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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...

Northeast Georgia woman charged with trafficking meth

Local authorities charged a Jackson County woman with drug trafficking after citizens' complaints led them to her home. Cachet Nicole Roberts, 31, of Nicholson, is...

Cleveland Council names three finalists for Chief of Police

(Cleveland)- The Cleveland City Council has named three finalists for the position of police chief. The announcement was made Monday night and Mayor Josh Turner...

Cooper “optimistic” for return to in-person learning on Jan. 25

Habersham students have completed their third day of virtual learning, and at Monday's Board of Education meeting, Superintendent Matthew Cooper expressed a positive outlook...

Mealor elected Habersham County Commission Chair

In their first meeting of the New Year, members of the Habersham County Board of Commissioners elected Dustin Mealor to serve as board chair....

Deputies arrest Flowery Branch man in molestation investigation

Hall County Sheriff’s Office deputies recently arrested a Flowery Branch man in the culmination of a child molestation investigation that began last year. Steven Edward...

Baldwin Fire Department understaffed and underpaid

The City of Baldwin Fire Department hasn't brought on a new firefighter in over a year, is operating with three empty positions, and set...

Public health to open drive-through vaccination site in Athens Tuesday

Northeast Georgians living in and around Athens will be given first priority to sign up for a drive-through COVID-19 vaccination clinic being set up...

Two people killed in weekend fire in Northeast Georgia

State fire investigators are working with local authorities to determine what caused a double fatal fire over the weekend in Hiawassee. The victims - a...

Habersham County woman arrested for sexual exploitation of children

A Habersham County woman is in jail charged with four counts of sexual exploitation of children. 45-year-old Kristina Townsend of Mt. Airy was arrested Friday,...