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RCSO adds AEDs to patrol vehicles

Keeping the community safe is a priority for the Rabun County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies continue to complete ongoing training and instruction to keep improving and moving forward in better serving the community.

Red Cross: Blood donors needed now to help combat critical need

The American Red Cross continues to amplify the ongoing critical need for blood and platelets to keep the blood supply stable as fall begins. Donors of all blood types, especially those with type O blood, those giving platelets and those who have never given before, are needed now.

GSP provides update on Aug. 30 crash

Georgia State Patrol (GSP) has released more information regarding an Aug. 30 crash involving four vehicles on. Ga. 15 at Bo James Street in Clayton. According to the Motor Vehicle Crash Report provided by GSP, Sterling Seagram Hopper, 29, of Newport, Tenn.

Protect yourself from respiratory diseases

Fall is upon us and with it are the fall respiratory diseases. Flu, COVID-19, Respiratory Syncytial Virus or RSV, and pneumococcal disease (pneumonia) cause hundreds of thousands of hospitalizations and thousands of deaths during this season. How can we prepare for and prevent these illnesses?
Megan Horn/The Clayton Tribune. Rabun County Schools Superintendent Dr. April Childers mingles with school officials, community leaders and board of education members during her retirement reception at the Rabun County Agricenter Tuesday. Pictured are Tony Penrose (left), Childers and Kathy McClure. Childers officially retires Sept. 30 and Steven Cole will become the full-time superintendent. Below: Rabun County Schools Superintendent Dr. April Childers converses with Mickey Duvall during her reception.

Megan Horn/The Clayton Tribune. Rabun County Schools Superintendent Dr. April Childers mingles with school officials, community leaders and board of education members during her retirement reception at the Rabun County Agricenter Tuesday. Pictured are Tony Penrose (left), Childers and Kathy McClure. Childers officially retires Sept. 30 and Steven Cole will become the full-time superintendent. Below: Rabun County Schools Superintendent Dr. April Childers converses with Mickey Duvall during her reception.

Childers reflects on time at Rabun County Schools

After 30 years of dedicated service in the field of education and five years leading Rabun County Schools, current Superintendent Dr. April Childers will officially retire effective Sept. 30.

Nichols pleads guilty to Violation of Oath

Suspended Rabun County Sheriff Chad Nichols pled guilty on Friday, Sept. 13, to one count of Violation of Oath of Office in connection with a case of making inappropriate contact with a female. The final disposition before the Hon. Judge Albert B.

‘Roll’ reversal

In a change of plans, Clayton City Council members unanimously adopted a 2024 rollback millage rate of 7.059 at the regular council meeting Tuesday, Sept. 17. This was different from how the council voted at the Aug. 20 meeting, when they tentatively adopted to keep the current millage rate of 7.