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Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Attendees take advantage of the Business Expo and Networking event on May 26 at the civic center.

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Attendees take advantage of the Business Expo and Networking event on May 26 at the civic center.

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Forward Rabun draws crowd for Business Expo Networking event

Megan Horn
Thursday, June 2, 2022
CLAYTON – A crowd turned out as Forward Rabun and the Rabun County Chamber of Commerce hosted a Business Expo, Networking and Luncheon Event on May 26 at the Rabun County Civic Center. The business event was organized to address the critical issue of employee recruitment and retention.
Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Clayton City Council members and Clayton Planning and Zoning Board members converse at the first-ever joint meeting of the two boards on May 12 in the Clayton City Hall courtroom. Members discussed the future of development in Clayton and strategized about how to allow growth in the future.

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Clayton City Council members and Clayton Planning and Zoning Board members converse at the first-ever joint meeting of the two boards on May 12 in the Clayton City Hall courtroom. Members discussed the future of development in Clayton and strategized about how to allow growth in the future.

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Clayton council, planning and zoning board hold joint meeting

Megan Horn
Thursday, June 2, 2022
CLAYTON– Clayton City Council members and Clayton Planning and Zoning Board members held the first-ever two-hour joint meeting on May 12 in the Clayton City Hall courtroom to discuss the future of development in Clayton and strategize about how to allow growth in the future.
Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune.

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune.

RCSO relocates

News Staff
Thursday, June 2, 2022
The Rabun County Sheriff’s Office has relocated to 56 Boen Creek Rd. in Tiger and is now open for business. Regular hours are from Monday-Thursday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m; Friday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.; and closed daily for lunch from 1-2 p.m.
Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Pictured are Nancy Parrott, Barbara Wilson, Joanne Baumgartner, Gloria Stokes, and Jackie Baumgartner.

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Pictured are Nancy Parrott, Barbara Wilson, Joanne Baumgartner, Gloria Stokes, and Jackie Baumgartner.

Food Bank of Northeast Georgia Teaching Kitchen grand reopening

Megan Horn
Thursday, June 2, 2022
The Food Bank of Northeast Georgia held a grand reopening of the Teaching Kitchen on May 20. The event was scheduled after the Teaching Kitchen had been closed for a period of time due to COVID-19 restrictions.
Enoch Autry/The Clayton Tribune. The Rabun County High School graduates of the Class of 2022 throw their caps into the air at the May 27 ceremony at Frank Snyder Memorial Stadium and race to the bell.

Enoch Autry/The Clayton Tribune. The Rabun County High School graduates of the Class of 2022 throw their caps into the air at the May 27 ceremony at Frank Snyder Memorial Stadium and race to the bell.

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Graduates now ready to continue their stories of success

Enoch Autry - Publisher
Thursday, June 2, 2022
The lives of 151 from the Rabun County High School Class of 2022 will venture into their individual futures following the May 27 commencement at Frank Snyder Memorial Stadium.
Enoch Autry/The Clayton Tribune. Rabun County High School seniors received scholarships at the awards ceremony May 10 along with LBCA Scholarship Committee members Lin Goen, Cynthia Pagano and Diane White. The Class of 2022 graduates Friday evening.

Enoch Autry/The Clayton Tribune. Rabun County High School seniors received scholarships at the awards ceremony May 10 along with LBCA Scholarship Committee members Lin Goen, Cynthia Pagano and Diane White. The Class of 2022 graduates Friday evening.

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Lake Burton Civic Association awards $130,000 in scholarships to graduating seniors of RCHS

Enoch Autry - Publisher
Thursday, May 26, 2022
Thanks to generous donations from members this year, the Lake Burton Civic Association is awarding 34 scholarships to Rabun County graduating seniors. These scholarships range from one to four years and have a total value over four years of greater than $130,000.
Enoch Autry/The Clayton Tribune. These fourth graders from Laurie Dills and Becky Flory accepted and succeeded in the “Great Georgia Pollinator Protectors Challenge.”

Enoch Autry/The Clayton Tribune. These fourth graders from Laurie Dills and Becky Flory accepted and succeeded in the “Great Georgia Pollinator Protectors Challenge.”

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RCES fourth graders have great learning experience with ‘Pollinator Challenge’

Enoch Autry - Publisher
Thursday, May 26, 2022
Environmental science happens every day that is location-specific to Rabun County’s nature and an elementary school fourth grade class got the chance to be part of that process. The class of Laurie Dills and Becky Flory accepted the “Great Georgia Pollinator Protectors Challenge.

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Ramey pleads guilty to homicide by vehicle

Megan Horn
Thursday, May 26, 2022
A 25-year-old Rabun County man pled guilty to homicide by vehicle on May 18 in superior court in connection with an Aug. 8, 2020, hit-and-run crash that killed a 26-year-old Clayton pedestrian. The driver Chantz Rock Ramey was 24 at the time of the crash that resulted in the death of Mario Webb.
Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Rabun County voters turn out at the polls in the May 24, 2022 General Primary Election.

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Rabun County voters turn out at the polls in the May 24, 2022 General Primary Election.

Healthy turnout at polls by Rabun voters

News Staff
Thursday, May 26, 2022
The rematch is set for the governorship of Georgia as Brian Kemp again will face Democratic opponent Stacey Abrams in November while Republican Peach State football legend Herschel Walker will meet incumbent Rev. Raphael Warnock for U.S. Senate.

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Three arrested for their links to murder case

News Staff
Thursday, May 26, 2022
A missing person report filed May 20 led to the arrest of three people suspected to be involved with a woman’s disappearance and possible death. An investigation was led by the Macon County Sheriff’s Office in conjunction with the Rabun County Sheriff’s Office.