A small tornado rated EF-0 with wind gusts estimated between 65 to 85 mph traveled through south Cherokee, damaging a car and a baseball complex in its path. The tornado snapped a few trees along Dreamcatcher Drive and continued eastward, causing more tree damage along Loraine Parkway and at Bell Park Drive and Bell Court. The tornado lifted as it reached Mill Creek Road. At the South Cherokee Recreational Complex, the tornado blew off the roof of a dugout, overturned bleachers, and blew over a press box. Volunteers from area youth baseball programs helped to clean up the site the following day.
According to a report from SafeWise, Holly Springs has been named the safest city in Georgia for 2023, with a violent crime rate of zero incidents per 1,000 residents and a property crime rate of 2.7. Canton ranked 14th and Woodstock 20th on the list of safest cities in Georgia. The average violent crime rate in Georgia is 3.9, and the average property crime rate is 17.5. Violent crime in Georgia fell by about 3% and property crime decreased by about 13% compared to the previous year. The top five safest cities in Georgia are Holly Springs, Kingsland, Hampton, Johns Creek, and Barnesville.
Student artists from the University of Georgia created three new murals in Downtown Ball Ground over the weekend. Led by Professor Joseph Norman and Cherokee County native Katie Brannen, the students added the murals to walls on the side of Ireland Restorative Dentistry and the corner of Mound Street and Gilmer Ferry Road. One mural featurse an illustration of a Native American playing stick ball, which is where the city got its name, another features a black and white photo of a group of men and Henry Calvin Farmer, the “engineer of the Amicalola Marble and Power Co. Railroad.”, and the final mural features a hand offering a glass Coca-Cola bottle. The pieces celebrate the city's history and culture.
Gibbs Gardens in Ball Groundis bringing back its Twilight Concert Series after a three-year hiatus due to COVID-19. The concerts will feature local and regional cover bands every Saturday from May to October. Unlike previous years, admission to concerts is now an additional cost. Seating will be first-come, first-serve, and attendees may bring lawn chairs. The concerts will be held from 6-9 p.m. in May and June, and from 5-8 p.m. in September and early October. Boxed dinners from the Arbor Cafe will be available by pre-order, and the cafe will be selling food and drinks from their regular menu during the concerts.
A new Middle School Honor Band program was recently launched by Cherokee County School District, with 100 young musicians from all seven middle schools performing together. The seventh and eighth grade students rehearsed and performed a concert at Dean Rusk Middle School under the direction of guest conductor Matt Price. The event was considered a "resounding success" by Dean Rusk Middle School band director Lloyd McDonald, who received positive feedback from students and parents. Cherokee County Superintendent Brian Hightower congratulated the students and thanked the band directors for organizing the program.
A section of East Main Street in downtown Woodstock between Wheeler Street and Arnold Mill Road will permanently close the first week of April, the city announced, as construction crews start work associated with the City Center project.
Construction fencing will be installed for work to extend Chambers Street from Wheeler Street to Arnold Mill Road.
The former Ace Hardware parking lot will no longer be accessible.
Access to the area will be available through the intersection of Fowler Street and Main Street during this phase of construction.
The Chambers Street extension is expected to be completed this fall.
An Etowah High School instructor has been named the Cherokee County School District’s Teacher of the Year.
Science teacher Lara McDonald is CCSD’s 2023 Teacher of the Year, the district announced Thursday night at its Legacy Makers CCSD Teachers of the Year Celebration. Other educators were also honored during the event.
The Legacy Makers event, held at the Northside Hospital Cherokee Conference Center in Canton, honored the Teacher of the Year for every CCSD school, including four finalists who were announced in February.
And now, as we get closer to the start of the 2023 Masters, Times-Journal Incorporated sports editor John Bednarowski joins the show to continue to take us on a tour of Augusta National presented by Ingles.
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