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Cleveland resident to help lead GBI crime lab chemistry section

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation announces the promotion of April Brown to Chemistry Section Assistant Manager of the Crime Lab at GBI Headquarters. In...
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Woman killed in head-on collision with tractor-trailer in Lula

The Georgia State Patrol has released the name of the driver killed in a two-vehicle crash Friday evening in Lula. 48-year-old Cindy Elaine Flanagan died...

Arrest made in shooting death of Jefferson receiver Elijah DeWitt

Gwinnett County police have apprehended an unnamed suspect in the shooting death of all-state wide receiver Elijah DeWitt, a Jefferson senior whose body was...

FBI joins Debbie Collier murder investigation

Federal agents have joined the investigation into Debbie Collier's death. The body of the 59-year-old missing Athens woman was found partially naked and burned...

Drug agents intercept $172K worth of fentanyl tablets in Hall County

A keen K9 helped narcotics agents keep a massive quantity of fentanyl off the streets of Northeast Georgia this week. During a routine open-air...

Habersham County’s graduation rate in top 10 of state’s public school systems

The Georgia Department of Education is boasting an all-time high graduation rate under a new calculation method introduced in 2012. The state's high school graduation...

3 charged with operating illegal gambling machines at area convenience stores

Deputies arrested three men Thursday following a multi-agency undercover investigation into illegal gambling in Hall County. After executing search warrants, authorities arrested the suspects...

Cleveland DDA seeking funds for a variety of projects

The Cleveland Downtown Development Authority is currently working on several projects that are expected to enhance the downtown area as well as the entire...

Afternoon house fire guts Gainesville mobile home

The Hall County Fire Marshal's Office is investigating an early afternoon residential fire. Around 12:45 p.m. on October 7, Hall County E-911 dispatched crews to...

Gainesville PD’s C0-Responder mental health program gets big boost from NGHS golf tournament

An innovative program in Gainesville that sends clinicians to mental health calls along with police officers got a big boost in funding from a...

Driver escapes injury when chicken feed truck overturns on GA 365

Traffic was temporarily stalled on GA 365 in Mt.Airy late Wednesday when an 18-wheeler hauling chicken feed overturned. Habersham County E-911 dispatched first responders to...

T-SPLOST town hall elicits strong opinions for and against penny-on-the-dollar tax

It was a small, but intense crowd that showed up Monday evening for the fourth in a series of town hall meetings on Habersham...