• Cleveland Fire Chief Reports First Use of NARCAN in suspected drug overdose

    CLEVELAND, Ga. – During Monday’s Cleveland City Council meeting, Fire Chief Ricky Pruitt reported his department had a very busy month, responding to 86 calls in the city and 35 in the county, including one in which the recently-purchased NARCAN potentially saved the life of a drug overdose patient. “Firefighters were called to assist White […]

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  • 4th of July Drug Bust Nets $408,600 in Illegal Drugs at Clarkesville Home

    CLARKESVILLE, Ga. – Agents with the Appalachian Regional Drug Enforcement Office (ARDEO),  which consists of Sheriff’s offices in eight north Georgia counties, including White, Dawson and Lumpkin, celebrated the 4th of July by taking more than $400,000 worth of illegal drugs off the street. Deputies with the Habersham County Sheriff’s Office responded to a 9-1-1 […]

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  • Federal Regulations Will Cost Helen Taxpayers Time and Money

    HELEN, Ga. – As they often do, obtrusive and unnecessary federal regulations have delayed another local project and, in all likelihood, made it more expensive for taxpayers. Last week, the Helen City Commission approved a contract to build a pedestrian bridge across the Chattahoochee River to Sautee-based Square Deal Enterprises, a company the city has […]

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  • Wildfire Community Preparedness Day May 6

    CLEVELAND, Ga. — Residents of north Georgia got a first-hand look at how devastating wildfires can be this year. Now, White County Public Safety, the National Fire Protection Association and State Farm will observe the fourth annual Wildfire Community Preparedness Day Saturday, May 6 to help communities prepare for and work together to reduce their […]

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  • Cleveland Man Arrested on Drug Charges

    CLEVELAND, Ga. — Ken Howard, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of the Appalachian Regional Drug Enforcement Office (ARDEO) reports that a 61-year old Cleveland man was arrested Tuesday on drug charges White County Sheriff’s Deputies, ARDEO agents and the Georgia Department of Community Supervision conducted a drug investigation at 1734 May White Road in Cleveland […]

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  • Road Work on Hwy. 75 to Cause Delays

    HELEN, Ga. — Travel between Cleveland and Helen could be more difficult for the next couple of days according to Katie Strickland, the District One Communications Officer for Georgia Department of Transportation. Strickland said State Route 75 remained closed Monday afternoon as crews worked to repair a drainage pipe under the highway. A  detour is […]

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  • Commissioners adopt new land use fee schedule

    CLEVELAND, Ga. – During Tuesday’s called meeting, the White County Board of Commissioners adopted a Land Use Fee schedule for the first time that will apply to future zoning applications. The fee will be $250 and will become effective Jan. 1. Meeting for the final time before the new year, commissioners unanimously approved a request […]

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  • WCMS Student Appears in Juvenile Court Friday

    CLEVELAND, Ga. – A seventh-grade student at White County Middle School, who was arrested last week for making terrorist threats is scheduled to appear in White County Juvenile Court tomorrow (Friday, Oct. 13). The student, who is not identified due to his age, allegedly told a classmate he planned to shoot up the school and […]

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  • Grand Jury Indicts Former Hall County Deputy

    CLEVELAND, Ga. – A White County Grand Jury indicted former Hall County Sheriff’s deputy Michael Paul Lusk, 51,  of Cleveland Monday on charges of Computer Invasion of Privacy and Violation of Oath of Public Office, both felonies. In May 2015, the Hall County Sheriff’s Office called the GBI in to investigate what they believed to […]

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  • Fire Damages Home on Jesse Hunt Road

    CLEVELAND, Ga. – Cleveland Fire Chief Ricky Pruitt reports that a fire destroyed the kitchen and did extensive smoke damage throughout a home at 294 Jess Hunt Road Friday. Pruitt said the first fire units on scene discovered the fire in the kitchen area and it was quickly extinguished with automatic aid from the White […]

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  • Two Injuries Reported in Crash on Hwy. 115

    CLEVELAND, Ga – Two people were injured in a car wreck on Hwy. 115 near Thunder Ridge Drive just before noon Monday and both were transported to Northeast Georgia Medical Center with undisclosed injuries. According to a report filed by the White County Sheriff’s Office, Elmer Swain Stewart, 66, of Gainesville was exiting the driveway […]

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  • Wreck on Hwy. 115 Injures Cleveland Woman

    CLEVELAND, Ga. – Helen Brookshire Adams of Cleveland was injured in a two-car accident on Hwy. 115 East while exiting the parking lot of The Cottage House Restaurant around 7 p.m. Thursday. According to the police report, Adams 2001 Buick Century pulled into the traffic lane of Hwy. 115 East and was struck in the […]

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  • Clevaland Man Charged With Cruelty to Children

    CLEVELAND, Ga. – James Edward Martin, 44, of Cleveland was arrested by the White County Sheriff’s Office last week and charged with first degree cruelty to children after the child’s grandmother reported to a school counselor the child,13, had been beaten repeatedly with an electric cord.     According to the arrest report, the counselor […]

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  • Planning Commission Approves 3 Variances

    CLEVELAND, Ga. – The White County Planning Commission met in regular session Monday and approved three variance requests. Natalie Martin’s requested a variance for more than one dwelling per tract on property located at 265 Wilson Road in White County. Martin said she plans to place a mobile home on the 1.42 acre lot until […]

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  • Myers Charged with Stalking, Aggravated Assault

    CLEVELAND, Ga. — A Cleveland man wanted by police in Helen for alleged stalking, aggravated assault, escape and willful obstruction of a police officer was arrested by White County Sheriff’s deputies on March 21. Brandon Alvin Myers, 28, is accused of stalking his ex-girlfriend Samantha Roberts, 27 of Helen, the mother of his infant son. […]

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