Georgia’s most anticipated tradition for hunters across the state is almost here! Deer hunting firearms season opens Sat. Oct ...

Jim Smith James “Jim” Wesley Smith, 95, of Milton, Georgia, passed away on October 9, 2025. Born in Johnson City, New York, Jim was the son of the late Moses Wesley Smith and Ethel Knowlden Smith. He ...

By Ty Tagami, Bureau Chief Capitol Beat News Service ATLANTA — A solar power advocate who is running for a seat on Georgia’s energy regulation agency made his case without opposition last week when ...

Last week, we reported that a homeless camp was disbanded after a property owner requested assistance with four people living in tents in one of the city’s commercial areas. The residents were given ...

Submitted by Sequoyah Chapter DAR The Pickens County America 250 Committee held its inaugural meeting on October 6, beginning ...

Georgia’s public school class of 2025 scored marginally worse on the SAT than the class before but still outpaced the nation by a wide margin. The average score of 1029 was a point lower than that sco ...

Nettes aim for third straight Elite 8 Trip  Pickens softball seeks another deep run in Columbus, while scrappy volleyball ...

School leaders want to correct issue as soon as possible An error in ballot language to increase the senior school tax ...

It was the spring of 1990 when seeds for the Bethany-Salem Volunteer Fire Department were planted. Three veteran firefighters, Frank Riddick, TJ Prather, and Ronnie Brown, met with Commissioner Bill ...

If you’ve lived in Pickens County for long, you know what’s coming. The leaves are starting to turn, there’s a chill in the morning air, and Highway 515 is about to look more like a parking lot than a ...