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Lake Lanier water deal ends 30-year struggle to secure water rights

North Georgia water service providers have signed a deal with the state guaranteeing them access to Lake Lanier's water supply through 2050. The contract...

Warnock pitches plan to extend veteran benefits to surviving Gold Star spouses who remarry

(GA Recorder) — David McCracken made it back safely to his home in Tyrone after being deployed to Iraq, but he came back complaining...

Collier purchased items found at crime scene at Clayton store, investigators say

Debbie Collier was calm and did not appear frightened as she shopped at the Clayton Family Dollar Store the day she disappeared, officials say....

Cornelia man arrested in decade-old child molestation case

A Cornelia man remains behind bars following his arrest last week in a decade-old child molestation case. According to the arrest warrant filed by the...
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Driver ejected, killed in I-85 wreck in Franklin County

A Northwest Georgia man was killed when the SUV he was driving crashed into the cable barriers and overturned on Interstate 85 North in...

Firefighters rescue lost hikers

Firefighters used GPS to locate and rescue two lost hikers in the mountains of White County Sunday evening. Rescuers found the hikers around 7 p.m....

Hall County to name new elementary school in honor of former First Lady Sandra...

The Hall County Board of Education voted unanimously this evening to name its future elementary school on Ramsey Road, Sandra Dunagan Deal Elementary School.  Superintendent...

Hall County Farm Bureau donates $50,000 to expand school agribusiness center

The Hall County School District received a generous donation of $50,000 recently from the Hall County Farm Bureau. The funds will be utilized to...

Georgia Power rate hike plan would hand customers the tab

(GA Recorder) — Georgia Power’s proposal for a $200 increase to the average household’s yearly electricity costs is set to kick into high gear...

Baldwin combines with Habersham South voting precinct

The city of Baldwin voting precinct is moving. Instead of going to city hall to cast ballots in this year's general election, Baldwin residents...

No evidence of suicide, kidnapping in death of missing Athens woman, sheriff’s office says

Two weeks after her partially nude and burned body was found in the woods of northern Habersham County, the investigation into the death of...

Driver dies after pickup crashes into yard on Highway 17

A White County woman whose pickup truck crashed head-on into a tree in a yard on Highway 17 has died. 58-year-old Kelly Renee Wymore...