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Swinson teammate says complaints were ignored and punished

23 hours ago | nowhabersham.com | Joshua Peck

Caylin Carter was one of about two dozen people who participated in the Stand-In for Accountability demonstration at Truett McConnell University on Friday. They rallied in support of alumnus Hayle Swinson, whose sexual assault allegations against former TMU Vice President of Academic Services Bradley Reynolds have rocked the school in recent days. Carter said she was a friend and fellow soccer player with Swinson during the time she was allegedly being groomed and abused by Reynolds.
TMU alumni and students call for transparency as trustees meet behind closed doors

1 day ago | nowhabersham.com | Joshua Peck

A peaceful crowd of some 25 Truett McConnell University students and alumni gathered on the Cleveland campus Friday morning to call for change at the troubled Baptist University. The alumni, many of whom identified themselves, called for the university to relieve faculty and staff of their nondisclosure agreements so that alumnus Hayle Swinson’s allegations of sexual abuse could be thoroughly investigated.
District Attorney opens door to possible prosecution in Truett McConnell sex scandal

2 days ago | nowhabersham.com | Joshua Peck

WARNING: This article contains sensitive content about alleged sexual abuse, which may be distressing to some readers. Reader discretion is advised. If you need support, please contact the Rape Response 24-hour crisis line at 770-503-7273 or RAINN’s National Sexual Assault Hotline: 1-800-656-HOPE.
Trump tariffs would lower deficit but slow U.S. economic growth, nonpartisan CBO finds

3 days ago | nowhabersham.com | Ashley Murray

WASHINGTON (States Newsroom) — President Donald Trump’s tariffs would decrease the deficit over the next decade but overall shrink the U.S. economy and raise costs for consumers, according to a Congressional Budget Office analysis released Wednesday. Tariffs are paid to the U.S. government by domestic companies and purchasers who buy goods from abroad.
Georgia mayor and 2 others are jailed on felony charges for trying to halt a local election

3 days ago | nowhabersham.com | Russ Bynum

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — The mayor of a small city in Georgia and two former election officials have been jailed on felony charges stemming from efforts last November to halt a local election after one of the mayor’s allies was disqualified from a city council race. Camilla Mayor Kelvin Owens was being held at the Mitchell County jail Friday, two days after a grand jury indicted him on a felony charge of election interference and a misdemeanor count of conspiring to commit election fraud.
Gov. Kemp: Special tax refund checks begin issuing this week

4 days ago | nowhabersham.com | Alexia Ridley

On Monday, Governor Brian Kemp and the Georgia Department of Revenue announced that the state will begin issuing one-time, special tax refunds this week. This is the third time Georgia has returned a portion of its revenue surplus to taxpayers. Previous refunds were handed out in 2022 and 2023. To be eligible, residents must have filed both the 2023 and 2024 tax returns.
Racial history brought to light as ‘Mockingbird’ play opens in Clarkesville

5 days ago | nowhabersham.com | Joshua Peck

This week, To Kill a Mockingbird, the stage play based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning 1960 novel by Harper Lee, is going onstage at Habersham Community Theatre in Clarkesville. The show has garnered such interest that most of the performances for the 12 planned shows—June 4-8 and 11-15—are already sold out as of this writing, and two of those dates were just recently added to accommodate the demand. A few tickets remain.
Don’t allow joy to end

6 days ago | nowhabersham.com | Lynn Gendusa

It is officially summer! Graduations, celebrations, reunions, and picnics are taking place all over America. Watermelons are ripening, and corn grows tall in the sunshine. I always view this season as one made for children. They can laugh freely, run with wild abandon, and embrace their imaginations. If adults did the same, we would spread more joy. My granddaughter recently visited on her way home to Florida after finishing her sophomore year of college.
Athens listed among hundreds of sanctuary cities

6 days ago | nowhabersham.com | Rebecca Santana |Alexia Ridley

The Department of Homeland Security is putting more than 500 “sanctuary jurisdictions” across the country on notice that the Trump administration views them as obstructing immigration enforcement as it attempts to increase pressure on communities it believes are standing in the way of the president’s mass deportations agenda.
‘The Cottage’ puts laughter (and marriage) to the test

1 week ago | nowhabersham.com | Joshua Peck

“The Cottage” may initially seem just like another crazed bedroom farce, but director Foy Tootle thinks the play has a little more substance in mind: “It poses questions about fidelity and marriage, and even about brothers and siters,” he says, while still showing the audience a wild, rollicking time. His production of the 2023 Broadway hit will open at North Georgia Community Players theater in Dillard on Friday, May 30th, running through that weekend and the next.