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Commissioner Bruce Palmer to hold town hall meeting tonight

District 1 Habersham County Commissioner Bruce Palmer will hold a town hall meeting this evening at 5:30 p.m. to discuss topics with citizens such...

Two seriously burned in Demorest work accident Sunday

Paramedics airlifted two burn victims to Grady Hospital in Atlanta on Sunday following a work accident in Demorest. Immediately following the accident, officials said...

Mount Airy man arrested and charged with trafficking Fentanyl

Drug task force agents arrested a Mount Airy man last week following a two-month investigation. They charged 38-year-old Ryan Terry Lovell with multiple drug...

DWTS for Hope raises nearly $99K for Circle of Hope

It was a show and fundraiser two years in the making but it was so worth the wait. After the money and votes were...

Pedestrian killed in Athens crash

At midnight on Monday, a pedestrian walking along US-129/Jefferson Road near Oak Grove Road was struck and killed. Athens-Clarke County Police Department's initial investigation identified...

Friday wreck in Alto sends two to NGMC

A Friday afternoon accident on GA-365 near Wilbanks Road resulted in two hospital transports to Northeast Georgia Medical Center. Georgia State Patrol says the accident...

Trooper uses PIT maneuver to end high-speed chase on Toccoa Bypass

A Norfolk, Virginia, man was jailed Sunday after leading a Georgia state trooper on a high-speed chase in Stephens County, officials say. Around 2:55 p.m....

Dancing with the Stars for Hope

One of Habersham County's most highly-anticipated events of the year is going virtual. The popular Dancing with the Stars for Hope fundraiser scheduled for...

Cornelia’s ‘biggest’ Big Red Apple Festival draws large crowd

A year since traditional festivals and gatherings were put on hold due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Georgians were ready for Cornelia's beginning-of-fall festivities Saturday...

Big Red Apple Festival back for its 33rd year this Saturday

After the Big Red Apple Festival's 2020 hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the City of Cornelia is ready to welcome back the crowds...

COVID-19 numbers in Habersham Schools decreasing, no secondary staff cases

For the last two weeks, COVID-19 numbers in Habersham's schools have stayed about the same, but this week, the decrease in cases is noticeable....

Investigators charge Clermont man in robbery of pedestrian

Hall County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a Clermont man for a robbery that happened last week near West Ridge Road. They took Jermairah Devonta Holland,...