Hancock collects first water bills since fire
Exactly a week after a raging fire torched most of Hancock County's courthouse, Monday marked the first signs of revival for county government, as they collected water payments from county customers.
It's the first courthouse activity in the county's temporary space, the Sparta branch of the Oconee Fall Line Technical College on Highway 15.
Tuesday, a structural engineer and an environmental engineer will be the first to step foot inside the burned down courthouse to find any salvageable records.