Photo submitted - Corrina Crumpton, in the middle holding an envelope, received tickets to swim with whale sharks at the Georgia Aquarium from her class after the students learned of her wish.
Sunshot from file - The crowd at the Pre-Fourth celebration in downtown Hartwell enjoys the festival last June. The Hartwell Main Street Program has been named the Main Street Program of the Month for January 2020.
Sunshot by Michael Hall - The shoreline of Hart State Park, which has operated as Hart State Recreation Area since 2009, is shown. The park is set to become Hartwell Lakeside after the city of Hartwell ended a nearly 10-year effort to get a lease for the park from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Sunshot from file — Hart County Sheriff Mike Cleveland, to the left of the table, and District Attorney Parks White, to the right of the table, pose for a photo earlier this year with deputies and a large amount of methamphetamine that had been formed in the shape of candles.
Sunshot by Michael Hall — Hart College and Career Academy students Zack Hart, left, and Austin Brown, right, pose for a photo in the welding lab at the school recently. The pair were hired recently to work at Fabritex in Hartwell.
The blotter
Winners of the Anti-Drug and Alcohol poster winners are front row from left to right, Kadyn Cromer, Cara Cook, Chloe Hendrix , Peyton McCollum and Ashley Brown. Back Row from left to right are Deanna Howell, Kalee Bond, Leah Fleeman, Ka’lis Blackwell, Mckenzie Teasley, Mickinzie Clark and Jacee Adams.
Police around the state say they will be on the hunt for DUI violators this holiday season.
Sunshot by Michael Hall — James Edward Thornton, or “Mr. Ed” as he is known at the Hart County Senior Center, poses for a photo in the community room at the center recently. Thornton is 98 years old.
Sunshots by Grayson Williams — Briamah Edmond runs under an arch of hands made by basketball players and cheerleaders at Buddy Basketball on Dec. 16 at Hart County High School.
