The Walton County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday to give all jailers and sheriff’s deputies at Walton County Sheriff’s Office an annual pay raise of a flat $3,000. This will go into effect May […]
Local musician Cindy Hayes has a chance to travel to Los Angeles, Calif. to perform with talented singer/songwriter Brandi Carlile, but she needs the local community to help her realize this dream. Brandi Carlile is […]
Not that far from the local area are two of Georgia’s state parks, Hard Labor Creek in Rutledge, Ga. and Fort Yargo in Winder. With Easter just around the corner and spring well under way, […]
Gratis Worship, the worship band at Gratis Church, debuted their new EP this past Friday on iTunes with some impressive results. According to the band’s producer, Caleb Peavy, their music charted at #66 overall for […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – At 6:15 p.m. this evening, Tuesday, April 4, U.S. Rep. Jody Hice (R-GA) will host a telephone town hall meeting, his second this year, with constituents of the 10th District of Georgia. During […]
Following what has been dubbed a highly successful Elementary School Art Show during the month of March, it is now the turn of local middle and high school students to display their talents. From now […]
MONROE, Ga. — Imagine having electricity for only two or three hours a day. Or sweltering in the Georgia heat and humidity due to a lack of power. Our nation’s electric grid can’t function without […]
The Partnership for Community Action, Inc. (PCA) announced that it has funds available from the Georgia Department of Human Services to help with heating bills through the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) as well as from […]
A few times in my lawyering career, I’ve had medical malpractice cases in which careless doctors accidentally left things in people’s bodies after cutting them open. Wires, superfluous body parts, and the ever-popular sponges, to […]
A 31-year-old man from Lilburn was lifeflighted to Gwinnett Medical Center Sunday afternoon after he wrecked his motorcycle on Piney Grove Road in the Loganville area of Walton County. According to Georgia State Patrol Trooper […]
The City of Monroe has current job postings, including for a utilities administrative assistant, a water distribution and natural gas serviceman as well as in public safety. Click on the relevant link for more information. […]
Fire crews from Walton County Fire Rescue responding to a fire at Youth Mobile Home Park in the Loganville area of Walton County Sunday night arrived to find one unoccupied modular home about 50 percent […]
If you’re looking for something to keep the little ones busy during spring break, the Walton-Monroe Library on Spring Street may have just what you need. The library is offering movies on Tuesday and Thursday […]
The big countdown has begun. Great Harvest Bread Company in Loganville is set to open at 10 a.m. on Friday, April 7, 2017. Great Harvest Bread Company is a bakery and restaurant partnership between Kim […]
Walton County Public Works announced on social media last week that construction will tentatively begin in June/July of 2017 of a roundabout at Youth Jersey, Robertson and Broadnax Mill Road in the Loganville area of […]
The Walton County Sheriff’s Office reported the following Community Alerts for the period Tuesday, March 28 – Thursday, March 30, 2017. Please note an arrest or charge does not constitute a conviction. The Walton County […]
Following a promise to call for a vote by Commissioner Mark Banks at a Called Meeting of the Walton County Board of Commissioners last month, the issue of a salary adjustment for Walton County Commissioners […]
The Monroe City Council has a full agenda for its April Work Session beginning at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, April 4, 2017. The meeting returns to the newly renovated council chambers at City Hall on […]
During a move this morning, April 2, 2017, a local resident lost a patio chair. It appears to have fallen off the vehicle used to move the patio furniture somewhere between highways 78 and 138. […]
It’s spring. The birds are singing, the pollen is drifting, and it’s time for standardized testing. This gets lots of people in a tizzy, and they want to know what they can do about it. […]
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