A proclamation dealing with lake levels was signed by the Lincoln County Board of Commissioners at a called meeting held Thursday, August 27, in the commissioners' chambers at the courthouse. More...

The first-ever Miss Freshwater Coast Pageant will be held Saturday, October 17, at 7 p.m. in the LCHS Auditorium. The event is being sponsored by the Lincolnton-Lincoln County Chamber of Commerce. "We are extremely excited about this pageant," stated Melissa Burgess, past president of the chamber of commerce. More...

"I am adamantly opposed to 'Obama care,'" stated 10th District Congressman Paul Broun in a telephone interview with The Lincoln Journal on Monday, August 31. The congressman was in Canada on a fact-finding tour at the time. More...

"It was a dark and stormy night — the house sat silently on the hill, watching and waiting. The thunder and rain were merely background noise as the car loaded with Gap-clad teenagers squealed into the driveway. The house shuddered because it never missed anything... More...

The Lincoln Journal will be closed Monday, September 7, for Labor Day. The deadline for news and advertisements to appear in the September 10 issue of the paper is Friday, September 4, at 5 p.m. We wish everyone a safe and happy holiday! More...

With Labor Day around the corner, we decided it would be interesting to ask some of the hard-working residents of Lincoln County what kind of profession they would choose if they had it to do all over again or what kind of job they would want if they could not do the job they were currently doing. More...

The 78-hour Labor Day holiday travel period begins Friday, September 4, at 6 p.m. and ends at midnight on Monday (Labor Day), September 7. According to Bill Hitchens, commissioner of the Georgia Department of Public Safety, traffic on Georgia roads is expected to be heavy. "A number of events across the state will contribute to making this a busy holiday period. More...