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NGCF scholarship applications now available

GAINESVILLE, GA. - The North Georgia Community Foundation is currently accepting applications for its annual scholarship cycle. Students across North Georgia may submit applications...

Habersham Schools will continue athletics amid surging COVID-19 numbers

Among rising COVID-19 cases state-wide, Habersham Schools have closed for in-person learning until Jan. 25 due to a shortage of faculty and staff. However,...

Cause of Demorest residential fire under investigation

The State Fire Marshal's Office is working to determine the cause of an overnight fire that gutted a home in Demorest. The fire broke out...

Skitts Mountain home damaged by fire

(Cleveland)- A White County home was heavily damaged on Thursday as a result of a fire.  In a news release, White County Public Safety...

Nine arrested on drug charges in Commerce

Two separate drug busts in Commerce this week landed nine people in jail. Five were nabbed during a police search at a private residence. Four were...

White County and several other area school systems to return to in-person learning

As planned, White County Schools will resume face-to-face learning on Jan. 19. School officials say all students not enrolled in the Distant Learning program will...

Wilkinson named president of North Georgia Technical College

Former District 50 State Senator John Wilkinson of Toccoa has been named President of North Georgia Technical College. Technical College System of Georgia Commissioner Greg...

Sen. Bo Hatchett sworn into office, receives committee assignments

This week, Sen. Bo Hatchett (R-Cornelia) was officially sworn into the Georgia Senate to represent District 50 and received his committee assignments for the...

Man charged with kidnapping Hall County woman at gunpoint

An Auburn, Georgia, man is in jail accused of kidnapping a Hall County woman at gunpoint. Moises David Peguero, 33, is charged with aggravated assault...

Hall County Schools to return to hybrid in-person schedule Monday

Hall County School students will return to an in-person hybrid schedule starting Monday, Jan. 19. Superintendent of Schools Will Schofield announced Thursday that staff COVID...

Federal disaster declared for counties hit hard by Tropical Storm Zeta

Nine Northeast Georgia counties are among 21 counties statewide set to receive federal financial assistance for cleanup related to Tropical Storm Zeta. The assistance...

Free food distribution Wednesday in Cleveland

According to Karmen Hulsey, the missions director at the Chattahoochee Baptist Church in Cleveland, Georgia, the next date for free food distribution in White...