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White County Rescuers work two trail rescue calls

Snow-covered trail, Testnatee Gap trailhead at Cow Rock Mountain in White County. (Photo/Shad Sosebee) (Cleveland)- White County Mountain Rescue personnel assisted Towns County officials on...

Q & A with Supt. Cooper about today’s Active Shooter Drill

Habersham County schools are closed today for a teacher training day but there will be lots of activity at Habersham Central High School. State...

Habersham County Elementary Schools named as Reward Schools

The Georgia Department of Education recently released its 2016-2017 list of Title I Reward Schools and Habersham County has two of the top performing schools...

Piedmont, emergency services to hold disaster drill March 22

The Piedmont College School of Nursing & Health Sciences, along with area emergency agencies, will hold a disaster drill at 10 a.m., March 22,...

Funeral Friday for Alto man killed in wreck

Funeral services are scheduled this Friday for an Alto man killed in a two-vehicle wreck. 38-year old Orlando Gonzalez-Lopez died March 10 in a...

Active shooter drill scheduled Friday at Habersham Central

Multiple law enforcement agencies to participate  What would you do if an active shooter came into your school? That's the question local educators and law...

NGTC Blairsville campus offers 2 new programs for Fall 2017

North Georgia Technical College announces a new Licensed Practical Nursing (LPN) Program that will begin fall semester 2017 at the Blairsville NGTC Campus. Current...

White County home damaged by Sunday fire

(Cleveland)- A White County home was damaged by fire Sunday. Ana Newberry, White County Fire Department spokeswoman said the residential fire was reported at 10:45...

Police warn of GA Power Scam

Helen Police are warning about a scam targeting Georgia Power customers. According to an HPD scam alert, the scam starts with a person contacting you and advising...

Power restored to hundreds in Clarkesville

Georgia Power officials say an equipment failure caused an outage this morning that left hundreds of Clarkesville homeowners and church goers in the dark. The...

White County reports first positive rabies case of 2017

(Cleveland)- White County officials report that the first positive rabies case of 2017 has been reported. Several domesticated pets recently had contact with a...

Cornelia man charged in wreck that killed Alto teen

A Cornelia man is scheduled to be arraigned next month on charges filed against him in a wreck that killed an Alto teenager. 44-year old Gregory...