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Sunshot by MIchael Hall - Above, Bell Family YMCA director Mandy Floyd, from left to right, and Lake Hartwell Pickleball Club members Angie Putman, Henley Cleary, president Eddie McCurley and Peggy Vickery break ground on what will become the club’s outdoor courts at the YMCA in Hartwell on Monday, Aug. 24.

Sunshot by MIchael Hall - Above, Bell Family YMCA director Mandy Floyd, from left to right, and Lake Hartwell Pickleball Club members Angie Putman, Henley Cleary, president Eddie McCurley and Peggy Vickery break ground on what will become the club’s outdoor courts at the YMCA in Hartwell on Monday, Aug. 24.

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Outdoor pickleball coming to YMCA thanks to fundraising effort

Drew Dotson
Wednesday, August 26, 2020
The Bell Family YMCA and the Lake Hartwell Pickleball Club broke ground on new outdoor pickleball courts on Monday, Aug. 24. The four courts will cover 8,160 square feet and will take over a portion of the old baseball/softball field in front of the YMCA.
The Hartwell Sun

The Hartwell Sun

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Governor forms review board for Oglesby case

Michael Hall
Wednesday, August 26, 2020
Governor Brian Kemp has assembled a review commission to consider whether or not to recommend a Hart County Commissioner officially be suspended from office. If suspension is recommended, commissioner R.C. Oglesby would be replaced by a Kemp appointment.
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The Blotter

News Staff
Wednesday, August 26, 2020
The Hart County Sheriff’s Office reported the following arrests:  Aug. 18 • Tyler Harrison Maxwell, 26, 1475 Bakers Bridge Rd., Royston, was arrested and charged with aggravated assault with a knife.  • Loyd Paul Lewis, 57, 205 S. Webb St.
The Hartwell Sun

The Hartwell Sun

#Throwback Thursday

News Staff
Wednesday, August 19, 2020
Aug. 23, 1918 A “real” potato market was coming to Hartwell for the first time.  County agent at the time John H. Warren arranged to equip a building with crates, which were considered to be better than bins because they could be carried to the field and stored in the house without being bruised.
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The Blotter

News Staff
Wednesday, August 19, 2020
The Hartwell Police Department reported the following incidents and citations: One following too closely; one adult seat belt violation; one failure to yield right of way. Aug.
Sunshots by Michael Hall — Al Olsen talks about work he has put into a 1929 Chris Craft Triple he is restoring.

Sunshots by Michael Hall — Al Olsen talks about work he has put into a 1929 Chris Craft Triple he is restoring.

Al Olsen is loving life

Michael Hall
Wednesday, August 19, 2020
Al Olsen’s hobby doesn’t take shape overnight. It takes a year or more to see the end result of his labor of love, but when each classic, wooden boat is restored, Olsen can mark off another work of art completed.
Photo submitted — This image taken from surveillance footage and posted on social media by Parks White shows a man pointing a pistol at a young girl during an armed robbery at a local Jimbo’s convenience store on Dec. 6, 2019.

Photo submitted — This image taken from surveillance footage and posted on social media by Parks White shows a man pointing a pistol at a young girl during an armed robbery at a local Jimbo’s convenience store on Dec. 6, 2019.

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Local man pleads guilty to Jimbo's armed robbery

Grayson Williams
Wednesday, August 19, 2020
A Hartwell man accused of robbing a convenience  store at gunpoint in December is pleading guilty and could serve 20 years in prison. Jonveckeo Brown, 39, of Hartwell, plead guilty in Hart County Superior Court to armed robbery and two counts of aggravated assault stemming from a Dec.