WHITE COUNTY, Ga. – The Georgia State Patrol has provided additional details on that Monday crash that claimed the life of 51-year-old Margie Milum of Dahlonega. Also injured in the accident on Hwy. 115 was 43-year-old Lawanda Thurmond of Mount Airy and her passenger one-year-old Elliott Crowe of Clarkesville. Both were transported to Northeast Georgia […]
Read More »Kemp Bus Tour stops at Truett McConnell Tuesday
CLEVELAND, Ga. – Republican gubernatorial candidate Brian Kemp’s “Road to Victory” bus tour visited the campus of Truett McConnell University, a Christian liberal arts and sciences school in the foothills of the north Georgia mountains, Tuesday morning. Following morning chapel service led by Anthony George, senior associate pastor of First Baptist Church in Atlanta, in […]
Read More »Dahlonega woman killed in three-car crash Monday
WHITE COUNTY, Ga. — A Dahlonega woman was killed in three-vehicle crash on Hwy. 115 in White County Monday afternoon. According to the Georgia State Patrol, Margie Milum was killed when she lost control of her car, went over the edge of the road, over corrected, crossed over the center line then collided with two […]
Read More »White County Sheriff’s Office is investigating report of alleged child molestation at daycare facility
CLEVELAND, Ga. – White County Sheriff’s Captain Rick Kelley issued a press release recently stating that his office is investigating a report of a possible child molestation incident at a White County daycare facility. Kelley said the child’s grandmother reported the alleged incident she said occurred Oct. 15 while the child was at daycare. The […]
Read More »White Co. firefighters responded to two calls Monday
CLEVELAND, Ga. — White County Fire Services responded to the report of two residential fires Monday, Oct. 22. Firefighters responded to 2980 Sky Lake Road in Sautee at 3 p.m. Upon arrival, firefighters investigated and found that the owners were having their HVAC system repaired. Once repaired by the technician it was turned on. Home […]
Read More »White County early voting turnout triples 2014 midterm election
CLEVELAND, Ga. – Voters all across Georgia rushed to polling places in what appears to be record numbers during the first week of in-person, early voting last week and White County was no exception. Statewide, nearly three times as many people (482,435) voted last week compared with the last midterm election according to a report […]
Read More »White County BOC work session set for Monday
CLEVELAND, Ga. – The White County Board of Commissioners will hold a combined work session and called meeting Monday at 4:30 p.m. in the County Administration Building, 1235 Helen Highway. During the work session, commissioners will hold two public hearings. The first is to consider the application for a land use permit submitted by Todd […]
Read More »Great Helen Duck Race Saturday on the ‘Hooch
HELEN, Ga. – What has become one of the fun highlights of Oktoberfest as well as an important fundraiser for Family Promise will take place Saturday, on the Chattahoochee River. It’s the third annual Great Helen Duck Race. Family Promise of White and Helen will launch 2,000 little yellow rubber ducks into the ‘Hooch across […]
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