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Comm. Bennett, Rep. Collins win re-election

Rachel Black - Staff Writer
Wednesday, November 6, 2024
Local election results were revealed promptly at the Hart County Board of Elections on Tuesday night, culminating in victories for Hart County Commissioner Michael Bennett and Representative Mike Collins. Overall, Hart County cast 14,447 ballots—78.02% of its 18,517 registered voters.
Former Bulldog and current UNC defensive end Kaimon Rucker holds up the UNC WWE turnover belt after collecting an interception in the Tar Heels 41-10 win in Charlottesville against the Cavaliers of Virginia. Photo by UNC Athletics.

Former Bulldog and current UNC defensive end Kaimon Rucker holds up the UNC WWE turnover belt after collecting an interception in the Tar Heels 41-10 win in Charlottesville against the Cavaliers of Virginia. Photo by UNC Athletics.

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Rucker earns multiple honors after stellar performance at UVA

Benjamin London - Sports Editor and Staff Writer
Wednesday, October 30, 2024
After spending most of the season out with a knee injury, a fully healthy Kaimon Rucker had his career best performance to earn him national honors. Former Hart County and current UNC defensive end Kaimon Rucker and the Tar Heels traveled to Charlottesville, Va.
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Report criticizes Georgia’s limited Medicaid expansion

News Staff
Wednesday, October 30, 2024
ATLANTA - Enrollment in Georgia’s year-old limited Medicaid expansion program is well below expectations because of a cumbersome enrollment process and restrictive eligibility criteria, an Atlanta-based public policy group reported Tuesday.
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Kemp announces another $1 billion tax rebate

News Staff
Wednesday, October 30, 2024
For the second time in three years, Gov. Brian Kemp is giving Georgians a tax rebate worth more than $1 billion. Kemp announced Oct. 22 he will include the rebate in the mid-year budget he introduces to the General Assembly in January.
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Trump rallies his troops at Georgia Tech

News Staff
Wednesday, October 30, 2024
ATLANTA - Former President Donald Trump brought his 2024 presidential campaign to the campus of Georgia Tech in Midtown Atlanta Monday night. Just eight days before Election Day, the Republican nominee called Georgia critical to a Trump victory over Vice President Kamala Harris on Nov. 5.
2024 YBC T-shirt Art Contest Middle School and Grand Prize Winner: Barred owl by Aleena Huang, 13, of SKA Academy of Art and Design in Duluth.

2024 YBC T-shirt Art Contest Middle School and Grand Prize Winner: Barred owl by Aleena Huang, 13, of SKA Academy of Art and Design in Duluth.

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DNR opens youth birding T-shirt art contest

Patrick Fargason - Editor and Publisher
Wednesday, October 30, 2024
The Georgia Department of Natural Resources announces the opening of Georgia’s 19th annual Youth Birding Competition which asks children and teens to celebrate birds through a T-shirt art contest.