Local

Jerry “Scoot” Rice and Scott Bailey are donating X-ray machine equipment left in the former medical building they are turning into a storage facility.

Jerry “Scoot” Rice and Scott Bailey are donating X-ray machine equipment left in the former medical building they are turning into a storage facility.

 Exclusive Subscriber Content

Businessmen donate X-ray machine to ministry

News Staff
Wednesday, January 5, 2022
Since his team is working to turn the former Lavonia Medical Offices on Augusta Road into a climate-controlled storage facility, Scott Bailey and his business partners had no need for the X-ray machine left in the building.
The Hartwell Sun

The Hartwell Sun

 Exclusive Subscriber Content

#THROWBACK THURSDAY

News Staff
Wednesday, January 5, 2022
1916: Swilling, a man wanted for murder in Anderson, SC, traveled to Hartwell only to kill one more before being arrested and put in jail.
The Hartwell Sun

The Hartwell Sun

 Exclusive Subscriber Content

The Blotter

News Staff
Wednesday, January 5, 2022
The Hart County Sheriff’s Office reported the following arrests: Dec.
Man and woman practice COVID protocols. Photo credit: Maxime

Man and woman practice COVID protocols. Photo credit: Maxime

 Exclusive Subscriber Content

Control what we can through frustrating COVID saga

Dan Hunt
Wednesday, January 5, 2022
We have a responsibility as a community to do what we can to reduce the transmission of COVID in 2022, as we did in 2021. The Georgia Department of Public Health has reported that the outbreak of the omicron variant has reached our state.
Road block at Red Rock Fire. Photo credit: GregC

Road block at Red Rock Fire. Photo credit: GregC

 Exclusive Subscriber Content

GSP: Man dead after chase, accident; driver charged with murder

Dan Hunt
Wednesday, January 5, 2022
A Hart County chase and accident on Dec. 26 led to the death of a Maysville, Ga. resident. According to a Georgia State Patrol crash report obtained by the Sun, Robert Fortner, 22, was ejected from the backseat of a 2009 Toyota Camry, which hit a tree during a chase.
Patrick Wireman (left), a VFW volunteer (center), and Jason Nichols (right) help load supplies in Wireman’s trailer for tornado victims in Ky.

Patrick Wireman (left), a VFW volunteer (center), and Jason Nichols (right) help load supplies in Wireman’s trailer for tornado victims in Ky.

 Exclusive Subscriber Content

Hartwell veteran volunteers with Kentucky post-tornado effort

Josh Brannen
Wednesday, January 5, 2022
For veteran and Hartwell resident Patrick Wireman, serving others is a way of life, and in the tornado ravaged towns of Murray and Mayfield, Ky., his service was needed.
A boy with mask on on the steps waiting for school. Photo credit: Kelly Sikkema

A boy with mask on on the steps waiting for school. Photo credit: Kelly Sikkema

 Exclusive Subscriber Content

Charter system updates COVID protocols

News Staff
Wednesday, January 5, 2022
The Hart County Charter System (HCCS) released updated COVID-19 protocols on Tuesday, Jan. 4, two days before the schools were set to resume.
Bailey.

Bailey.

 Exclusive Subscriber Content

Man indicted on molestation charges

Drew Dotson
Wednesday, January 5, 2022
A Royston man was indicted with several counts of child molestation and incest  on Dec. 21, 2021. Joey Wilton Bailey, 39, was indicted with seven felony charges including aggravated sodomy, aggravated child molestation, incest, child molestation, aggravated assault and false imprisonment.
Photo Submitted- A rendering provided by the developer depicts a proposal of the style for the townhome-like dwellings.

Photo Submitted- A rendering provided by the developer depicts a proposal of the style for the townhome-like dwellings.

 Exclusive Subscriber Content

Council hears plans for Ridge Road apartment complex

Drew Dotson
Wednesday, January 5, 2022
A developer wants to bring an 80-unit multifamily housing project to Hartwell. On Monday, Jan. 3, the Hartwell City Council  heard the first reading of an annexation and zoning of a property on Ridge Road next to Juniper Court.