weekend on Lake Hartwell, according to DNR Law Enforcement officials, and that resulted in more incidents. DNR Law Enforcement Officer Craig Fulghum said they had two people injured while on the lake, one arrest, and issued numerous citations. “Friday night we got a call about a male subject who had been on the […]

Hart County High School is now one of 53 schools in the state selected to join the second year of The GRE4T Initiative: Georgia’s Pathway to Personalized Learning. GRE4T is an $18.5 million federal grant to expand virtual and personalized learning in the state. In furthering professional learning opportunities, Hart County High School plans to develop a team within the […]

A 2021 Franklin County High School grad has signed a letter of intent to judge for the Emmanuel College Livestock Judging team. Makenzie Godwin is a member of the Franklin County 4-H Livestock Judging team and a recent graduate of Franklin County High School. Godwin will receive a four-year scholarship for being a member of the team along with the […]