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Sunshot by Michael Hall - Hart County Sheriff Mike Cleveland, right, and deputies escort Larrendrick Rashad Tabor, center, from a squad car to an ambulance after his arrest Tuesday, Jan. 28, for his alleged involvement in a Monday night murder in Hart County.

Sunshot by Michael Hall - Hart County Sheriff Mike Cleveland, right, and deputies escort Larrendrick Rashad Tabor, center, from a squad car to an ambulance after his arrest Tuesday, Jan. 28, for his alleged involvement in a Monday night murder in Hart County.

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MANHUNT NETS MURDER ARREST

News Staff
Wednesday, January 29, 2020
A 12-hour manhunt ended Tuesday morning when Hart County Deputies and Georgia State Troopers arrested a man in front of South Hart Elementary School they say shot and killed a man and wounded a woman Monday.
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Hart County Schools’ honor rolls and merit lists

News Staff
Wednesday, January 22, 2020
HONOR ROLL South Hart Elementary Fourth Grade — Abigail Fleming, Sean Hill, Kirkland Jones and River Powell. Fifth Grade — Kenny Sudderth, Kendra Calenzing, Landry Carter, Cara Cook, Kahner Ethridge, Torin McCurley, Rose Rowland, Daniel Tran, Jose Mendez and Logan Terrell.
Sunshot by Drew Dotson - Shirlena Sturghill-Barnett, 38, is hoping to find a kidney donor and is raising awareness about kidney diseases while she waits.

Sunshot by Drew Dotson - Shirlena Sturghill-Barnett, 38, is hoping to find a kidney donor and is raising awareness about kidney diseases while she waits.

Local woman seeks kidney donor, raises awareness

Drew Dotson
Wednesday, January 22, 2020
For three hours, three days a week, Shirlena Sturghill-Barnett is hooked up to a machine that filters the waste in her blood via a port in her neck, the vital job that her kidneys are no longer able to do.
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Property tax dates run through April

Drew Dotson
Wednesday, January 22, 2020
The Hart County Tax Commissioner’s office is urging residents to file for property tax returns before the deadline on April 1. Certain people may be eligible for homestead exemptions from ad valorem taxation.
Sunshots by Michael Hall - Hart County Probate Court Judge Merry Kirk, left, conducts the swearing-in ceremony for Pruitt Manley, center, the new mayor of Bowersville, as his wife Lori Manley, right, holds the Bible.

Sunshots by Michael Hall - Hart County Probate Court Judge Merry Kirk, left, conducts the swearing-in ceremony for Pruitt Manley, center, the new mayor of Bowersville, as his wife Lori Manley, right, holds the Bible.

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New Bowersville mayor, council sworn in

Michael Hall
Wednesday, January 22, 2020
Bowersville has a new mayor, two new town council members and a new public comment policy. Mayor Pruitt Manley and council members Melissa Holloway and Ted Yeargin all took their oaths of office at the Bowersville Community Center on Jan. 16, the town’s first regular meeting of 2020.
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Art Center hosting Black History Month exhibit

Michael Hall
Wednesday, January 22, 2020
Hart County’s African-American history and art will be on display in February at The Art Center in downtown Hartwell. The Black History Month Exhibit will kick off with an opening reception from 6-8 p.m. Feb. 13 and will run through March 7 at the center, 338 E. Howell St.
Sunshot by Grayson Williams - American Legion Post 109 members Charles Howard, left, and Sidney Reed, right, look at pictures on the wall at the Post’s clubhouse in Hartwell.

Sunshot by Grayson Williams - American Legion Post 109 members Charles Howard, left, and Sidney Reed, right, look at pictures on the wall at the Post’s clubhouse in Hartwell.

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American Legion serves local veterans for a century

Grayson Williams
Wednesday, January 22, 2020
Through all of the technological advancements, political shifts and other changes that have occurred in the last century, one constant has remained in Hart County — American Legion Post 109’s unwavering dedication to veterans.
Sunshot by Drew Dotson - Matthew Strickland, left, and Arnold Strickland, right, pose for a photo in the chapel at Strickland Funeral Home in Hartwell. The funeral home is turning 45-years-old this year.

Sunshot by Drew Dotson - Matthew Strickland, left, and Arnold Strickland, right, pose for a photo in the chapel at Strickland Funeral Home in Hartwell. The funeral home is turning 45-years-old this year.

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Strickland Funeral Home turns 45

Drew Dotson
Wednesday, January 22, 2020
While the Strickland Funeral home is having it’s 45th anniversary this year, the Strickland family legacy in the funeral business goes back even further. “My dad started this business from the ground up in ‘75. He had been working for another firm for 32 years before that.
Sunshot by Michael Hall - From left to right are Quality Foods store manager Tony Lark, Joan Kimbrell, Curtis Seymour, Eric Bailey, Shannon Vickery and Tex Maxwell.

Sunshot by Michael Hall - From left to right are Quality Foods store manager Tony Lark, Joan Kimbrell, Curtis Seymour, Eric Bailey, Shannon Vickery and Tex Maxwell.

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Quality Foods notes 25 yrs. in Hart

Michael Hall
Wednesday, January 22, 2020
Tony Lark has been around the grocery business since he was 13 years old. Now at 61, he knows he found where he wants to be — Quality Foods. His career with Quality Foods began in 1997 after being with other companies when he was a co-manager of the Hartwell store that opened two years earlier.
Sunshot by Michael Hall - The Rev. Jermaine Drinkard speaks at the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day ceremony presented by the Hart County NAACP on Monday, Jan. 20, at Sardis Missionary Baptist Church.

Sunshot by Michael Hall - The Rev. Jermaine Drinkard speaks at the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day ceremony presented by the Hart County NAACP on Monday, Jan. 20, at Sardis Missionary Baptist Church.

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Ceremony recognizes MLK Day

Michael Hall
Wednesday, January 22, 2020
Standing for the future means standing with God was the spiritual message provided by the Rev. Jermaine Drinkard on Jan. 20 at the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day program put on by the Hart County NAACP.