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       David Knight, paranormal hunter, at the historic Kirby-Quinton log cabin on Main Street in Jasper. Knight says he uses dowsing rods to locate and communicate with spirits, and believes this cabin is a “hot spot” of spiritual activity. 

        It was easy to see that David Knight’s enthusiasm was genuine, and he wholeheartedly believed what he was telling me – that the spirt world is real and he can communicate with it. His eyes widened and lit as he spoke.

“I was born with a gift,” said Knight, a Pickens resident who moonlights as a paranormal researcher and vlogger with over 1,500 videos on platforms like YouTube and GodTube. He’s also an ordained preacher. 

“I can see and hear spirits, which get really loud sometimes, that’s why I got into the paranormal in high school. I wanted to understand more about that world.” 

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THE STATE V. HAMILTON (S19A0722)

The Georgia Supreme Court has upheld a Barrow County judge’s order granting a new trial to Paul Lamar Hamilton, who was convicted by a jury of shooting and killing his nephew. Relying on his statutory authority to sit as a “13th juror,” the judge granted the new trial after determining that the jury’s verdict “was contrary to the evidence and principles of justice and equity.”   

According to the evidence, Hamilton owned a mobile home at 1302 Charlie Hall Road in Barrow County.

LOCK IT UP - The sheriff's office urges you to lock your car at home and take valuables inside. 

Sheriff investigators suspect that the group who illegally entered 20 cars in two subdivisions off Worley Crossroads  Saturday may be better organized and potentially more dangerous than the typical teens who pilfer from unlocked vehicles.

The Pickens Sheriff’s Office reported over the weekend that “during the early morning hours of Saturday, Aug. 24th, Pickens County experienced a rash of entering-auto criminal activity. Two particular neighborhoods, Wild Timber and Winchester Oaks, were targeted. More than 20 vehicles were illegally entered by unknown individuals, resulting in various stolen property, including firearms. One 2019 Ford Explorer was stolen, and later recovered, in the metro-Atlanta area.”

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     The building which now houses the Southern Appalachian Folk School was once a "happening" place a little more than a half century ago. Local civic organizations sponsored the teen canteen every Saturday night where young people could dance to the latest hits. News clippings from around the time of the Teen Canteen opening said it was an instant success. Well over 100 teens came to the opening, and this clipping from early 1964 says the venue attracted 200 teens the night the photo was taken. 

    "There's nothing to do in this town!" is a refrain often heard from teenagers who often look with envy upon the more fortunate youth in larger, more exciting towns, who, invariably, also complain of "nothing to do."

Perhaps, it's in the DNA of young people to complain of "nothing to do." Has this always been true? It seems every generation of adolescents bemoans the lack of entertainment in their hometowns.

Fifty years ago, when young female fashion was transitioning from poodle skirts to mini-skirts and