Category: News

If you frequent the Jackson/Barrow county area along SR 82 or know someone who does, you need to be prepared for a major detour. Georgia Department of Transportation and construction partner Georgia Bridge and Concrete, LLC has closed SR 82 to replace the bridge. The project replaces the existing SR 82 bridge over the Middle Oconee River. A new bridge […]

Franklin County Commissioner for District 3, Elizabeth Busby was sworn in last week for her four-year term. Busby has been serving on the Commission as the interim commissioner for District 3 since August, filling the unexpired term of former Commissioner Ryan Swails who resigned to take a new job outside Franklin County. After being sworn in, Busby said she is […]

While St. Mary’s Sacred Heart Hospital waits for its first baby of the New Year to come into the world, St. Mary’s of Athens welcomed their first baby not long after the UGA/Ohio game ended. Little Peyton Leigh Roe was born at 3:18a New Year’s Day weighing in at a healthy 8lbs 9ounces and 20.9 inches long. Baby Peyton is […]

The Internal Revenue Service has increased the 2023 optional standard mileage rates used to calculate the deductible costs of operating an automobile for business, charitable, medical, or moving purposes. As of Jan. 1, 2023, the standard mileage rates for the use of a car, vans, pickups, or panel trucks will be: 65.5 cents per mile driven for business use, up […]

Hunters and other interested citizens are invited to lend your comments and ideas on the development of hunting regulation proposals for the 2023-2025 hunting seasons. The Georgia Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Resources Division is holding a number of in-person public meetings and one virtual public meeting this month to get input and ideas from licensed hunters. All meetings take […]