College may provide space to displaced Hancock Co. government

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Tuesday, August 12th, 2014, 3:50pm

College may provide space to displaced Hancock Co. government

Hancock County government may set up shop at the Oconee Fall Line Technical College.

The government was displaced when the county courthouse was destroyed in a fire early Monday.

College president Lloyd Horadan offered it to the county to use and the county would only have to pay for utilities.

The Hancock County Courthouse was recently featured in Rhett Turner's new book, "Georgia County Courthouses."(Photo: Rhett Turner, "Georgia County Courthouses")

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PHOTOS | Hancock County Courthouse ruled a total loss

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Monday, August 11th, 2014, 10:20am

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Monday, August 11th, 2014, 8:14am

The Hancock County Courthouse in Sparta burned to the ground early Monday morning.

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Thursday, August 7th, 2014, 2:09pm

Each Thursday, a Georgia Department of Labor representative joins 13WMAZ to share several open jobs in the Central Georgia area.

You can watch this on 13WMAZ-TV on Thursday mornings and again at 5 p.m.

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Ga. Congressman co-sponsors medical marijuana bill on Capitol Hill

Submitted by Jacqueline Harnevious, 13WMAZ Community Web Producer

Tuesday, July 29th, 2014, 10:51am

(WXIA-TV) -- Tenth District Rep. Paul Broun (R) is co-sponsoring a bill introduced Monday on Capitol Hill by Pennsylvania Rep. Scott Perry (R), that would legalize a form of medical marijuana nationwide.

One Georgia mom who moved her daughter to Colorado for marijuana treatments said that the bill is a step in the right direction, and hopes it will be revised to help even more children.

Her daughter, Haleigh Cox, just turned five years old and is almost seizure-free.

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Monday, July 28th, 2014, 3:00pm

Public input wanted in Georgia's deer management plan

Georgia Department of Natural Resources wants your input in how the state manages the white-tailed deer population.

According to a release, the meetings include an overview of stakeholder recommendations and proposed actions to take for deer management including: population density, seasons and bag limits, hunting methods, hunter access, urban deer management, education and outreach.

You can attend a meeting at Monroe County Library on Wednesday, August 20 at 7 p.m.

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Friday, July 25th, 2014, 10:32am

Unemployment rates up in Metro Macon, Middle Georgia region

Metro Macon's unemployment rate increased to 8.2 percent in June, up from 7.9 percent in May.

The rate was 9.4 percent in June 2013, according to a Georgia Department of Labor news release.

The unemployment rate for the Middle Georgia region increased also to 8.3 percent in June, the news release states. It was 7.9 percent in May, but it was 9.4 percent in June 2013.

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