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#THROWBACK THURSDAY

News Staff
Wednesday, November 18, 2020
Nov. 19, 1948 — Hartwell had a rat problem that required an extermination campaign by the Georgia State Department of Health. Four cases of typhus fever in the area in recent months caused Mayor Wilson Page and the Board of Aldermen to look into the matter.
Photo submitted - Children in Haiti smile with their Joybags given to them by Love Him Love Them ministries during a trip to Haiti last holiday season.

Photo submitted - Children in Haiti smile with their Joybags given to them by Love Him Love Them ministries during a trip to Haiti last holiday season.

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Ministry needs holiday volunteers

Drew Dotson
Wednesday, November 18, 2020
The Love Him Love Them Ministry of Lavonia needs volunteers for three ministry events in the next month. Love Him Love Them is partnering with Feed the Hunger to pack 10,000 meals to send to Haiti.
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HCHS graduation rate tops 95%

Grayson Williams
Wednesday, November 18, 2020
“Finish what you start” has been a motto in the Hart County Charter System — and the graduation rate appears to show employees and students are both taking the saying to heart. The state released the 2020 graduation rates last week and Hart County eclipsed the state average, 83.8 percent, with a 95.
Justin Saylors fixes a lighted snowflake to a utility pole on Depot Street Tuesday afternoon.

Justin Saylors fixes a lighted snowflake to a utility pole on Depot Street Tuesday afternoon.

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Hanging up the holidays

News Staff
Wednesday, November 18, 2020
A Hartwell public works crew canvassed the city on Tuesday, Nov. 17, hanging up Christmas decorations as Thanksgiving and the annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony nears next Tuesday.
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IBA approves $870M bonds for Purina

Michael Hall
Wednesday, November 18, 2020
An $870 million expansion to the Nestlé-Purina facility in Hartwell took a major step forward this week when the Hart County Industrial Building Authority approved a bond resolution. The IBA voted unanimously, 5-0, in a special-called meeting on Nov.
A fire at this Franklin Place apartment on Sunday is responsible for a local woman's death, local officials believe..

A fire at this Franklin Place apartment on Sunday is responsible for a local woman's death, local officials believe..

Woman perishes in fire

News Staff
Monday, November 16, 2020
An accidental house fire killed a local woman in Hartwell on Sunday. Sharon Montgomery, 62, of Hartwell, died Sunday, Nov. 15 at apartment 304 in 84 West Franklin Place after her residence caught on fire. The Office of Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John F.
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HYDRA hosting Thanksgiving holiday school break camp

News Staff
Wednesday, November 11, 2020
Hart Youth Development Resource Association, or HYDRA, is hosting a school break camp from Nov. 23-25. The camp is open to children from kindergarten to eighth grade and includes breakfast, lunch and snacks. The camp will run each day from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Hart sees virus cases increase, 34 currently active

Hart sees virus cases increase, 34 currently active

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Hart sees virus cases increase, 34 currently active

Grayson Williams
Wednesday, November 11, 2020
Confirmed COVID-19 cases and deaths are still rising in Hart County as the White House added Georgia back into the “red zone” for coronavirus cases this week. Hart County is still considered a “high transmission” county for COVID-19, according to the Department of Public Health.