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Motorcyclist airlifted to hospital after Toccoa crash

A 27-year-old Athens man was seriously injured in a wreck on Skyline Drive in Toccoa. Georgia State Patrol Post 7 released details of the Thursday...

Okefenokee Swamp refuge will be nominated for high-profile World Heritage designation

The National Park Service announced Friday that the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge will be nominated as a World Heritage Site, which moves forward the...

NGTC fall plant sale begins Oct. 2

Discover the beauty of the season at the North Georgia Technical College horticulture program's annual fall plant sale, happening from October 2nd to October...

K9 sniffs out fentanyl shipment worth over $112,000

A joint federal and local law enforcement operation resulted in the confiscation of more than 550 grams of fentanyl that was mailed to Hall...

Truck overturns, spilling chickens onto highway: Driver ticketed

An overturned chicken truck shut down a section of Athens Highway southeast of Gainesville Friday morning. The wreck blocked the northbound lanes near A.L....

Motorcyclist taken to hospital after wreck near high school

Habersham County EMS transported a motorcyclist to the hospital on Thursday after he wrecked near Habersham Central High School in Mt. Airy. The wreck happened...

More than 130 NGHS volunteers honored at annual luncheon

Patients who visit one of Northeast Georgia Medical Center’s (NGMC) campuses are likely familiar with Northeast Georgia Health System (NGHS) Auxiliary volunteers – always...

Sheriff’s office warns of paving scam

As the saying goes, "If it seems too good to be true, it probably is." That's the message the White County Sheriff's Office is...

Buford man faces charges in child molestation case

Investigators with the Hall County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) have arrested a Buford man in a child molestation case. Brandon Lewis Taylor, 33, remains in the...

Biden administration to create new gun violence prevention office

WASHINGTON (GA Recorder) — The White House Thursday announced the formation of an Office of Gun Violence Prevention that will help states and local...

Shutdown inches closer as House fails to pass defense bill, lawmakers exit D.C.

WASHINGTON (GA Recorder) — U.S. House Republicans were unable for a third time Thursday to begin debate on the Defense funding bill, throwing another...

‘If we don’t get the aid, we will lose the war’: Zelenskyy asks Congress...

WASHINGTON (GA Recorder) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Thursday traveled to Capitol Hill to meet with lawmakers to reiterate the need for continued...