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Nurse Cassie Gowder holds up her COVID protective gear she wore at work to help protect her patients.

Nurse Cassie Gowder holds up her COVID protective gear she wore at work to help protect her patients.

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Emergency room nurses continue ‘making a difference’

Josh Brannen
Wednesday, September 21, 2022
Emergency room nurses are not always the first people you want to see when you need to go to the hospital, but there’s no better person to visit if your life is on the line. Cassie Gowder, 27, works at St. Mary’s Sacred Heart Hospital in Lavonia. She’s lived in Hart County all of her life.
Photo credit: Kenny Eliason

Photo credit: Kenny Eliason

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Teachers receive Bright Idea grants

News Staff
Wednesday, September 21, 2022
The Hart County Charter System is announced this week that 25 teachers are receiving Hart EMC Bright Ideas grants this year. Teachers from all five schools, and the alternative program, received funding September, 19, 2022 for the projects they requested.
Photo credit: Eric Deeran

Photo credit: Eric Deeran

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Scarecrows contest returns

News Staff
Wednesday, September 21, 2022
Scarecrows will scatter throughout downtown Hartwell for the 12th year this next month. The Scarecrow Bash will run from the last week in November until the annual Mayor’s Monster Mash on Oct. 31. Participants can begin putting up their scarecrows Sept. 24. They need to be taken down by Nov. 5.
Photo credit: Nikita Pavlov

Photo credit: Nikita Pavlov

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Catalytic converter thefts reported at boat ramps

Dan Hunt
Wednesday, September 21, 2022
According to Hart County Sheriff Mike Cleveland, users of local boat landings should be advised that there’s been a spree of catalytic converter thefts near local ramps, including those at Reed Creek and Elrod Ferry. “Once again, catalytic converter theft is back in swing,” Cleveland said.
A National Transportation Safety Board vessel used in the recovery of a sunken plane floats near Long Point Recreation area on the morning of Thursday, Sept. 15.

A National Transportation Safety Board vessel used in the recovery of a sunken plane floats near Long Point Recreation area on the morning of Thursday, Sept. 15.

Body, plane recovered: Pilot identified in tragic Lake Hartwell crash

Dan Hunt
Wednesday, September 21, 2022
With local, state and federal officials assisting, divers on Thursday, Sept. 15 were able to recover the body of a pilot whose double-engine plane crashed into Lake Hartwell and sank approximately 121 feet five days prior. At about 6 p.m.
Governor Brian Kemp, alongside state House Rep. Alan Powell, speaks to an audience at Britt Angus Farm in Hartwell on Saturday, Sept. 17. Kemp was one of 10 notable Republican speakers in a “Meet the candidates” event.

Governor Brian Kemp, alongside state House Rep. Alan Powell, speaks to an audience at Britt Angus Farm in Hartwell on Saturday, Sept. 17. Kemp was one of 10 notable Republican speakers in a “Meet the candidates” event.

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Kemp, other GOP hopefuls bring campaign to Hart County

Josh Brannen
Wednesday, September 21, 2022
On Saturday, September 17, notable Republican candidates in a busy Georgia election cycle campaigned at Britt Angus Farm in Hartwell to potential voters and presented their platforms for the upcoming midterm elections on November 8.
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Photo credit: David von Diemar

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The Blotter

News Staff
Wednesday, September 14, 2022
The Hart County Sheriff’s Office reported the following arrests:   Sept. 6 •Catherine Harris, 37, of Hartwell, was arrested and charged with burglary, possession of drug related objects, battery and cruelty to children in the third degree.
Photo credit: Insung Yoon

Photo credit: Insung Yoon

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# Throwback Thursday

News Staff
Wednesday, September 14, 2022
1916: Twenty cans of black bass fish were brought to Hartwell from a government fishery, and were distributed to various points along the Savannah River by a number of curious Hart County residents.
Kinsey Craft (center) poses for a picture fresh from a diving exercise alongside his fellow firefighters Jason Hawley (left) and James David (right).

Kinsey Craft (center) poses for a picture fresh from a diving exercise alongside his fellow firefighters Jason Hawley (left) and James David (right).

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Call to serve people, pets gives Craft ‘fulfillment’

Josh Brannen
Wednesday, September 14, 2022
If you play with fire, you get burned. However, if your job is to put fires out and work in them, your chances of getting burned grow substantially higher. Some people have such a calling to go into blazes willingly, and all in the name of service.
Photo credit: Cytonn Photography

Photo credit: Cytonn Photography

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County enters leasing agreement for new jail

Josh Brannen
Wednesday, September 14, 2022
On Tuesday, Sep. 13, the Hart County Board of Commissioners (BOC) adopted a resolution that will authorize a lease agreement between Hart County and the Association County Commissioners of Georgia (ACCG) to finance and build a new jail.