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Fire destroys Cobb Lane home

News Staff
Wednesday, September 30, 2020
The cause of a fire at 130 Cobb Ln. on Wednesday, Sept. 23 is undetermined, according to officials. A call was dispatched at 11:08 a.m. and Rabun County Fire Services Stations 1,2 and 8 responded, said Justin Upchurch, assistant chief of Rabun County Fire Services.

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GBI: Henry 'not truthful' during probe

News Staff
Wednesday, September 30, 2020
CLAYTON—Former Clayton City Manager Sylvia Elaine “Cissy” Henry faces two misdemeanor counts of obstructing law enforcement officers during an investigation into the disappearance of $56,035 in signed checks belonging to the city of Clayton Enterprise Fund and Water Reserve Fund, according to law...
Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Elaine Lawson, absentee ballot clerk for the Rabun County Board of Elections Office, right, hands a stack of completed absentee ballots to poll worker Ann D’Agostino for processing at the Board of Elections Office Tuesday.

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Elaine Lawson, absentee ballot clerk for the Rabun County Board of Elections Office, right, hands a stack of completed absentee ballots to poll worker Ann D’Agostino for processing at the Board of Elections Office Tuesday.

Absentee ballot requests surge due to COVID-19

Megan Horn
Wednesday, September 30, 2020
CLAYTON— The Rabun County Board of Elections Office is gearing up for the Nov. 3 election amidst the coronavirus pandemic and has received an influx of absentee ballot requests as a result.

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Events to bring attention to domestic violence problem

Megan Horn
Wednesday, September 30, 2020
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month and the nonprofit organization Fight Abuse In The Home (FAITH) is planning events to bring attention to the problem of domestic violence locally and help combat it in our own community.
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Jury trials can resume in Rabun County beginning in October

News Staff
Wednesday, September 30, 2020
Harold Melton, Chief Justice of the Georgia Supreme Court, in his Sixth Order Extending Declaration of Statewide Judicial Emergency, provides that jury trials, which have been prohibited since March 14, 2020, will be permitted to resume in October 2020.
Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Laura Hunter, left, Gloria Stokes and Joanne Baumgartmner are volunteers in the Food Bank of Northeast Georgia Teaching Kitchen and have stayed as they'e seen three teaching kitchen managers come and go. They say their passion for food, camaraderie and the community are what inspire them to volunteer.

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Laura Hunter, left, Gloria Stokes and Joanne Baumgartmner are volunteers in the Food Bank of Northeast Georgia Teaching Kitchen and have stayed as they'e seen three teaching kitchen managers come and go. They say their passion for food, camaraderie and the community are what inspire them to volunteer.

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Food Bank volunteers help anchor Teaching Kitchen

Megan Horn
Wednesday, September 30, 2020
CLAYTON-- The Food Bank of Northeast Georgia has seen many volunteers and employees come and go, but volunteers Joanne Baumgartmner, Gloria Stokes and Laura Hunter have been the rock at the teaching kitchen to help members in the community.

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Short wins Mountain Traveler cover photo competition

News Staff
Wednesday, September 30, 2020
With amazing colors and mountain vistas, fall is the most popular time in the Northeast Georgia mountains – for both visitors and photographers. One of those photographers, Daniel Short, has been named winner of the cover contest for the 2020 fall edition of "The Mountain Traveler" magazine.

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Former deputies claim mistreatment

Megan Horn
Wednesday, September 23, 2020
CLAYTON--Three former Rabun County Sheriff’s Office employees will seek damages in excess of $1 million, claiming they were wrongfully terminated or forced to resign in retaliation for reporting alleged inappropriate sexual comments made by a sheriff’s officer supervisor to the wife of another...