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Sunshot by Michael Hall

Sunshot by Michael Hall

Free pizza produces smiles

News Staff
Wednesday, April 1, 2020
Lentravious Geer, right, hands a pepperoni pizza from Little Caesar’s Pizza in Hartwell to Mason Sanders on Tuesday, March 31.
Sunshot by Michael Hall -- Darius Hunt, left, brings in carts from the parking lot at Quality Foods in Hartwell on Tuesday, March 31, as Kelsie Dean, right, cleans them to disinfect them as part of the store’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Sunshot by Michael Hall -- Darius Hunt, left, brings in carts from the parking lot at Quality Foods in Hartwell on Tuesday, March 31, as Kelsie Dean, right, cleans them to disinfect them as part of the store’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

First cases hit Hart

Grayson Williams
Wednesday, April 1, 2020
Hart County joined the growing number of counties in Georgia infected by the novel coronavirus as the first four cases of COVID-19 were reported in the county over the past week, coming on the heels of President Donald Trump declaring Georgia as a major disaster area due to the impacts of the virus.
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Hart County now has 2 confirmed cases

News Staff
Monday, March 30, 2020
Hart County now has two confirmed cases of COVID-19, according to the noon status update from the Georgia Department of Public Health.  The first case in the county was confirmed in the 7 p.m. report released Friday, March 27.
Marigolds at the 2019 FFA plant sale.

Marigolds at the 2019 FFA plant sale.

FFA plant sale a drive-through event this year

News Staff
Monday, March 30, 2020
The Hart County FFA plant sale on April 3 and 4 will be a drive-through event this year. “Obviously it will be a bit different this year,” said Hart County High School’s FFA advisor Anna Smith.
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First COVID-19 case confirmed in Hart County

News Staff
Saturday, March 28, 2020
Hart County's first case of COVID-19 was reported by the state Department of Public Health in its 7 p.m. status update on Friday. No information about the case was immediately available. More details will be reported as they become available.
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News Staff
Wednesday, March 25, 2020
The  Hart County Sheriff’s Office reported the following arrests: March 17 • Linda Michelle Early, 34, 14465 West Highway 55, Blacksburg, N.C.
Sunshot by Michael Hall — Josh Owen shows off the $100 he won by submitting the winning photo for the Hello Hart cover photo contest.

Sunshot by Michael Hall — Josh Owen shows off the $100 he won by submitting the winning photo for the Hello Hart cover photo contest.

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Photo winner in right place, right time

Drew Dotson
Wednesday, March 25, 2020
The winner of the photo contest to be featured on the cover of this year’s edition of Hello Hart, Josh Owen, happened to be at the right place at the right time.