Cornelia awarded $1.2M loan to upgrade water meters
The Georgia Environmental Finance Authority (GEFA) has awarded a $1,200,000 conservation loan to Cornelia to upgrade the city’s water meters. The low-interest loan is financed through the Drinking...
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Housing survey being conducted through Jan. 30th
From now through January 30th, Ninth District Opportunity (NDO) will be talking with people in our area about their housing status and various factors that impact people’s ability to obtain and...
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Repairs underway on flood-damaged Cornelia Community House
Standing water filled the foyer of the Cornelia Community House after a heating/air conditioning unit overheated and activated a sprinkler system on January 10, 2017. (PHOTO/City of Cornelia) It’s...
View ArticleAlene Ponder Pence
Alene Ponder Pence, age 93 of Melbourne, Florida and Clarkesville, Georgia passed away on Monday, January 23, 2017. Born in Sidell, Kentucky on December 22, 1923, she was a daughter of the late Roy...
View ArticleGainesville sweeps Habersham in pivotal region games
The Lady Raiders lost another close one, falling 55-51 after trailing virtually the entire game. The #6-ranked Lady Red Elephants held a 29-23 lead at the break. Lainey Gosnell and the Habersham girls...
View ArticleFuneral today for former White County school superintendent
(Cleveland)- Funeral services will be held Wednesday for a former White County educator and community leader. Horace James Fitzpatrick spent 18 years in the classroom and served as Superintendent of...
View ArticleNGTC honors Loring for excellence in teaching
NGTC President Dr. Mark Ivester (right) presents the 2017 Rick Perkins award to photography instructor Jim Loring. North Georgia Technical College recently announced photography instructor Jim Loring...
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TFS coaches select Indians of the Week
Tallulah Falls School coaches have selected their Indian athletes of the week for January 9-14. VARSITY BOY Freshman Chris Geiger of Sautee Nacoochee was named an Indian of the Week by varsity swim...
View ArticleLeopards’ 13-game surge result of selfless play
With Tuesday night’s overtime thrilling victory, the Banks County Leopards are 16-4 on the season. More impressive is the fact that the boys have now won 13 straight games and stand at 8-0 in Region...
View ArticleTruett’s Schillinger named semifinalist for Wooden Cup
Truett McConnell’s Victoria Schillinger was named a semifinalist for the 13th annual Coach Wooden Citizenship Cup earlier this month. Schillinger was one of just 20 student-athletes from all NCAA and...
View ArticleJourney N. Burton
Journey N. Burton, age 82, of Clarkesville, Georgia, passed away on Thursday, January 26, 2017. Those wishing to express online condolences to the family may do so by visiting...
View ArticleMargaret Jane McShane Sutton
Margaret Jane McShane Sutton, age 64 of Clarkesville passed away January 25, 2017. Margaret was born on May 24, 1952 in Athens, Georgia. She was the daughter of the late Hugh Patrick McShane and...
View ArticleLife in Motion: Hello, Dolly!
Award winning country music artist and hometown favorite Kimberly Schlapman is a mom again. Schlapman and her husband Stephen adopted a baby girl named Dolly. Dolly joins big sis Daisy. The news came...
View ArticleA Dad’s Thoughts on Abortion as a Human Rights Issue
This op ed by Congressman Collins first appeared in the Daily Signal on January 26, 2017. Last Saturday, individuals across our country and in cities like London, Nairobi, Paris, Mexico City, and...
View ArticlePass It On Campaign continues into 2017
If you look at the upper right hand corner of this webpage, you will see the Pass It On icon. This is where many of our readers submitted or met community needs in 2016. McDonald’s of Clarkesville...
View ArticleCokely “ready to get going” as Warriors’ new head coach
Coach Tim Cokely (left) with WCHS Athletic Director Alan Griffin at morning news conference on Jan. 26, 2017. (wrwh.com) “I’m a passionate 53 year old and I’m looking forward to this. I think the...
View ArticleGrammy Nominee Hails from Habersham
John Burke, a 2007 graduate of Habersham Central High School, has been nominated for a Grammy Award by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. On February 12, in Los Angeles, California,...
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Jones is Habersham’s new Spelling Bee Champ
Persistence and practice do pay off, just ask Adam Jones. The North Habersham Middle Schooler was runner-up in last year’s memorably l-o-n-g spelling bee (it lasted 41 rounds) and this year he claimed...
View ArticleTacky Prom has a date (do you?)
’80s themed event to be among first held in soon to be newly remodeled Cornelia Community House. For years, Cornelia made waves with its Tacky Prom event held at the Community House. This year, Tacky...
View ArticleTruett Participates in Easton Cain Chick-Fil-A Spirit Night
The TMU men’s and women’s golf teams and a few TMU wrestlers participated in the community celebration of Easton Cain Monday night at Chick-fil-A. It was an incredible night, and there were non stop...
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