CLEVELAND, Ga. NEWS RELEASE –This is to advise that several domesticated pets recently had contact with a rabid raccoon in the Gerrells Road area of White County. The raccoon was shipped to the Georgia Public Health Lab -Virology Section in Decatur. White County Environmental Health was advised Thursday March 9, that the raccoon tested positive […]
Read More »Mount Yonah, Tesnatee Gap Elementary Named Highest Performing Schools
CLEVELAND, Ga. — White County School Superintendent Dr. Jeffrey Wilson reported today that Mount Yonah Elementary School and Tesnatee Gap Elementary School (formerly White County Intermediate School) have been named to Georgia Department of Education 2017 Title I Reward Schools as Georgia “Highest-Performing Schools.” A Highest-Performing School is among the five percent of the state’s […]
Read More »Commissioners Vote to Move Forward With Prep Work on Stanley Nix Road
CLEVELAND, Ga. — Road projects were front and center at Monday’s meeting of the White County Board of Commissioners. Commissioners voted unanimously to move forward with the prep work on Stanley Nix Road and awarded low bidder Nelson Contracting the job for $95,899.35. Chairman Travis Turner said prep work should begin this summer, giving the […]
Read More »White County Sheriff’s Office Releases Sketch of Robbery, Shooting Suspect
CLEVELAND, Ga. — White County Sheriff’s Office has released a sketch of the suspect in Monday’s robbery and shooting at Woodlawn Gardens and Farm. Sheriff Neal Walden said a white male believed to be about 40-50 years old, approximately 5’8″ tall, weighing 150 pounds with a tattoo on the left side of his face attempted […]
Read More »Search Continues for Suspect Who Robbed Woodlawn Gardens and Farms and Shot Worker
CLEVELAND, Ga. — The search continued Tuesday afternoon for a lone gunman who shot a worker at Woodlawn Gardens and Farms during an attempted robbery around 10:30 p.m. Monday. White County Chief Deputy Bob Ingram said authorities from the White County Sheriff’s Office, Lumpkin County Sheriff’s Office, Georgia State Patrol and Alto K-9 unit combed […]
Read More »BOC to Discuss Road Improvements Today
CLEVELAND, Ga. — The White County Board of Commissioners will discuss improvements for Carolina Springs, Bean Creek, Stanley Nix and Sam Craven roads when they meet in work session Monday at 4:30 p.m. Also on the agenda will be a discussion of amending the White County Land Use Ordinance to incorporate a historic overlay district. […]
Read More »White County Mid-Year Finances In Good Shape
CLEVELAND, Ga. — White County Finance Director Vicki Mays presented the monthly status report at Monday’s Board of Commissioners meeting which showed the county’s mid-year finances are in pretty good shape. Mays reported that by December the county had already collected $11,494,730 or 71 percent of the estimated year long revenue of $16,299,730 and expenditures […]
Read More »Teacher Fired After Sexual Assault Allegation
CLEVELAND, Ga. – In a called meeting Tuesday morning, the White County Board of Education officially terminated Leonard Jones, the White County Middle School teacher arrested last week for allegedly having inappropriate contact with a student at the school. Jones, 54, has been charged with three counts of aggravated child molestation, three counts of sodomy, […]
Read More »BOC Tables Requests for More Funding
CLEVELAND, Ga. — The White County Board of Commissioners tabled requests for funding from Hardman Farm for the 2017 Fall Festival and the Chamber of Commerce for Spirit of Appalachia Food, Wine and Art Festival at Monday’s joint called meeting and work session. The county recently voted not to increase the millage rate, but instead […]
Read More »Two Injured in Separate Wrecks Thursday
CLEVELAND, Ga. – Two people were transported to the hospital within about four hours of each other Thursday, following two separate automobile accidents in White County. John Seabolt, 71, of Demorest was traveling north in the 9000 block of Duncan Bridge Road at about 1:18 p.m and, while attempting to turn right, his 1990 Ford […]
Read More »Sen. Williams Discusses Run for Governor at Lanier Tea Party Meeting Thursday
GAINESVILLE, Ga. – Three years ago, a brash young Cumming businessman with no political experience and very little name recognition announced his campaign against one of the most powerful senators in the state of Georgia. People in his Forsyth County district thought he was crazy. “They laughed,” he said. “You remember that,” he reminded a […]
Read More »Four Injured in Traffic Accident on Hwy. 115
DEMOREST, Ga. — Four people were injured in a rear-end collision Tuesday on Ga. Hwy. 115 at approximately 4 p.m. Tamara Loden, 28, of Cleveland was traveling east on Ga. 115 behind a 1994 Honda Accord driven by Cynthia Bruner, 50, of Cornelia. When the Bruner vehicle stopped to attempt a left turn onto Fairview […]
Read More »Sen. Williams to Discuss Run for Governor at Tea Party Patriots Meeting Thursday
GAINESVILLE, Ga. – Gubernatorial candidate and first-term state Senator Michael Williams (R-Cumming) will be the featured speaker at the Lanier Tea Party meeting at the Gainesville Civic Center Thursday (June 15) at 7 p.m. An ardent supporter of President Donald Trump, Williams was the first elected official in Georgia to endorse Trump’s candidacy and later […]
Read More »Missing White County Man Found Safe in Homeless Shelter in Hall County
CLEVELAND, Ga. – A White County man missing since May 22 has been located at a homeless shelter in Gainesville. Sheriff Neal Walden said 30-year-old Jonathan Keith Robbins was safe and that he had been working at the shelter. On May 31, the White County Sheriff’s Office issued a press release asking for the […]
Read More »Family Connection Appeals to Helen for Funding
HELEN, Ga. — White County Family Connection Executive Director Judi Lawson, Annette Boswell and Lindsey Oliver attended the Helen City Commission meeting Tuesday seeking funds to help the them fulfill their mission. Family Connection is a local decision-making body that brings community partners together to develop and implement, plans to address the serious challenges facing […]
Read More »Several Road Projects on County Commission Agenda Monday
CLEVELAND, Ga. – The White County Board of Commissioners is expected to vote on several road project bids when they meet in regular session Monday at 4:30 p.m. Commissioners will vote on bids received for the Local Maintenance Improvement Grant (LMIG) bridge rehabilitation projects on Town Creek Road and New Bridge Road. They will also […]
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