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Carson Sprinkle/CLS Films/Submitted. Velvet City Sound provided musical entertainment as the live dance band during the 25th annual F.A.I.T.H. Sweetheart Ball on Saturday, Feb. 8. The event was a night of food, auctions and dancing that supported the local nonprofit.

Carson Sprinkle/CLS Films/Submitted. Velvet City Sound provided musical entertainment as the live dance band during the 25th annual F.A.I.T.H. Sweetheart Ball on Saturday, Feb. 8. The event was a night of food, auctions and dancing that supported the local nonprofit.

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F.A.I.T.H. thanks community for successful Sweetheart Ball

Megan Horn
Thursday, February 27, 2025
F.A.I.T.H’s annual Sweetheart Ball on Saturday, Feb. 8 was a success as community members showed out for a night of dancing, friendship and fun to support the mission of the local nonprofit. The ball is one of F.A.I.T.H.’s premier events and raised around $100,000 this year.
Submitted photo. Rabun County Water and Sewer Authority (RCWSA) employees spent 12 hours and worked throughout the night on Feb. 13 to restore water service after a 10-inch ductile iron water line was cut by a Georgia Department of Transportation contractor.

Submitted photo. Rabun County Water and Sewer Authority (RCWSA) employees spent 12 hours and worked throughout the night on Feb. 13 to restore water service after a 10-inch ductile iron water line was cut by a Georgia Department of Transportation contractor.

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Authority crews work through night to repair leak

News Staff
Thursday, February 27, 2025
When a Georgia Department of Transportation contractor cut a 10-inch ductile iron water line that supplies water to Mountain City on Feb. 13, a crew of Rabun County Water and Sewer Authority (RCWSA) employees worked throughout the night to restore service.

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Human remains found in Habersham County

News Staff
Thursday, February 27, 2025
A missing person investigation by a sheriff’s office 88 miles away led Habersham County authorities to find human remains in Cornelia in the early morning hours of Thursday, Feb. 20. The Habersham County Sheriff’s Office was contacted by the Rockdale County Sheriff’s Office at 12:15 a.m. Feb.

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TFS students prepare to launch drones

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Thursday, February 27, 2025
Tallulah Falls School senior Mallory Higgins of Cornelia is learning something new – how to fly a drone. “Knowing how to fly a drone can be used for all kinds of things,” said Higgins. “If I know how to use it, I can use it in a job like law enforcement. I want to be a detective.
Megan Horn/The Clayton Tribune. Rabun County Sheriff Mark Gerrells looks forward to his term as "the people's sheriff" and serving the community in a positive way by providing proactive resources to citizens.

Megan Horn/The Clayton Tribune. Rabun County Sheriff Mark Gerrells looks forward to his term as "the people's sheriff" and serving the community in a positive way by providing proactive resources to citizens.

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Shriff Gerrells strives for proactive agency, community service as 'the people's sheriff'

Megan Horn
Thursday, February 27, 2025
Rabun County Sheriff Mark Gerrells is looking forward to the next four years at the Rabun County Sheriff’s Office with goals of being a proactive law enforcement agency that maintains high visibility and serves the community in positive ways.

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Baumes named Sky Valley Chief of Police

Megan Horn
Thursday, February 20, 2025
The City of Sky Valley recently announced Ronald Baumes as the new Sky Valley Police Department Chief. His first day serving in the position was Monday, Feb. 17. Baumes has worked for the Sky Valley Police Department since 2011, rising through the ranks to lieutenant and now the chief position.