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Tallulah Falls Assistant Dean Dustin Rogers (middle) is shown serving in Iraq with Sgt. Jeremy Cowart (left) and SPC Terry Olcott. DUSTIN ROGERS/Submitted

Tallulah Falls Assistant Dean Dustin Rogers (middle) is shown serving in Iraq with Sgt. Jeremy Cowart (left) and SPC Terry Olcott. DUSTIN ROGERS/Submitted

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‘Uncertainty and fear’

Matthew Osborne
Friday, September 9, 2022
Dustin Rogers thought he was getting out of the Marine Corps Reserves as the summer of 2001 came to an end. But his journey was really just beginning. Like it was with so may others, Rogers’ destiny changed on Sept. 11, 2001, when the terrorists launched their attack on the United States.
Kids take a spin on one of the carnival rides at last year’s Chattahoochee Mountain Fair in Clarkesville. FILE

Kids take a spin on one of the carnival rides at last year’s Chattahoochee Mountain Fair in Clarkesville. FILE

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Chattahoochee Mountain Fair begins tonight

Matthew Osborne
Friday, September 9, 2022
The cement is drying on normal post-pandemic society, and the Chattahoochee Mountain Fair returns to Clarkesville this week for the second-straight year as a beacon of family fun and community for nearly half a century. “We have more vendors than ever,” Fair Director Brenda Kimsey said.
CWO4 Navy SEAL Richard (Billy) Lumpkin (Ret.), is joined at his retirement celebration by son Tanner Lumpkin, daughter Madi Lumpkin, wife Tonya Lumpkin and son Austin Lumpkin. TONYA LUMPKIN/Submitted

CWO4 Navy SEAL Richard (Billy) Lumpkin (Ret.), is joined at his retirement celebration by son Tanner Lumpkin, daughter Madi Lumpkin, wife Tonya Lumpkin and son Austin Lumpkin. TONYA LUMPKIN/Submitted

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Military wives guarded the homefront

Brian Wellmeier
Friday, September 9, 2022
Habersham County resident Tonya Lumpkin was driving her eldest child to kindergarten when she heard on the radio that a plane had struck the World Trade Center in New York City. At first, like much of the nation, she assumed it’d been some sort of tragic accident.
April Jones pins her husband Chris Jones with the new rank of Baldwin Police Chief. BRIAN WELLMEIER/Staff

April Jones pins her husband Chris Jones with the new rank of Baldwin Police Chief. BRIAN WELLMEIER/Staff

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Baldwin talks taxes, swears in new chief

Brian Wellmeier
Friday, September 9, 2022
City of Baldwin officials heard the concerns of a second resident at Tuesday’s public hearing over the millage rate, which council will likely vote to increase next Monday.
Cornelia Police officers assess the crime scene in the parking lot of the United Community Bank on U.S. 441. MATTHEW OSBORNE/Staff

Cornelia Police officers assess the crime scene in the parking lot of the United Community Bank on U.S. 441. MATTHEW OSBORNE/Staff

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Truck theft leads to gunfire in Cornelia

Matthew Osborne
Wednesday, September 7, 2022
A man wanted for allegedly stealing a truck and pulling a gun on the owner was arrested Sunday afternoon, a day after bullets flew in Cornelia in broad daylight. Around 11:15 a.m. Saturday, Cornelia Police responded to a report of shots fired in the parking lot at the United Community Bank on U.S.
Honorees included (from left) Daniel Vanderstelt, Barry Church, Rob Wallace, Connie Barrow, Bill McAllister, Michael Dale, James Marach, Charlie Potter (seated), Jim Morgan, Clarence G. Mason, and Mack Key. MATTHEW OSBORNE/Staff

Honorees included (from left) Daniel Vanderstelt, Barry Church, Rob Wallace, Connie Barrow, Bill McAllister, Michael Dale, James Marach, Charlie Potter (seated), Jim Morgan, Clarence G. Mason, and Mack Key. MATTHEW OSBORNE/Staff

Quilts of Valor

Matthew Osborne
Wednesday, September 7, 2022
Grant-Reeves VFW Post 7720 presented 11 Quilts of Valor at Saturday’s Veterans Jamboree at their headquarters in Cornelia.

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Attorney: Piedmont faculty should unionize

Brian Wellmeier
Wednesday, September 7, 2022
Members of Piedmont University’s Board of Trustees have been named in a new federal lawsuit for their alleged participation in criminal conduct and violations of federal law in the obstruction of due course of justice.
Brooke Whitmire is the new Habersham County Recreation Director. AMARIS E. RODRIGUEZ/Staff

Brooke Whitmire is the new Habersham County Recreation Director. AMARIS E. RODRIGUEZ/Staff

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New rec director hopes to take department further

Amaris E. Rodriguez
Wednesday, September 7, 2022
A self-proclaimed “rec kid,” Brooke Whitmire is two weeks into her new role as the director of the Habersham County Parks and Recreation Department and hopes to continue to create a space like the one she had growing up.