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Enhanced COVID-19 booster, RSV vaccine coming this fall

News Staff
Wednesday, September 6, 2023
GAINESVILLE, GA – A new and upgraded COVID-19 booster is coming this fall, strengthening the ongoing battle against the changing COVID-19 variants. This new booster aims to provide improved protection against the current circulating strains of the virus.
Megan Horn/The Clayton Tribune. Rabun County firefighters battle a structure fire on Sidetrack Lane on Aug. 27.

Megan Horn/The Clayton Tribune. Rabun County firefighters battle a structure fire on Sidetrack Lane on Aug. 27.

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Fully involved structure fire on Sidetrack Lane

News Staff
Wednesday, September 6, 2023
Rabun County Station 4 was dispatched for a smoke investigation in the area of Sidetrack Lane at during Sunday evening, Aug. 27. While responding, another caller reported flames seen in the area. The initial call was upgraded to a structure fire response with Stations 7 and 12 dispatched.
Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Tallulah Falls Town Clerk Linda Lapeyrouse gives newly appointed Council Member Cissy Henry the oath of office as she is sworn in during the town council meeting Aug. 16. Henry fills the seat left vacant by Tom Tilley until a Nov. 7 special election.

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Tallulah Falls Town Clerk Linda Lapeyrouse gives newly appointed Council Member Cissy Henry the oath of office as she is sworn in during the town council meeting Aug. 16. Henry fills the seat left vacant by Tom Tilley until a Nov. 7 special election.

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Tallulah Falls appoints Henry as interim council member

Megan Horn
Thursday, August 24, 2023
The Town of Tallulah Falls has a new interim council member as Cissy Henry was voted in at the council meeting Aug. 16 to fill the seat recently left vacant by Tom Tilley.
School bus safety graphic.

School bus safety graphic.

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Rolling with safety

Megan Horn
Thursday, August 24, 2023
Yellow school buses are back on the roadway since school started back a couple of weeks ago. It’s important for motorists to know the law when it comes to keeping children safe as they are loading and unloading at school bus stops on streets and highways throughout the county.
Submitted photo. The old mattresses are loaded up to be removed from campus.

Submitted photo. The old mattresses are loaded up to be removed from campus.

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LBCA Foundation donates funds for new mattresses at Victory Home

News Staff
Thursday, August 24, 2023
[Clayton, GA] – The Lake Burton Civic Association (LBCA) Foundation donated a $9,250 grant to Victory Home, a faith-based addiction recovery center located in Tallulah Falls. The grant was used to purchase 30 new mattresses to provide adequate sleeping conditions for men in the residential program.
Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. C.W. Matthews Contracting Co. works to pave Chechero St. in Clayton Tuesday. The city of Clayton joined with the county on its paving bid. Duvall St. and Rickman St. are also on the schedule for paving.

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. C.W. Matthews Contracting Co. works to pave Chechero St. in Clayton Tuesday. The city of Clayton joined with the county on its paving bid. Duvall St. and Rickman St. are also on the schedule for paving.

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Paving the way for local improvements

Megan Horn
Thursday, August 24, 2023
CLAYTON– Transportation Local Option Sales Tax (TSPLOST) dollars are at work as C.W. Matthews Contracting Co. worked on paving Chechero St. in Clayton Tuesday. City Manager Trudy Crunkleton said the City of Clayton joined with the county on its paving bid to help reduce the rate. Duvall St.

Mountain Lakes Medical Center begins swing bed program

News Staff
Thursday, August 24, 2023
Mountain Lakes Medical Center launched a comprehensive patient centric Swing Bed Program on Aug. 15. Swing Bed provides a range of therapies in our rural hospital setting to help patients recover those skills and be able to care for themselves once they return home. “Swing Bed is great.
Enoch Autry/The Clayton Tribune. Patrol cars from multiple law enforcement agencies line U.S. 441 in Habersham County where a Louisiana man was taken into custody after a multi-county chase that started in Rabun on Aug. 21.

Enoch Autry/The Clayton Tribune. Patrol cars from multiple law enforcement agencies line U.S. 441 in Habersham County where a Louisiana man was taken into custody after a multi-county chase that started in Rabun on Aug. 21.

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Arrest made following vehicle pursuit into Habersham

News Staff
Thursday, August 24, 2023
A man is in custody following a vehicle pursuit Monday that traveled into Habersham County before the suspect lost control of the vehicle and spun out. Charles Austin Lawrence, 36 of Elm Grove, La., was arrested and booked into the Rabun County Detention Center Aug.