The University of Georgia begins its week of spring break: students and faculty will be returning to UGA classrooms one week from today.
An Oconee County School Board work session is set for 6 o’clock this evening at the School District offices on School Street in Watkinsville.
There is a top honor for Oconee County School Superintendent Jason Branch: Branch has won a Lifetime Achievement Award from the University of Georgia’s College of Education. Branch, who earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees from UGA, will be recognized alongside other alumni winners in an event scheduled for April.
Tonight’s Madison County Commission meeting is set for 6 o’clock at the County Government Complex in Danielsville.
Firefighters are investigating a deadly blaze in Banks County: two people were killed in a weekend mobile home fire in Lula. One firefighter was treated for minor injuries at Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville.
The Chief of Police in Douglas will be the next top cop in Lavonia: Shane Edmisten will come from Coffee County to Franklin County as a replacement for former Chief Bruce Carlisle, who retired last November.
North Georgia’s Chattahoochee National Recreation Area is reporting a nine percent year over year increase in visitors to its parks. A record 3.5 million people visited the parks, which stretch 48 miles along the Chattahoochee River.
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