Category: News

Piedmont College artist-in-residence and pianist Dr. Jeri-Mae G. Astolfi has been awarded the 2020 Steinway & Sons Top Teacher Award.  The accolade, established in 2011, recognizes music educators for excellence […]

Irfanali Momin and Shiba I. Momin a/k/a Saguftabanu Momin, husband and wife, have been sentenced to prison for naturalization fraud and conspiring to illegally import and distribute misbranded drug products […]

On Feb. 19, a deputy of the Rabun County Sheriff’s Office responded to a single-vehicle crash on Old Highway 441 near Ice Plant Road.  The deputy found a 2005 Jeep […]

An Anderson, South Carolina woman stands charged with driving under the influence of alcohol, driving too fast for conditions, failure to maintain lane, possession of an open alcohol container, and […]

On February 22, 2021, the GBI and the Hartwell Police Department arrested 30-year-old Brittany Traneese of Hartwell for the murder of 39-year-old Jermaine Edward Maxwell of Hartwell.  At approximately 7pm, […]

The National Weather Service in Greenville and Spartanburg, South Carolina has issued a hazardous weather outlook for northeast Georgia, including Rabun County.  The relative humidity is expected to drop to […]

Yesterday, the Georgia State Senate passed a resolution in favor of proposing term limits on Congress. Senate Resolution 28 (SR28), sponsored by Sen. Bill Cowsert, sailed through the chamber by […]

Fly the United States of America Flag at half-staff through sunset on Friday, February 22, 2021, remembering the 500,000 Americans lost to COVID-19.

On Feb. 15, a deputy of the Rabun County Sheriff’s Office was contacted by a Clayton woman in reference to identity theft.  She told the deputy that she had gone […]

Investigators with the Rabun County Sheriff’s Office are currently looking into a recent felony theft by taking.  On Feb. 13, a deputy was dispatched to a home on Harry Brown […]