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Throwback Thursday

News Staff
Wednesday, December 22, 2021
1930: A chicken farmer in the Reed Creek area noticed something unusual among his new hatchlings — one of his chicks had three legs. 1948: After searching for two years, sheriff Carey Carter located the largest underground still in Hart County with a 125-gallon capacity.
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The Blotter

News Staff
Wednesday, December 22, 2021
The Hart County Sheriff’s Office reported the following arrests: Dec. 14 •Devon Lee Adams, 21, of Hartwell, was arrested and charged with crossing guard lines with drugs, weapons or intoxicants, DUI, failure to drive within a single lane and possession of a controlled substance.
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REACH donors visit HCHS

News Staff
Wednesday, December 22, 2021
Representatives of the William D. Harris Foundation visited Hartwell on Monday, December 13, bringing with them a $2,500 donation to the REACH Hart scholarship program through the Hart County Education Foundation. William D.
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Church of Christ welcomes new preacher

News Staff
Wednesday, December 22, 2021
On January 2, 2022, the Hartwell Church of Christ will have a new preacher in the pulpit. Since 2008, Aubrey Prestridge has faithfully served in that position but announced earlier this year his plan to retire at the end of the year.
Living Nativity participants assume their spots at the annual Christmas tree lighting held Nov. 22.

Living Nativity participants assume their spots at the annual Christmas tree lighting held Nov. 22.

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Hart faith leaders talk true meaning of Christmas

News Staff
Wednesday, December 22, 2021
Christmas Day will be celebrated by the people of Hartwell along with billions of other Christians across the globe, and three Hart County ministers chose to remind Christians in the area why it is important to observe and remember the reason behind Christmas Day.
A photo inside the Hart County Historical Society Museum depicts the occasion of the first women ever casting her vote in Hart County. Pictured are Mary Morris and Emma Key voting in the 1921 mayoral election.

A photo inside the Hart County Historical Society Museum depicts the occasion of the first women ever casting her vote in Hart County. Pictured are Mary Morris and Emma Key voting in the 1921 mayoral election.

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Dec. 21 marks 100 years of women voting in Hart Co.

Drew Dotson
Wednesday, December 22, 2021
December 21, 2021, marked the 100th anniversary of the women in Hart County voting for the first time. Kathryn Pfaender, secretary for the Hart County Historical Society, was instrumental in memorializing the first female voters here.
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Man arrested in Hartwell after alleged home invasions

News Staff
Wednesday, December 22, 2021
On Tuesday morning, Dec. 21, Hart County law enforcement apprehended a Texas man who is accused of two alleged home invasions in Anderson, SC. Jeffrey Mixson of Wichita Falls, Texas was arrested in an alleged stolen vehicle on Reed Creek Road by the Hart County’s sheriff’s department.