DAWSONVILLE, Ga. – The White County Board of Commissioners will hold a series of public hearings and discuss several service contracts when it meets in a combined work session and called meeting Monday (Apr. 22) at 4:30 p.m. Public hearings to be held include a land use application filed by Josh Garrison on behalf of […]
Read More »Commissioners approve funding Mauney Building renovation
CLEVELAND, Ga. – The White County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved spending $86,500 to renovate the Mauney Building during Thursday’s combined work session and regular meeting. The county’s planning department and economic development department will move into the facility. The Board also approved a resolution for local legislation to be presented to the Georgia General […]
Read More »GBI Cleveland makes arrest in Baldwin home invasion
Baldwin, Ga. — On Sunday, Oct. 13, at approximately 9:30 a.m., the Georgia Bureau of Investigation Cleveland Office was requested by the Baldwin Police Department to investigate a home invasion on Spring Street which occurred earlier that morning. Two individuals were identified as victims in the case, and one victim sustained an injury during the […]
Read More »Career Coach will visit White County Job Fair Oct. 24
PRESS RELEASE CLEVELAND, Ga. — The Career Coach will visit the White County Job Fair in Cleveland on Thursday 24th, 2019 from 3 PM – 7 PM. The event is located at Truett McConnell College 100 Alumni Dr. Cleveland, GA 30528. We will help local residents search & apply for jobs, write resumes & cover […]
Read More »GFC warns high fire danger impacts outdoor burning
NEWS RELEASE ATLANTA — Though burning leaf piles and campfires are hallmarks of fall, Georgia’s current drought is impacting decisions to burn outdoors. The Georgia Forestry Commission is urging everyone to follow established procedures and exercise extreme caution when using fire outside. “There’s a five step fire danger system used nationally, and right now Georgia […]
Read More »Rep. Collins demands more answers from Corps of Engineers
GAINESVILLE, Ga. — Reps. Doug Collins (R-Ga.), Jeff Duncan (R-S.C.), Jody Hice (R-Ga.), Barry Loudermilk (R-Ga.), Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.), Rick Allen (R-Ga.) and Sanford Bishop (D-Ga.) sent a second letter to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) demanding a more thorough explanation on the anticipated cost increase for dock and facility permits. On June […]
Read More »Mark David Ayers charged with aggravated assault
CLEVELAND, Ga. – Mark Taylor Ayers, 32 of Cleveland, has been charged with aggravated assault after he allegedly head butted his girlfriend twice during a domestic altercation, knocking her unconscious and breaking her nose early Sunday morning. Heather Griffies told Deputy Adam Ramey that she and Ayers had been to Helen the night before and […]
Read More »White County firefighters, EMS kept busy Tuesday
CLEVELAND, Ga. – For most folks and eight-hour day is fairly routine. But White County firefighters and EMS personnel eight hours on Tuesday was anything but routine. At 3 p.m., they were dispatched to assist an injured hiker at the top of Mount Yonah. Assisted by C.E.R.T. personnel, they hiked about half a mile from […]
Read More »Collins’ statement on Democrats lawsuit against Don McGahn
WASHINGTON — Rep. Doug Collins (R-Ga.), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, released the following statement in response to Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) filing a complaint to compel the testimony of former White House Counsel Don McGahn. “Democrats’ decision to unilaterally end the accommodations process and file a lawsuit serves only to shut off […]
Read More »Florida woman killed in crash on Ga. 115 Saturday
CLEVELAND, Ga. – A Florida woman was killed Saturday afternoon when the vehicle she was driving was struck by a tractor trailer on Ga. 115 east of Doc Dorsey Road near Cleveland. According to SFC A.J. Allen of the Georgia State Patrol Post 6 in Gainesville, Catherine Grant-Coons, 65, of Tavares, Fla. was traveling eastbound […]
Read More »GSP urges motorists to put safety first during 4th of July holiday
ATLANTA – The Georgia State Patrol and Motor Carrier Compliance Division encourage everyone to celebrate the Independence Day holiday responsibly. This year, the holiday travel period is 102 hours long. It will begin at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, July 3, and end at 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, July 7. This year marks the one year […]
Read More »Cleveland man arrested for aggravated assault
CLEVELAND, Ga. — White County authorities arrested Cory Ryan Williams, 35, of Cleveland last week on a charge of aggravated assault. Deputies responded to a domestic dispute at 514 Eden Circle where Joanna Grave Williams said she and her husband argued over money he borrowed from her co-worker without her knowledge. During the argument, she […]
Read More »Tip from inmate leads to arrest of corrections officer
CLEVELAND, Ga. – A tip from an inmate led to the arrest of a Georgia Department of Corrections officer last week. According to the arrest report, an inmate at the Colwell Correctional Facility in Blairsville who was on a work detail in Cleveland, told City of Cleveland Shop Department foreman Ricky Hunt that Levi Jehu Franklin, […]
Read More »Gainesville woman arrested for kicking ex-boyfriend in the face
CLEVELAND, Ga. – Cleveland Police arrested Patrice Andrea Perkins, 30 of Gainesville, last week after she allegedly kicked her ex-boyfriend in the face as they were driving out of the Walmart parking lot on May 23. According to the police report, the two had been in a relationship that the victim, Nathaniel Ray McKay 38 […]
Read More »Sen. Steve Gooch Press Release
By: Sen. Steve Gooch (R – Dahlonega) ATLANTA — On April 26, 2019, Governor Brian P. Kemp held a bill signing ceremony for several bills in Senate District 51. I was proud to join him and several members of our community as he signed bills that I sponsored or carried during the 2019 session into […]
Read More »Clarkesville man killed in single-vehicle accident Monday
WHITE COUNTY, Ga. – A Clarkesville man was killed in a single-vehicle accident on Lynch Mountain Road Monday. According to Joshua Hedden of the Georgia State Patrol, Edgar H. Jones, 70, was killed when his 1990 Toyota pickup truck failed to maintain its lane causing it to travel off the left shoulder before traveling down […]
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