White County

Terry Rogers

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State Rep. Rogers won’t seek re-election

Wayne Hardy

Thursday, February 20, 2020

White County appears set to have a new state representative after 2020. State Rep. Terry Rogers (R-Clarkesville), who represents the county in House District 10, announced Monday, Feb. 17, he would not seek re-election this year. He won the seat in a 2011 special election.

White County High School STAR Student Clay Bolton (right) selected Kalin Kennedy as STAR Teacher. (Photo/Stephanie Hill)

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Bolton and Kennedy are classroom STARs

Stephanie Hill

Thursday, February 20, 2020

There are some new STARs at White County High School. Clay Bolton has been named the school system’s 2020 STAR student. He selected WCHS math teacher Kalin Kennedy as his STAR teacher.

Chelsie Yamamoto

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Top of the Class

Stephanie Hill

Thursday, February 20, 2020

White County High School recently announced Chelsie Yamamoto as the 2020 class valedictorian, with Joshua Adelberg as the salutatorian. Valedictorian Surprised was how Chelsie Yamamoto described feeling when she found out she was the valedictorian. “I knew it was a possibility,” she says.

The pursuit ended with the vehicle wrecking at Freedom Park and damaging the brick and stone wall. (Photo/Stephanie Hill)

Juveniles cause damage at Freedom Park with wreck

Stephanie Hill

Tuesday, February 18, 2020

A car chase early Monday morning came to an end in Freedom Park, and resulted in some damage. White County Sheriff’s Office deputies were involved in a vehicle pursuit on Ga. 115 that started around Dock Dorsey Road on Monday, Feb. 17. Around 2:15 a.m.

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Pets of the Week Feb. 17

News Staff

Monday, February 17, 2020

Pets of the week for the week of Feb. 17 from White County Animal Control and Charles Smithgall Humane Society. At White County Animal Control, Joker is a one-year-old male lab mix who was surrendered to the shelter.

State Rep. Terry Rogers is shown speaking at a White County legislative breakfast in January 2020. (Photo/Wayne Hardy)

State Rep. Terry Rogers says he will not seek re-election

News Staff

Monday, February 17, 2020

State Rep. Terry Rogers (R-Clarkesville), who represents White County in House District 10, announced Monday morning he would not seek re-election this year.

Mattie Brooks had four hits in two games in her collegiate debut with the TMU Lady Bears. (Photo/TMU Athletics)

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No. 14 Lady Bears open with DH split

News Staff

Thursday, February 13, 2020

The No. 14 Truett McConnell softball team opened the season last week by splitting a doubleheader with Middle Georgia State University. The Lady Bears fell 6-3 in the first game of the non-conference doubleheader, but bounced back with a dominating 11-0 run-rule win in the nightcap.

White County's Ellie Gearing, left, tries to dribble past Marist's Maggie Thayer during the opening quarter of the Region 7-AAAA title game Monday night in Flowery Branch. (Photo/Mark Turner)

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Title bid stopped

Mark Turner

Thursday, February 13, 2020

It's time for the White County Lady Warriors to put on some dancing shoes. WCHS opens play in the Class AAAA state basketball tournament Friday night in Cleveland, taking on Central High School. The game tips off at 6 p.m.

Sidney Sullens won the 146-pound class at the Girls Sectional in Perry last weekend. (Photo/Staci Sulhoff)

Four Warriors headed to state

Mark Turner

Thursday, February 13, 2020

White County has four wrestlers in Macon this weekend, chasing a Class AAAA state championship. Sidney Sullens, Devin Sullens, Sean Wurtz and Justin Gilbert make up the Warrior contingent at the state finals, which began this morning in Macon.

Andy Allen, left, and John Erbele hug during Allen’s presentation to the White County Historical Society. (Photo/Stephanie Hill)

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Living through segregation to integration

Stephanie Hill

Thursday, February 13, 2020

Andy Allen has seen much change in her life. And, at times, the world has seen her differently, too. The Bean Creek resident shared her experiences of growing up as an African-American in the South during integration during the White County Historical Society’s Feb. 6 meeting.