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Serving Braselton, Hoschton, Chateau Elan, Traditions, Reunion, Deaton Creek and West Jackson $1.00 copy
Wednesday, February 8, 2023
Vol. 16 No. 9 A publication of MainStreet Newspapers, Inc. www.BraseltonNewsTODAY.com 12 pages
Big day for Panther wrestlers
The Jackson County boys' and girls' wrestling teams both finished
as region runners-up at Saturday's traditional region tournaments
PAGE 10A
More photos
See more photos of Saturday's Downtwon
Choocolate Walk in Braselton
PAGE 7A
A day for chocolate
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Photo by Ben Munro
Serena Tolone displays chocolate snacks offered at Re-Bar in Braselton’s 1904 building during Satur
day’s (Feb. 5) Downtown Chocolate Walk.
Truck driverfound dead in
vehicle at Braselton gas
station PAGE 5A
INDEX
News
1-3A
Opinion
4A
Public safety
5A
Social
6A
School
7A
Obituaries
8A-9A
Sports
10A
Classifieds
11A
Special election
Ru noff
Chase and Persinger facing off
Feb. 28 for House District 119 seat
The special election for
House District 119 is now
in overtime.
A runoff will be held
Tuesday, Feb. 28, between
Charlie Chase and Holt
Persinger, both Republi
cans, to fill the seat.
Chase
See Election, page 12A
Hoschton
Ledbetter resigns
from Hoschton
City Council
First-term Hoschton
City Councilman Adam
Ledbetter has resigned
from his post, effective
Feb. 2.
Ledbetter, elected in
2019, said he’s stepping
down to devote more
time to his son’s medical
care.
“It’s time for me to fo
cus more on my family
and my son’s upcoming
kidney transplant,” Led
better wrote in an email
to The Braselton News.
“The past three years, I
could not be more proud
of our city’s progress.
Our city is in great hands
with (City Manager)
Jennifer Kidd-Harrison
LEDBETTER
at the wheel. May God
bless our city now and in
the future.”
Ledbetter served on
the council during one of
its most trying times. In
early 2020, he was one
See Ledbetter, page 12A
South Hall
Lawsuits accuse Eagle
Ranch of negligence in
alleged sexual abuse cases
of minors by other minors
Eagle Ranch — a
South Hall non-profit
home for children and
families in crisis — is
facing claims of negli
gence in its prevention
and response to alleged
sexual abuse of minors
by other minors on its
property.
Hall County court re
cords show a June law
suit filed against Eagle
Ranch related to a mi
nor child. Records show
two more lawsuits filed
against the organization
in July, one referencing
a Jane Doe and another
for a John Doe.
Court documents
show the first lawsuit
was filed by two former
Eagle Ranch house-
parents who said their
5-year-old child was
sexually abused by a
9-year-old child of two
other houseparents. Re
cords show the other
two lawsuits were filed
by parents of children
living at Eagle Ranch,
each alleging their child
was sexually abused by
another child resident.
According to court
documents, allegations
in the lawsuits include
a lack of safeguards and
monitoring to prevent
the abuse of children
residents. Other claims
include failure on Eagle
Ranch’s part to report
two of the incidents to
See Lawsuits, page 12A
MAILING LABEL
Healthcare
South Hall
NGMC-Braselton president
talks about expansion plan
By Ben Munro
ben@mainstreetnews.com
The Braselton area
is rapidly growing,
and Northeast Georgia
Health System is invest
ing $500 million to keep
pace.
Northeast Georgia
Medical Center (NG-
MC)-Braselton Presi
dent Anthony William
son shared the hospital’s
expansion plans with
the Rotary Club of Bra
selton during a Thursday
(Feb. 2) presentation.
The half-billion-dollar
project is split into two
See Expansion, page 3A
Photo by Ben Munro
Northeast Georgia Medical Center-Bra-
selton president Anthony Williamson spoke
Thursday morning to the Rotary Club of Bra
selton about plans for a major expansion of
the hospital.
South Hall
travel trailer
park plans
withdrawn
By Ben Munro
ben@mainstreetnews. com
Applicants have withdrawn a re
zoning request to allow for a travel
trailer park just south of Oakwood
in South Hall.
The Hall County Board of Com
missioners was notified of the
withdraw at its Monday (Feb. 6)
work session.
The site was proposed for 6.72
acres at 3814 Bolding Rd. Appli
cants Yeon H. Jung and Soyeon
Kim sought to rezone the property
See Withdrawal, page 3A
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