The ladies of Dahlonega Baptist Church will be lending their substantial culinary skills to the upcoming Soup Bowl on February 1, benefitting local charity Side by Side in Service. Pictured (from left) are Mary Stover, Judy Brown, Beth Hampton, Melanie Pruitt, Judy Wiggins and Dorothy Walsingham.

Representatives of Jackson EMC presented a donation of $10,000 for the Lumpkin County Veterans Cemetery during a recent Board of Commissioners meeting. All local funds raised for the project are being matched, in $50,000 increments, by the Lowell S. and Betty L. Dunn Foundation.

JoAnne Taylor hands off the gavel to Mayor Sam Norton at City Hall before the meeting in a photo-friendly setting at The Nugget’s request.

Multiple flyers can be found on the edge of the Blood Mountain Wilderness as the search for Charles M. Hosch continues.

County government officials are working with the Lumpkin County Sheriff’s Office to try to recover more of the nearly $400,000 that was involved in the scam.

A banner hanging in front of Dahlonega Methodist Church on South Park Street advertises their upcoming free Christmas Day Meal for the community, which will be served from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. inside the Fellowship Hall.

Long Branch Elementary School teacher Ami Young believes music is a healthy emotional outlet for students. “It’s soothing at times or it’s joyful at times, depending on what you’re listening to or recording or creating—it’s just a deeply emotional and good experience.”

A sign just before the roundabout in front of the new Aquatic Center on Pinetree Way advertises two December public hearings.

LCHS teacher Aaron Hopper and daughter Sara Hopper enjoy traveling to Greenville, S.C. in their spare time to take in musical theater like Hamilton, Beetlejuice, Frozen and Wicked. Aaron hopes to take Sara to a Broadway play in New York City for her senior trip.

It's believed that Charles M. Hosch was dressed as pictured in the photo on the right when he set out on a hike on Blood Mountain last Tuesday.