Local briefs: school budget adoption in Elberton, Planning Board session in Danielsville

Drug OD leads to a murder charge in Hall County

There is an evening meeting of the Madison County Planning and Zoning Board, a 6 o’clock session in Danielsville.

There will be more money for the Elbert County Sheriff’s deputies who work at the Elbert County Detention Center: Elbert County Commissioners, meeting in Elberton, have signed off on hourly wage increases of a $1.75.

The Elbert County School Board, meeting Monday in Elberton, signed off on a $61 million Elbert County Schools budget.

There are vehicular homicide charges for a Hall County man stemming from an accident that happened back in January: 34 year-old Shamus Hutchinson is also charged with DUI after the crash that claimed the life of 31 year-old Mitchell Anderson. It is a wreck that happened January 14 in south Hall.

A Lumpkin County man faces a murder charge after a drug overdose death in Hall County: police in Gainesville say 32 year-old Josh Evans of Dahlonega is accused of supplying the fentanyl Malcom Ogletree was using at the time of his death in February.