Controlled burns continue across northern Georgia
If you see smoke in the skies above Northeast Georgia today, don't be alarmed. Forest service personnel are conducting controlled burns across the region.
Just...
Lula man charged with attempted murder in Gainesville road rage incident
A 26-year-old Lula man faces attempted murder and other charges following a road rage incident Wednesday morning in Gainesville.
Police say Steven Dallas Cooper and...
Cleveland holds first public hearing on package store regulations
The City of Cleveland held the first of two public hearings on the adoption of regulations governing the retail sales of distilled spirits in...
Habersham County Schools police car unveiled
Less than 24 hours after the Habersham County Board of Education voted to appoint Habersham Sheriff's Chief Deputy Murray Kogod as the Director of...
Gainesville man arrested on child porn charges
Hall County sheriff's investigators charged a 75-year-old Gainesville man with seven child pornography-related offenses this week.
The HCSO inquiry began on Monday, February 27, when...
Hall County investigators track child rape suspect to Kansas
A suspect in a sexual assault case involving a Gainesville girl was booked into the Hall County Jail this week after he was tracked...
Controlled burn Wednesday northwest of Helen
The U.S. Forestry Service will conduct a prescribed burn at the Upper Chattahoochee Campground Forest Area in White County on Wednesday, March 15.
The Forestry...
Georgia House panel OKs Senate bill to restrict outside money for local elections
(GA Recorder) — A Georgia House panel Tuesday advanced legislation that prohibits local government officials from directly receiving donations from outside organizations to administer...
Habersham BOE appoints Kogod as school safety director; reappoints school administrators
At Monday evening's Habersham County Board of Education meeting, the board unanimously approved the appointment of Murray Kogod as the Director of School Safety....
Georgia Court of Appeals to hold oral arguments in Habersham County
A three-judge panel from the Georgia Court of Appeals is coming to Habersham County later this month to hear oral arguments. The panel, which...
Lawsuit alleges Athens DA ‘unable and unwilling’ to do her job
The Athens-based Democratic district attorney who took office in 2021 pledging not to prosecute certain crimes now faces a lawsuit alleging high turnover, procedural...
Deadly explosion in Winder caused by propane leak, investigators say
The State Fire Marshal's Office says a propane leak led to an explosion in Winder that killed three people.
The residential explosion happened just after...