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Northeast Georgia

Reward offered in Mountain City arson

State investigators have ruled a Mountain City house fire as arson. Now, they're asking for the community's help to find whoever is responsible. The 80-year-old...

Two men still sought for questioning in local burglaries

The Habersham County Sheriff's Office is asking for the public's continued help to locate two men wanted for questioning in several burglaries in the...

Another suspect sought in Delgado murder

The GBI today identified another suspect in the murder of a Barrow County woman. Carolina Jazmin Rodriguez-Ramirez, 28, of Oklahoma is wanted in the death...

GBI investigating White County inmate’s death

The GBI is investigating the death of a White County inmate. According to a news release from the White County Sheriff's Office, deputies arrested Joe Sertain,...

Habersham inmate charged with distributing drugs in jail

Stacey Collins was jailed on May 6 for trafficking meth, now she's charged with distributing drugs inside the Habersham County jail. Today, investigators charged the...
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Driver in double-fatal wreck charged with vehicular homicide

The Georgia State Patrol has charged a Kennesaw man in the deaths of two people who died when he rear-ended their pickup on Ga....

Rabun firefighters respond to multiple structure fires

Rabun County fire investigators are working to determine the cause of three structure fires that broke out Sunday and Monday. According to assistant county fire...

Registration open for Boys and Girls Clubs summer program

The newly established Boys and Girls Clubs of Lanier Tim Lee Club provides summer programming for all rising 4th - 7th graders in Habersham...

White County residents say nuisance ordinance overreaches

(Cleveland)- An overflow crowd of White County residents let their board of commissioners know they are against any regulations that govern the maintenance of...

Northeast Georgia senator to run for lieutenant governor

Butch Miller, one of the top Republicans in the state Senate, is running for Lieutenant Governor of Georgia. The Gainesville Republican launched his campaign Tuesday....

Truck takes down power lines causing outages in Helen

The City of Helen urges residents to be patient as crews work to restore power and water service to parts of the city. The utilities...

Investigators seek public’s help to find missing man

Renaldo Dozier left his home in the 3900 block of Cleveland Highway on the night of Thursday, May 13. He has not been seen...