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Georgia survivors of Hurricane Helene (Sept. 24—Oct. 30, 2024) have just a few days left to apply for FEMA assistance.  The application period for federal disaster assistance ends on Friday, Feb. 7, 2025. Clinch County County is one of the counties eligible for assistance.  “With the February 7 deadline quickly approaching, time is of the…

A new restaurant is opening in downtown Homerville this week. Uncle Wayne’s Steak & Barbecue Shack is opening on Friday, at 11 a.m., in the former Big Daddy’s and Hoagies location on East Dame Avenue. Owner Wayne Coleman, a Clinch County native, also owns a restaurant in Waycross, and invites the community to the Grand…

Students at the new Clinch County High School will need a permit to park, starting with the coming school year. At the June 20 regular monthly meeting of the Clinch County Board of Education, Superintendent Dr. Lori James discussed the new parking permit requirement with board members during a discussion about student handbooks. According to…

While the new Clinch County PreK-12 facility appears far from complete from the outside, the inside looks ready to go for the start of the school year on August 12. Construction is on schedule for the facility, which will house grades Pre-Kindergarten through 12 in three separate schools (Clinch County Elementary, Clinch County Middle, and…

Below are Letters to Santa from the CCHS Class of 2024 – when they were in first grade, as they appeared in the December 19. 2012 edition of your community newspaper, The Clinch County News. Their letters to Santa are below – Enjoy! And Congratulations to the graduates and their families.   And also remember…

The Homerville City Council is considering a proposal to give themselves a 267% raise, and the mayor’s position a 250% raise. Do you think they deserve such a raise?    

Recently, Homerville’s mayor resigned with more than two years left in his term. Homerville City Council is considering appointing someone to fill the more than two years of that term. Should they do that or call for a special election and allow Homerville’s voters to choose their own mayor? We will run this poll until…

  By Blake Pittman – Editor   Homerville residents will soon be getting two new businesses in the old Fred’s building on South Church Street. At the August meeting of the Homerville City Council, the council approved a business license for not one, but two, businesses to come and occupy the vacant building. The building…

The Homerville City Council may want to consider a history lesson before they act on how to replace former Homerville Mayor Brooks Blitch IV, who resigned on August 18. Word is out that the council is considering bypassing a special election in favor of appointing one of their own (councilman Elexis Williams) as mayor, then…