Following the Jaguar Classic, Lillian Seabolt, color guard captain; Lilly Padgett, drumline captain; Ashleigh Lewis, head drum major; Matthew Leff, RCHS director of bands; Jaden Horner, assistant drum major; Maxi Barrientos, band captain; Brady Mazarky, drumline captain; and Abby Streetman, color guard captain pose for a group photo.

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File photo/Megan Horn. Arson in the first degree, serious injury by vehicle, and theft by possession of stolen mail are among 17 indictments true billed by a Grand Jury in Superior Court of Rabun County on Oct. 3.

Megan Horn/The Clayton Tribune. Rabun County Schools Superintendent Steven Cole leads the Sept. 19 Board of Education meeting. Cole worked with outgoing Superintendent Dr. April Childers until her retirement on Sept. 30.

Megan Horn/The Clayton Tribune. The Mountain City Post Office was torn down recently as the widening of Highway 441 gets closer to reality. The business suddenly closed in February 2023 due to a non-renewal of the lease at the property where the building is housed.

Local firefighter Chuck Bray, pictured far right, hiked 192 miles to raise awareness for the mental health of first responders during the Coast to Coast Walk in Northern England. Pictured with Bray at the start of the Coast to Coast Walk are Pete Lewin, a paramedic from England, Pete Keenan, who is retired military from England, as well as Skip Ockomon, a retired firefighter from Indianapolis who is with the Burnt Out Network Podcast along with Bray.

Submitted photo. Clayton’s Paulette Williams, a UGA graduate, retired VA nurse, diabetes educator, and a member of the “Fab Four” Democrat women running for Georgia State seats, spoke passionately about her reasons for seeking elective office in Georgia.