HCHS student-athletes earn academic honors
Habersham Central varsity softball players who have earned an Academic Letter were presented with a helmet emblem during a pregame ceremony by the Academic...
Gainesville driver charged with DUI in wreck that injured four people
Authorities charged a Gainesville man with drunk driving following a head-on collision north of Helen.
59-year-old Ricky Carroll, Jr. was seriously injured in the wreck...
Kidnapped baby found safe
A baby kidnapped in a stolen vehicle Friday night in Athens has been found safe, police say.
Both the child and the stolen car were...
Hall County Health Department open Labor Day for vaccines
HALL COUNTY – The staff at the Hall County Health Department will be working on Labor Day to administer COVID vaccines and they're giving...
‘Grim milestone’: State’s confirmed pandemic deaths reach 20,000
The number of confirmed Covid deaths in Georgia has now surpassed 20,000, state officials said Friday.
In addition, there are more than 3,000 “probable’’ deaths...
COVID cases rise in Habersham Schools as county’s positivity rate soars
Habersham County Schools recorded a 23% increase in active COVID-19 cases this week. Still, overall, the number of cases remains relatively low.
According to figures...
TFS students to return to class Sept. 7
Students at Tallulah Falls School will return to their classrooms on September 7 following a week of online learning due to COVID.
TFS President and...
GSP releases names of couple injured in Mountain City motorcycle wreck
The Georgia State Patrol has released the names of two people injured in a motorcycle wreck Thursday on U.S. 441/GA 15 in Mountain City....
Emotional return home of Rabun County detention officer killed in wreck
Rabun County Detention Officer Courtney Zajdowicz of Mountain City has returned home for the last time. Her colleagues escorted her body back to Rabun...
Early morning fire destroys camper in Mt. Airy
It was an early morning wake-up call for firefighters who responded to a report of a structure fire in Mt. Airy.
Around 6:16 a.m. Friday,...
Georgia election officials prep for new voting law’s impact
(GPB) — It would be easy to lose track of all the changes to Georgia’s voting rules made by the 98-page Senate Bill 202,...
Feds expand Pell Grant program for prisoners working on college degrees
WASHINGTON (GA Recorder) —Prison inmates in Georgia and around the U.S. are getting the chance to do something that was almost unheard of a...