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GSP provides update on Aug. 30 crash

Megan Horn
Thursday, September 26, 2024
Georgia State Patrol (GSP) has released more information regarding an Aug. 30 crash involving four vehicles on. Ga. 15 at Bo James Street in Clayton. According to the Motor Vehicle Crash Report provided by GSP, Sterling Seagram Hopper, 29, of Newport, Tenn.

Protect yourself from respiratory diseases

News Staff
Thursday, September 26, 2024
Fall is upon us and with it are the fall respiratory diseases. Flu, COVID-19, Respiratory Syncytial Virus or RSV, and pneumococcal disease (pneumonia) cause hundreds of thousands of hospitalizations and thousands of deaths during this season. How can we prepare for and prevent these illnesses?
Megan Horn/The Clayton Tribune. Rabun County Schools Superintendent Dr. April Childers mingles with school officials, community leaders and board of education members during her retirement reception at the Rabun County Agricenter Tuesday. Pictured are Tony Penrose (left), Childers and Kathy McClure. Childers officially retires Sept. 30 and Steven Cole will become the full-time superintendent. Below: Rabun County Schools Superintendent Dr. April Childers converses with Mickey Duvall during her reception.

Megan Horn/The Clayton Tribune. Rabun County Schools Superintendent Dr. April Childers mingles with school officials, community leaders and board of education members during her retirement reception at the Rabun County Agricenter Tuesday. Pictured are Tony Penrose (left), Childers and Kathy McClure. Childers officially retires Sept. 30 and Steven Cole will become the full-time superintendent. Below: Rabun County Schools Superintendent Dr. April Childers converses with Mickey Duvall during her reception.

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Childers reflects on time at Rabun County Schools

Megan Horn
Thursday, September 26, 2024
After 30 years of dedicated service in the field of education and five years leading Rabun County Schools, current Superintendent Dr. April Childers will officially retire effective Sept. 30.

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Nichols pleads guilty to Violation of Oath

Megan Horn
Thursday, September 19, 2024
Suspended Rabun County Sheriff Chad Nichols pled guilty on Friday, Sept. 13, to one count of Violation of Oath of Office in connection with a case of making inappropriate contact with a female. The final disposition before the Hon. Judge Albert B.

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‘Roll’ reversal

Megan Horn
Thursday, September 19, 2024
In a change of plans, Clayton City Council members unanimously adopted a 2024 rollback millage rate of 7.059 at the regular council meeting Tuesday, Sept. 17. This was different from how the council voted at the Aug. 20 meeting, when they tentatively adopted to keep the current millage rate of 7.
Tony Penrose/The Clayton Tribune. A two-vehicle crash on Ga. 15 at Franklin Street in Dillard on Sept. 13 resulted in the death of 80-year-old Ralph Ratta. The crash remains under investigation.

Tony Penrose/The Clayton Tribune. A two-vehicle crash on Ga. 15 at Franklin Street in Dillard on Sept. 13 resulted in the death of 80-year-old Ralph Ratta. The crash remains under investigation.

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Man, 80, dies following Ga. 15 crash in Dillard

Megan Horn
Thursday, September 19, 2024
An 80-year-old man died following a morning crash involving two vehicles on Ga. 15 at Franklin Street in Dillard on Friday, Sept. 13. Ralph Ratta succumbed to his injuries from the crash, according to preliminary details provided by the Georgia State Patrol (GSP) Public Information Office.
Photo courtesy of Forward Rabun/Rabun County Chamber of Commerce

Photo courtesy of Forward Rabun/Rabun County Chamber of Commerce

Embers Vine Restaurant grand opening/ribbon cutting

News Staff
Thursday, September 19, 2024
Embers Vine Restaurant at Kingwood Country Club, a Member of Forward Rabun/Rabun County Chamber of Commerce, held a fantastic Grand Opening and Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony on Friday, Sept. 13, at 4 p.m. at 401 Country Club Drive (Kingwood Country Club), Clayton.
Submitted photo. Georgia Department of Natural Resources Deputy Commissioner Thomas Barnard, Georgia State Parks and Historic Sites Director Angie Johnson, and Georgia Department of Natural Resources Commissioner Walter Rabon.

Submitted photo. Georgia Department of Natural Resources Deputy Commissioner Thomas Barnard, Georgia State Parks and Historic Sites Director Angie Johnson, and Georgia Department of Natural Resources Commissioner Walter Rabon.

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Georgia’s State Park System wins national innovation award

News Staff
Thursday, September 19, 2024
ATLANTA – All-terrain wheelchairs, ADA accessible kayak launches and accessible fishing docks are among the many offerings in Georgia’s State Park system that helped earn the state a national award yesterday.