Gillsville News

Many museums pay homage to extinct entities, but the newest exhibit at the Folk Pottery Museum of Northeast Georgia is doing just the opposite.

The changes to the House district maps were proposed by Rep. Roger Lane, R-Darien, and promise to reduce what some lawmakers called a dilution of the county's voting strength in the House.

Animal control officers and veterinarians in Jackson and Southern Hall counties are urging people to make sure their pets' rabies vaccinations are up to date after authorities confirmed that a rabid cow had attacked its owner and rabid bobcat had attacked two dogs.

A bobcat found near the Jackson-Hall county line near Gillsville and a raccoon in the Whitney Trace area of Braselton both tested positive for rabies, according to officials.

As a landscape architect, Hermann Weis could take the ordinary and make it beautiful, friends and family said.

A rabies alert has been issued for the Bryant Quarter Road area of Gillsville after a rabid bobcat came in contact with two dogs.

GILLSVILLE, Ga. -- Hall County officials warned the public Thursday of a rabid bobcat in the Bryant Quarter Road area of Gillsville.

City officials want to change the way local sales taxes are distributed in the county using a formula that would cut the county government's share by nearly 9 percent.

Many museums pay homage to extinct entities, but the newest exhibit at the Folk Pottery Museum of Northeast Georgia is doing just the opposite.

Rudess Hooper is the new Gillsville city councilman by default. Mayor Larry Poole asked Hooper to consider returning to the council after no one else qualified last week for the March 6 special election.