CLEVELAND, Ga. — Cleveland Fire Chief Ricky Pruitt reported a fire at the Subway shop at 897 Main Street Thursday at 7:41 p.m. Pruitt said units from the Cleveland Fire Department were dispatched in response to an electrical fire. A customer in the restaurant used a fire extinguisher to slow the spread of the fire […]
Read More »Cleveland Man Wrecks Two Patrol Cars Before Arrest in White County Tuesday
CLEVELAND, Ga. – Deputies with the White County Sheriff’s Office were conducting a routine traffic check at the intersection of Post Road and Cooley Woods Road at approximately 12:30 p.m. Tuesday when Richard Lee Davis refused to stop and, instead led officers on a short, but dangerous chase. Officers attempted to box him in near […]
Read More »Sheriff Asks For Public’s Help Finding Missing Boy
CLEVELAND, Ga. – The White County Sheriff’s Office is asking the public for help in locating a Cleveland man who was reported missing last week. Jonathan Keith Robbins is 30 years old, a white male, 5’11” tall who weighs approximately 170 pounds and has brown hair and brown eyes. He was last seen on Monday May […]
Read More »White County receives child car seat grant
ATLANTA – The Georgia Department of Public Health’s (DPH) Injury Prevention Program has announced White County is one of the 2018 recipients of Child Passenger Safety Mini-Grants. The grants help county health departments and their community partners reduce the number of injuries and deaths among children in Georgia. This year’s $229,670 award will be used […]
Read More »Mayo indicted for murder of his girlfriend
CLEVELAND, Ga. – Justin Scott Mayo, of Cleveland, was indicted last week in connection with the death of his girlfriend, Stephanie Ann Smith, Nov. 4. The White County Grand Jury indicted the 35-year-old Mayo for malice murder, felony murder, aggravated assault and aggravated battery. As FetchYourNews reported last month, Mayo appeared at the White County […]
Read More »Man Charged With Violent Attack on Girlfriend
CLEVELAND, Ga. – A Murrayville man accused of beating his girlfriend, damaging her car and leaving her battered and bruised at her home in Cleveland has been arrested again nearly 10 months after the incident took place. Michael Allison, 34, was initially arrested in Jan. 2017 but made bond and disappeared before his court date. […]
Read More »County Officials Attend Sunday Briefing on Irma; Supt. Announces Schools Will Close Monday
CLEVELAND, Ga. – A tropical storm watch is in effect for most of north Georgia, including White County for the next 48 hours. The track of the storm shifted farther west Saturday evening but a noon briefing Sunday at the White County Emergency Operation Center indicated that the county is still very much under the […]
Read More »White Co. Couple Charged With Cruelty to Children
CLEVELAND, Ga. – A White County Sheriff’s Office investigation that started as a missing children report led to the arrest of Dallas and Heather Brown of 233 Whiskey Still Drive in Cleveland on charges of cruelty to children last month. According to the incident report, Deputy Charles Davis responded to a call at the Brown […]
Read More »BOC to Provide Information on Ninth District Opportunity at Monday’s Called Meeting
CLEVELAND, Ga. – Michael Fisher with Ninth District Opportunity (NDO) will present information on a wide array of services offered by that organization when the White County Board of Commissioners meets in a combined work session and regular meeting Monday at 4:30 p.m. The Ninth District Opportunity Community Services Department works with low-income families to […]
Read More »Fallen Tree Leads to Arrest on Drug Charges
CLEVELAND, Ga. – Adrian Jakab, 19, of Dahlonega probably never thought bad weather and a fallen tree could lead to his arrest on drug charges. But that is what happened Thursday. Severe weather caused the tree to fall across Gene Nix Road. A White County Sheriff’s Office Deputy was there to prevent an accident. According […]
Read More »White County Adopts Proposed 2018 Budget No Millage Increase is Anticipated
CLEVELAND, Ga. – The White County Board of Commissioners adopted a resolution approving a proposed Fiscal Year 2018 budget of $21,153,444 at Tuesday’s called meeting that anticipates no increase in the 9.998 millage rate. The total budget, which exceeds last year’s amended budget by $614,044, is made up of a General Fund budget of $16,938,774 […]
Read More »7 Arrested in White County on Drug Charges
CLEVELAND, Ga. — During this past week, the White County Sheriff’s Office, the Cleveland Police Department, and the Appalachian Regional Drug Enforcement Office (ARDEO) aggressively targeted suspected narcotics dealers in White County. Mitchell Posey, Special Agent in Charge of ARDEO said, this combined effort resulted in the arrest of seven individuals for drug related offenses […]
Read More »Cleveland Woman Faces Felony Charges After Wreck That Injured Her and Son
CLEVELAND, Ga. – A Cleveland woman faces felony charges today after a single-vehicle accident on Helen Highway injured her and sent her 6-year-old son to Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta in critical condition Sunday. According to Corporal Spencer Munger of the Georgia Highway Patrol Post 6 in Gainesville, Elizabeth Tooley, 35, of Cleveland failed to maintain […]
Read More »White County Qualifies for Enhanced Disaster Relief
CLEVELAND, Ga. – White County is one of 29 Georgia counties that qualify for enhanced disaster relief to repair or replace infrastructure damaged as a result of Hurricane Irma. President Donald Trump previously approved Public Assistance funding for emergency work, including debris removal and emergency protective measures in all 159 counties. The latest funding measure […]
Read More »Clarkesville Man Injured in Crash on Hwy. 115
CLEVELAND, Ga. – Kenneth Tipton, 50, of Clarkesville was seriously injured in a three-vehicle accident on Hwy. 115 at Dixon Drive when his Harley Davidson motorcycle was rear-ended at approximately 8:35 a.m. Thursday. According to the Georgia State Patrol, Tipton was slowing his motorcycle as the vehicle in front of him, a 2002 Isuzu pickup […]
Read More »Cleveland PD Charges Lula Woman With Forgery, Identity Fraud and Exploitation
CLEVELAND, Ga. — The Cleveland Police Department has arrested 52-year-old Cynthia Marie Forrester of Lula on multiple charges of forgery of financial transaction card, financial transaction card fraud, identity theft fraud and two counts of exploitation/infliction of pain to deprive essential services to a disabled or elderly person. Lt. Donna Sims, who is in charge […]
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