Nominations being accepted for 2023 Habersham Central Lifetime Achievement Award
The Habersham County School System is now accepting nominations for the 2023 Habersham Central Lifetime Achievement Award.
The award was launched in 2020 to recognize...
Election officials to conduct risk-limiting audit
Election officials across Georgia will conduct a risk-limiting audit of the November 8 general election. The routine audit is required under the new state...
Wilbanks Middle to honor local veterans Monday
At least five school systems in Northeast Georgia closed Friday over concern about the weather. The remnants of what was Hurricane Nicole threatened to...
Area schools closed Friday due to weather
Habersham County is one of several Northeast Georgia school systems that will be closed Friday due to expected severe weather from Tropical Storm Nicole.
The...
Teens criminally charged after Tik Tok challenge injures fellow student
Two 15-year-old girls from White County High School have been criminally charged after allegedly injuring a classmate during a Tik Tok challenge.
The school's resource...
Cyclist seriously injured after being hit by SUV
A Cornelia man suffered suspected serious injuries when the bicycle he was riding was clipped from behind by an approaching SUV. The crash Wednesday on...
Gainesville brothers charged with murder
Two teenagers are in custody in connection with the November 8 shooting death of a Gainesville man. Hall County sheriff's investigators took the teens into custody...
‘Once it’s gone, it’s gone forever.’ Cornelia city commission mulls the fate of Hoyt...
Hoyt Street Bridge has been closed to thru traffic since late September. Now, the Cornelia City Commission is considering removing it altogether.
The steel and...
3 injured in fiery wreck on Hwy. 115
Three people were seriously injured in a head-on collision Wednesday on Highway 115 west of Cleveland. Paramedics airlifted one of the patients from the...
Clarke County jailer charged after ‘inappropriate relationship’ with inmate, sheriff says
A Clarke County jailer was arrested after investigators say she engaged in an inappropriate relationship with a male inmate.
Karen Amaya was charged with violating...
Habersham County voters reject T-SPLOST; Bennett, Coppedge elected
For the second time in four years, Habersham county voters have rejected a Transportation Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax. The tax, if approved,...
Skeletal remains found off Duncan Bridge Road
There was a shocking discovery in White County on Tuesday, where authorities say a property owner found human skeletal remains.
White County Sheriff Rick Kelley...