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The cause of death was hanging. In connection with his death, the jail was issued a notice of non-compliance by the Texas Commission on Jail Standards for failing to properly observe inmates. Jail or Agency: Bell County Jails; State: Texas; Date arrested or booked: UNKNOWN; Date of death: 5/23/2016; Age at death: 45
Buildings and structures in Rabun County, Georgia (2 C, 3 P) E. Education in Rabun County, Georgia (1 C, 1 P) G. Geography of Rabun County, Georgia (3 C, 3 P) P.
Rabun County (/ ˈ r eɪ b ən /) is the northeasternmost county in the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census , the population was 16,883, [ 1 ] up from 16,276 in 2010. [ 2 ] The county seat is Clayton . [ 3 ]
Eliot Wigginton (born Brooks Eliot Wigginton on November 9, 1942) is an American oral historian, folklorist, writer and former educator.He is most widely known for developing with his high school students the Foxfire Project, a writing project consisting of interviews and stories about Appalachia.
Claytonsville was founded by European-American settlers in 1821 as the seat of Rabun County. [5] In 1823, the town was incorporated and renamed Clayton. [ 6 ] It was named after a prominent jurist and congressman, Judge Augustin S. Clayton , who served in both the Georgia House of Representatives and Georgia Senate before being elected as a ...
The Clayton Tribune was founded in 1897 by J.A. Reynolds. He started the newspaper with a single hand press in Rabun County. Reynolds operated the newspaper until 1914, when he sold the newspaper to Frank Singleton.
By the early 20th century, the town of Burton had a population of approximately 200, making it the second largest town in Rabun County. In 1917, the Georgia Railway and Electric Company (predecessor of the Georgia Power Company) purchased the town of Burton and the surrounding homesteads. The dam for Lake Burton was closed on December 22, 1919 ...
A drug trafficking investigation in Bogalusa, Louisiana, has led to the arrest of the city's mayor, Tyrin Truong, and several other people, police said Tuesday. The Louisiana State Police ...