Health facilities in coastal Georgia receive state’s first shipments of COVID vaccine
Two public health facilities with ultracold freezers required for the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine received the first shipments of 5,850 doses Monday, Georgia Department of...
Early voting starts today in Georgia runoffs
Early voting starts today, December 14, in Georgia's January 5 Senate runoffs. Democratic candidates Jon Ossoff and Rev. Ralph Warnock are challenging incumbent Republican...
U.S. Senate campaigns deploy team effort to win ‘unprecedented’ stakes
The last time two U.S. Senators from Georgia were up for election at the same time, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Herbert Hoover were at...
White County honors retiring probate judge Garrison Baker
(Cleveland) - A large group of family and friends gathered at the White County Courthouse in Cleveland Friday to recognized retiring White County Probate...
Conservationists ruffled over plan to remove rare woodpecker protection
For some, the federal proposal to bump a rare Southern bird from the endangered species list represents a great success story in conservation.
But to...
UPDATE: Mother to face murder charges in deaths of her children
Hall County Sheriff’s Office investigators have obtained arrest warrants for a Gainesville woman for murder and aggravated assault in the Friday afternoon, Dec. 11,...
U.S. Supreme Court rejects Texas suit that tried to overturn election results
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday turned aside a Texas lawsuit that sought to derail the presidential election results from Georgia and...
HMC limits hospital visitors until further notice amid COVID surge
Due to the dramatic increase in COVID-19 positive cases, effective Monday, December 14, Habersham Medical Center will limit all patient visitations.
According to the Georgia...
Another Hall County high school moves to online learning
The post-Thanksgiving COVID surge continues to impact Hall County Schools. The school district announced today it is temporarily closing another high school due to...
States a step away from COVID-19 vaccine rollout after federal panel OK
WASHINGTON — A federal advisory panel on Thursday gave the green light to a COVID-19 vaccine developed by U.S. pharmaceutical company Pfizer, completing the...
Agents seize $400K in methamphetamine, arrest Gainesville man
Agents from multiple agencies arrested a Gainesville man on Thursday afternoon, Dec. 10, after confiscating approximately four kilograms of methamphetamine during a multi-agency investigation.
Edwin...
Ga. GOP rift widens, House Speaker scorches state’s election chief
Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger is one of a handful of powerful Georgia Republicans to publicly reject conspiracy theories about President-elect Joe Biden’s election...