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Stair climb to honor 9/11 New York firefighters

(Cleveland)- Local firefighters will pay special tribute this fall to the 343 New York Firefighters who died at the World Trade Center on September...

Investigators still looking for missing teen

A Northeast Georgia family's search for their missing teenager is growing more desperate. It's been just over a month, and runaway juvenile Faustino Junior Sanchez,...

Demorest Fourth of July fireworks back on

After voting unanimously in March to cancel the City of Demorest's Fourth of July fireworks and then voting in April to bring fireworks to...
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Three killed in wrong-way crash on GA 365

The Hall County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a wrong-way driver collision that claimed the lives of three people on GA 365 over the Memorial...

Three drown in separate incidents in North Georgia

The Memorial Day holiday was marred by tragedy on North Georgia's waterways as three people drowned, including a three-year-old boy. The child drowned in...

Veterans start new Memorial Day tradition in Clarkesville

For years the monument to Habersham County's war dead has quietly overlooked the Clarkesville town square. One rarely sees a visitor there, unless the...

Cleveland City Hall closed Tuesday due to water main break

Most businesses and government offices are reopening today after the long Memorial Day holiday weekend, but not Cleveland City Hall. City officials say their...

Habersham student summer meals start June 1

The Habersham County School System is launching its Summer Meals program. The Habersham Schools Nutrition and Transportation Departments are teaming up to provide free meals...

Northeast Georgians pay tribute to nation’s war dead

People across Northeast Georgia celebrated the unofficial start to summer on Monday. Amid the boating and barbecues, some took time out from their long...

Life in Motion: Remembering

People gathered at the Veterans Wall of Honor in Cornelia on Memorial Day to reflect and remember.

Pedestrian struck and killed in White County

It's been a deadly holiday weekend on Georgia's roads, and not just for motorists. A pickup truck struck and killed a pedestrian Saturday as...

Attorneys head to the gym to lift heavy case backlog

The backlog of pandemic-delayed court cases is slowly easing. The Mountain Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office, which prosecutes cases in Habersham, Rabun, and Stephens...