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Cleveland man charged with sexual battery of a child under 16

A Cleveland man has been arrested after several months of investigation in connection with an alleged sexual battery case in White County. Timothy Bruce Chambers,...
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Motorcycle crash kills Gainesville man

Authorities have released the name of a Gainesville man who was fatally injured in a motorcycle crash. 70-year-old Charles Randall Dunagan died after wrecking...

New E-911 radio system coming to Habersham

Habersham County's E-911 dispatchers and first responders can look forward to receiving adequate radio technology in the near future as the county moves forward...

Habersham Commission approves public safety, emergency services bonus

Habersham County has struggled to keep public safety and emergency services positions filled due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Monday night, the...

Affordable Clarkesville apartment complex to be completed early 2022

Habersham County is in desperate need of affordable housing, and renters searching for a place to call home can look forward to the completion...

Commissioner Bruce Palmer to hold town hall meeting tonight

District 1 Habersham County Commissioner Bruce Palmer will hold a town hall meeting this evening at 5:30 p.m. to discuss topics with citizens such...

Two seriously burned in Demorest work accident Sunday

Paramedics airlifted two burn victims to Grady Hospital in Atlanta on Sunday following a work accident in Demorest. Immediately following the accident, officials said...

Mount Airy man arrested and charged with trafficking Fentanyl

Drug task force agents arrested a Mount Airy man last week following a two-month investigation. They charged 38-year-old Ryan Terry Lovell with multiple drug...

DWTS for Hope raises nearly $99K for Circle of Hope

It was a show and fundraiser two years in the making but it was so worth the wait. After the money and votes were...

Pedestrian killed in Athens crash

At midnight on Monday, a pedestrian walking along US-129/Jefferson Road near Oak Grove Road was struck and killed. Athens-Clarke County Police Department's initial investigation identified...

Friday wreck in Alto sends two to NGMC

A Friday afternoon accident on GA-365 near Wilbanks Road resulted in two hospital transports to Northeast Georgia Medical Center. Georgia State Patrol says the accident...

Trooper uses PIT maneuver to end high-speed chase on Toccoa Bypass

A Norfolk, Virginia, man was jailed Sunday after leading a Georgia state trooper on a high-speed chase in Stephens County, officials say. Around 2:55 p.m....