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Locally made bowls are a gift for diners at the Empty Bowls lunch. (Photo/submitted)

Empty Bowls to provide lunch, benefit food pantry

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Thursday, March 16, 2023

The annual Empty Bowls lunch will be 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday, March 20 at the Sautee Nacoochee Center’s Community Hall. The event benefits the White County Food Pantry. Diners donate the amount they choose, select a bowl and enjoy a soup lunch.

Erin Etris is the new marketing specialist for the White County News.

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Etris joins White County News team

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Thursday, March 9, 2023

Erin Etris is the new marketing specialist for the White County News. She has over 14 years of experience in media and customer service. “We are very excited to have Erin on our team,” said CNI Chairman Alan NeSmith.

Cleveland’s proposed land use map can be viewed on the city’s website, cityofcleveland.org. Comments regarding it should be made within 30 days.

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City commission reviews draft land use map

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Thursday, March 9, 2023

by Linda Erbele White County News The Cleveland city commission reviewed the first draft of an update to its future land use map at its March 6 meeting. The final map will become part of the city’s comprehensive 5-year plan.

Scott Alan Bradshaw, 57, of Cleveland, was arrested Nov. 30, 2021.

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Guilty: Bradshaw sentenced to 88 years

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Thursday, March 9, 2023

by Linda Erbele White County News Two mothers flew from Missouri to Atlanta so they could attend the Feb. 27 trial of Scott Alan Bradshaw in White County Superior Court.

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Taste bound with the Bandit

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Thursday, March 9, 2023

The White County Chamber of Commerce’s Taste of the Town had a Smokey and the Bandit theme this year, complete with impersonators — Tim Phillips as Bandit and Sean Bailey as Sheriff Buford T.

Author Laurel Hamby reads her book, Kiki Comes Home, to fourth and fifth grade students at Mt. Yonah Elementary School. Beside her is a stuffed cat that looks like Kiki, and photos of the real Kiki. (Photo/Samantha Sinclair)

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Mt. Yonah celebrates reading with locally-grown author

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Thursday, March 9, 2023

by Samantha Sinclair White County News Students at Mt. Yonah Elementary School got to meet an author who wrote a book with familiar sites during Reading is Fun Day on Friday. Laurel Hamby grew up in White County with a view of Mt. Yonah.

Braxten Palmer drives a delivery truck as part of his work-based learning assignment. (Photo/submitted)

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Program gives hands-on experiences

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Thursday, March 9, 2023

by Torie Buck White County News Braxten Palmer knows that while driving a delivery truck, you can get in some pretty tight spots. Palmer, a student in the work-based learning program, has been able to get his commercial driver’s license working with B&M Metals.

Tesnatee Gap Principal Octavius Mulligan shares a laugh with kindergartner Raleigh Brode in the cafeteria. (Photos/Samantha Sinclair)

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Goodbyes begin for 3 school leaders

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Thursday, March 2, 2023

by Samantha Sinclair White County News White County Schools will be looking for a few new leaders to fill big shoes in the district.

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Yellow bells are ringing

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Thursday, March 2, 2023

by Bill Kinsland Correspondent This shrub is an ornamental hybrid which is a cross of two other species from China. The hybrid was created in Gottingen Botanical Garden in Germany in 1878 and imported into the United States about 1889. It is a member of the Olive Family (Oleaceae).

The White County Board of Commissioners approved seeking an application for an Assistance to Firefighters Grant through the Federal Emergency Management Agency at a called meeting Feb. 27.

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County seeks FEMA grant, hires grant consultants

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Thursday, March 2, 2023

by Linda Erbele White County News The White County Board of Commissioners approved seeking an application for an Assistance to Firefighters Grant through the Federal Emergency Management Agency at a called meeting Feb. 27. Depending on what is granted, the award could be as high as $552,227.