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Northeast Georgia area news

White County Commission, school board announce full millage rate rollbacks

White County property owners will not be hit with a county millage rate increase this year. The board of commissioners and school board both...

New juvenile judge appointed for Hall and Dawson Counties

Amanda Dean has been selected as the new juvenile judge for Hall and Dawson counties, the Northeastern Judicial Circuit recently announced. Dean has 20 years...

Arrest reports

Here are the latest arrest reports from Northeast Georgia area sheriff's offices. DISCLAIMER: The arrest records available through this website are public information. However, any...

Be on the look out for this individual in Hall County

Investigators at the Hall County Sheriff’s Office seek the public's help in identifying a person of interest concerning theft from a store in Lula. Thursday...

Citizens speak out prior to HabCo Commission passing budget

Citizens spoke out during the budget public hearing before the Habersham County Commission voted to pass the budget during Monday’s called meeting. The Jury...

HabCo Commission passes budget and millage rate

The Habersham County Commission finally passed the FY 2025 budget and approved the 2024 millage rate during Monday night's special called meeting. The county...

Cleveland announces no rollback on tax millage rate

The city of Cleveland will not roll back the millage rate this year, according to a news release from the city council. Instead, city...

RCSO seeks public’s help locating missing elderly man

The Rabun County Sheriff’s Office is asking the public’s help in locating a missing elderly man from Rabun County. According to Rabun County Sheriff’s Office...

GBI arrests North Carolina man in NEGA child molestation case

A Sylva, North Carolina, man recently released from jail in his home state is behind bars in Georgia. The GBI arrested and charged 32-year-old...

‘Fore’ The Community Golf Tournament set July 29 to benefit animal shelter

If you like golf and love animals (or vice versa) and want to help the Habersham County Animal Shelter, here's your chance. The shelter...

Athens courthouse shut down for a week due to bed bugs

The Athens-Clarke County Courthouse is closed this week so the facility can be treated for bed bugs. Superior Court Chief Judge Lisa Lott issued a...

Impacts of worldwide IT glitch still being felt by some locally

The Global Technology Outage continues to impact some offices locally while others are back to normal operations. Habersham County Tax Commissioner June Black-Warren said, "Friday...