Paul Van Haute

Retired U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Billy Hargrove, a WWII and Vietnam veteran, gave an often lighthearted but poignant address to a receptive crowd on Tuesday at the Veterans Wall of Honor Park in Eatonton. IAN TOCHER/Staff

Retired U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Billy Hargrove, a WWII and Vietnam veteran, gave an often lighthearted but poignant address to a receptive crowd on Tuesday at the Veterans Wall of Honor Park in Eatonton. IAN TOCHER/Staff

Veterans Day ceremony honors military sacrifice

Ian Tocher
Friday, November 14, 2025
A brisk November wind couldn’t keep Putnam County residents away Tuesday morning as they gathered at the Putnam County Veterans Roll of Honor Park to celebrate local veterans and recognize the legacy of the park’s late founder, Bob Landau.Hosted by the Putnam County Board of Commissioners and the...
Putnam County Commission Chairman Bill Sharp holds a proclamation regarding Operation Green Light Putnam County, which encourages local citizens from Nov. 4-11, to “recognize the importance of honoring all those who made immeasurable sacrifices to preserve freedom by displaying green lights in a window of their place of business or residence.” IAN TOCHER/Staff

Putnam County Commission Chairman Bill Sharp holds a proclamation regarding Operation Green Light Putnam County, which encourages local citizens from Nov. 4-11, to “recognize the importance of honoring all those who made immeasurable sacrifices to preserve freedom by displaying green lights in a window of their place of business or residence.” IAN TOCHER/Staff

BOC considers rezoning, rebates, rollback rates

Ian Tocher
Thursday, October 30, 2025
The Putnam County Board of Commissioners met Oct. 21 for its second of two regularly scheduled monthly meetings.The evening opened with a zoning item, with commissioners considering whether to allow Tyler and Allie Mathis to withdraw, without prejudice, their request to rezone an acre at 166 Dennis...
Putnam County Manager Paul Van Haute addresses local politicians on Monday, describing the history and potential of a local SPLOST. IAN TOCHER/Staff

Putnam County Manager Paul Van Haute addresses local politicians on Monday, describing the history and potential of a local SPLOST. IAN TOCHER/Staff

SPLOST 10 resurrected in joint city-county meeting

Ian Tocher
Thursday, March 20, 2025
Mayor John Reid and Chairman Bill Sharp presided over a relatively rare joint meeting of the City of Eatonton Council and Putnam County Commission at 5 p.m. Monday to discuss reintroducing SPLOST 10 to pay for multiple municipal and countywide projects and expenses.A one-percent Special Local...
Lake Oconee News/File Photo

Lake Oconee News/File Photo

Tax rate increase by Puntam County commissioners seems inevitable

Rufus Adair
Thursday, August 24, 2023
With the Putnam County Board of Commissioners set to finalize its 2023-24 general fund budget a couple of weeks from now, at least one confounding question lingers: with the county’s tax digest up 20 percent, why do extra revenues from that growth not eliminate any need for an additional millage...
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