The Senate convened for four days with a number of bills being heard before the Senate body during the tenth week of the 2023 Georgia Legislative Session. As the days grow busier, committees are meeting to hear House Bills, visitors are coming to the Senate chamber, and your Senate continues…
The City of Hull has lacked a quorum and been unable to conduct business for months, but that will change after the town holds municipal elections in June.
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Georgia Labor Commissioner Bruce Thompson reports that all Georgia Regional Commissions recorded a rise in the unemployment rate in January. Due to seasonal factors from December to January, d…
Business RadioX has announced that the Empower College and Career Center is home to the company's newest studio, Northeast Georgia Business RadioX.
Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center is celebrating Child Life Month during March. Hosted annually by the Association of Child Life Professionals, Child Life Month recognizes and highlights…
A Buford man remains in the Hall County Jail after Hall County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) investigators, working as part of the Georgia Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force, found a…
The Madison Board of Education recognized the high school’s varsity boys’ basketball team during the board’s March 14 meeting.
Gillsville leaders are seeking public input as they work on the new comprehensive plan. This state-required document helps shape and coordinate local work programs for the community, and they …
Battle Born Wrestling came home with four medals from AAU Georgia Kids Championships in Kingsland on March 11.
Madison County swept Cedar Shoals in a three-game series last week, but the Red Raiders dropped their first of three against Seckinger Monday, 5-2.
After an intensive search and interview process, Rhett Carroll has been hired as the new softball coach at Banks County High School.
Bethlehem Christian (11-1 overall 2-0 region) has now won seven straight games, including four in the past four days.
Apalachee (5-11 overall, 2-5 region) got back to winning after a seven-game slide, dating back to the end of February, with a 10-0 home win over Shiloh (4-11 overall, 0-9 region) Wednesday eve…
Barrow Arts & Sciences (1-6-1 overall, 1-6 region) fell to No. 9 Tallulah Falls (9-3 overall, 6-2 region) 5-0 at home Tuesday night.
BASA (7-4 overall, 4-3 region) couldn’t get back on track, as it took a 6-0 loss to undefeated No. 2-ranked Tallulah Falls (12-0 overall, 8-0 region) Tuesday night at home.
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- Battle Born wrestlers finish season in Kingsland
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- Rhett Carroll named new softball coach at BCHS
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My colleagues and I passed out more than 50 bills and resolutions on crossover day. We continued to convene on the House floor throughout the week, where we heard Georgia Supreme Court Chief J…
Why is history important? I have to admit that I believe I am now wiser than I was when I was younger. As an elementary and high school student, I despised all the history lessons I was requir…
The Senate convened March 13 to begin the tenth week of the 2023 Legislative Session. We are inching closer to Sine Die on March 29, which is the final legislative day and final day for bills …
Hello, neighbors. This week I want to spend some time thinking about our fair land, Madison County. Landlocked. Mid-Piedmont. We do have portions of the Broad River, one of the few remaining f…
I met the pretty Wicked Witch of the West on my first day at Mainstreet Newspapers on Halloween 1996. We married seven years later.
Mary Greenwood Nash passed away Sunday, March 19, 2023 followi…
HOSCHTON - Ray Maddox, 81, Hoschton, formerly of Buford, died …
JEFFERSON - Pat Porter Hanley, 76, Jefferson, entered rest Thu…
NICHOLSON - Alice Beatrice Hardman, 95, Nicholson, died Wednes…
DANIELSVILLE - Tina Noland, 58, Danielsville, passed away at h…
DANIELSVILLE - Troy Dennis Chandler, 84, Danielsville, entered…
The Jackson EMC Foundation board of directors awarded a total of $69,550 in grants during its recent meeting for organizations serving area residents.
The Georgia District Anchor Club received a “helmet matching grant” from Pilot International for a 2023 Georgia District Anchor Convention project. Through this grant, the Georgia District Anc…
The Madison County Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting ceremony for Ila Service Center at 79 Campbell Street in Ila Tuesday. Bobby McCann already owns Madison County Collision Clinic at …
The Rotary Club of Madison County will soon construct its 900th ramp.
Telling my now husband that he grew up in metro Atlanta is probably the closest we came to breaking it off while dating. He grew up in Barrow County, and describing this community as metropoli…
The Athens Area Master Gardeners Association is holding its “2023 Sensational Daffodils & Other Flowering Bulbs Sale.”
A “Spring Recycling Event” will be held from 10 a.m. to noon, Saturday, April 22 at the Madison County Government Complex at 91 Albany Avenue in Danielsville.
The Banks County High School FFA Agriculture Mechanics Team placed second in the State Competition.
The annual Art Show at Banks County Elementary School will be held on March 23 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
One of the Banks County Primary School Ripple Effect Water Movie Contest entries was chosen to be screened at the "New York Water Week" event. "The Day the Aliens took the Water" from Mrs. Bro…
Mrs. Davis's class at Banks County Primary School enjoyed a read aloud visit from Melissa Kemp, Mrs. America, to celebrate Dr. Seuss's birthday.
Pi Day is the annual celebration of the constant π (pi) and is observed on March 14 (the 3rd month) since 3, 1, and 4 are the first three significant figures of π.
The Georgia Institute of Technology presented degrees to approximately 5,620 undergraduate and graduate students during the Institute's 263rd Commencement exercises Dec. 16-17, at Bobby Dodd Stadium.
Students from Barrow County School System placed among the top three at the Georgia Student Technology Competition (STC) state championship.
Commerce Presbyterian Church (CPC) invites the community to its Maundy Thursday service on Thursday, April 6, at 7 p.m.
•Mount Hermon Presbyterian Church will observe Holy Week and Easter with Maundy Thursday, April 6 at 6 p.m. “Join us for an intimate Communion service remembering the last supper of our Lord a…
Winder First United Methodist Church invites the community to its
A Benefit Chicken Barbecue for Dusty McElreath and family will be held at Erastus Christian Church on March 25 from 4-6 p.m.
StonePath Church plans an Easter Extravaganza on Saturday, March 25, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The egg hunt begins at 11:30 a.m. and is for children 12 years old and under.
New Salem Baptist Church is having its family and friends day on Sunday, March 26, at 11 a.m.
The Ladies of Special Edition will host their annual Easter egg hunt on Friday, April 7, at 5 p.m.
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