Hartwell News

Rodrigues Allen, 24, of 274 Tefel W. Drive, Hartwell, died Thursday, July 2, 2009, at Athens Regional Medical Center.

Law enforcement agencies in two states were investigating Thursday the kidnapping of a Harlem woman.

Avery, Colonel Philip Shuford, 90, of Athens; 10:30 a.m. at Athens First Presbyterian Church, interment in the Georgia National Cemetery, Canton; Lord & Stephens Funeral Home, EAST, Athens, has charge of arrangements.

Julia M. Bacon, 84, of Athens, died Sunday, June 21, 2009. Winfrey's Funeral Home, Athens, has charge of the arrangements.

A woman died Friday night when the motorcycle she was riding flipped, authorities said.

Another family-owned jewelry store will on East Clayton Street in downtown Athens, replacing the 50-year-old Foster's Jewelers, which closed in February.

Northeast Georgia residents are rallying around a few local state parks and historic sites stymied by state budget cuts.

The Ty Cobb Regional Medical Center, a $52 million, 56-bed hospital that would consolidate two hospitals in the region could open in Lavonia in 2011.

A rendering of the planned Ty Cobb Regional Medical Center. View Larger A new $52 million hospital is planned for Lavonia in rural Northeast Georgia.

Greenhaw Jr., David Michael, 26, of Watkinsville; 2 p.m. at Athens First United Methodist Church; Cremation Society of the SOUTH, Marietta, has charge of arrangements.

At Hart State Park on Friday, Justin Pittard was in his element. Dressed for summer and standing under an evergreen canopy, the Hartwell resident poked at a half-dozen hot dogs on the grill while his two young daughters splashed through shallow water at the lakeside park's small beach.

Greg Lawrence gets ready to cast his line as Kathy Moss, left, and Lisa Moss kick back on floats Friday at Hart State Park in Hartwell.

Broome, Elizabeth Howell "Betsey," 83, of Hartwell; 11 a.m. at Sharon Presbyterian Church; Strickland Funeral Home, Hartwell, has charge of arrangements.

Thanks to generous rains, Lake Lanier and Lake Hartwell basins have improved to mild drought.

Two months ago, David Freeman, owner of Portman Marina, couldn't operate his gas dock.

Mrs. Verna Morris Wright , age 96 of Alpharetta, passed away Wednesday, April 29, 2009.

Sonja Anita Hughes, 43, of Roebuck, S.C., formerly of Hartwell, died Saturday, April 25, 2009, in Germany.

Here is how area members of the Georgia House of Representatives voted during the 2009 session.

The National Weather Service has issued a tornado warning for Hart County and upstate South Carolina after trained weather spotters reported a funnel cloud nine miles northeast of Carnesville or about five miles south of Lake Hartwell.

All of Georgia except the Lanier and Hartwell basins are now out of drought. Several days of heavy rain across the southern two-thirds of the state have alleviated the remaining drought conditions in south Georgia.