The University of Georgia’s University Union hosts this evening’s Fall Fair: it’s underway at 5 and lasts 8 at UGA’s Tate Student Center.
It’s another busy day and night for Athens-Clarke County Commissioners, with a special session set for 5 o’clock this afternoon and an agenda-setting meeting scheduled for 6. Both Commission sessions take place at Athens City Hall.
Year-end budget adjustments are on the agenda for a special called meeting of the Oconee County Industrial Development Authority set for 4 o’clock this afternoon at the Oconee County Administrative Building.
Rusty Fulbright becomes the second candidate to announce a campaign for Sheriff in Stephens County: Fulbright has worked with the Sheriff’s Office in Toccoa and with the Police Department in Lavonia. Fulbright joins Stephens County Commissioner Dennis Bell in the race for the job now held by Sheriff Randy Shirley.
There are theft charges for a Hall County man: 34 year-old Jeremy Roberson of Gainesville is charged with stealing a tractor valued at upwards of $60 thousand, allegedly stealing it from an equipment rental company in Gainesville.
The Corps of Engineers confirms reports of low water levels on Lake Lanier, lowest in more than six years. Bad as it is, the water level—lowest since 2017—is not severe enough to threaten metro Atlanta’s supply of drinking water.
A man and woman from Gainesville are in the Hall County jail, charged with trafficking fentanyl: Dorian Dorsey is 37 years old; Amanda Howard is 35.
Firefighters worked Wednesday to knock down a wildfire that burned outside Demorest in Habersham County: they say dry conditions helped fuel the fire.