CLEVELAND, Ga. — The White County Board of Commissioners will hold a work session Monday, at 4:30 p.m. followed by a called meeting to consider going into an executive session to discuss personnel and real estate. Mitchell Posey, Special Agent in Charge of the Appalachian Regional Drug Enforcement Office will request board approval to apply […]
Read More »White County Man Charged With Aggravated Assault
CLEVELAND, Ga. — White County deputies arrested Cale Lee Abernathy, 32, of Helen Sunday and charged him with aggravated assault, battery and cruelty to children following a domestic dispute at his residence at 316 Caffus Abernathy Road. Abernathy’s wife Carie, 39, said the couple argued over his friend coming to spend the night. She alleges […]
Read More »School Bus Involved in Minor Accident but no Injuries
CLEVELAND, Ga. — A White County school bus transporting students home from Mossy Creek Elementary School was involved in a minor accident at about 3:17 p.m. Wednesday. The accident took place on South Main Street near Tractor Supply. White County School Superintendent Dr. Jeff Wilson reports that a car pulled out onto Hwy 129 and […]
Read More »Fire Department Responds to Chimney Fire in White County
CLEVELAND, GA. — White County firefighters from Stations 4 and 5 and Cleveland Fire Department responded to a fire at 95 Mason Drive Thursday at about 8 p.m. Upon arrival, they discovered flames coming from the top of the chimney. The family had self-evacuated prior to firefighters arrival. According to an email from White County […]
Read More »White County Firefighters Kept Busy Monday
CLEVELAND, Ga. — White County firefighters were kept busy Monday. After they responded to an early morning blaze at Piney Mountain Ammunition Company they were called to a residential fire at 412 Briarwood Drive in Cleveland in the afternoon. White County Public Safety Director David Murphy said fire units from White County, the City of […]
Read More »Georgia General Assembly Back in Session
ATLANTA — The Georgia General Assembly convened today. Legislators say there is a long list of issues to consider, including how to proceed following President-elect Donald Trump’s repeal of the Affordable Care Act, regional transportation planning, expansion of the medical marijuana bill and a renewed effort by Gov. Deal to pass an altered version of […]
Read More »Alpine Coaster Headed for Helen
HELEN, Ga. — A near standing-room-only crowd attended the Helen City Commission’s first meeting of the new year Tuesday. The hot-button issue was a public hearing on the controversial Alpine Coaster proposed for 8409 South Main Street. Property owner Terry Sims requested his property be rezoned from R-2 (medium density residential) to C-3 (highway commercial) […]
Read More »Fire at Ammo Manufacturer Injures Two Monday
CLEVELAND, Ga. — Two people were injured and transported by ambulance to Grady Hospital in Atlanta, following an early-morning fire Monday at Piney Mountain Ammunition Center. White County Public Safety Director David Murphy said the call to the facility on Crestview Drive was received at 8:45 a.m. The business manufactures .22-caliber shells. Firefighters arriving on […]
Read More »Board Approves Nearly $1 Million in SPLOST-Funded Road Projects
CLEVELAND, Ga. — Meeting for the first time in the new year, White County commissioners addressed a variety of issues, including 2017 road projects, pay raises for Sheriff’s Office personnel and amendments to the county’s land use plan Tuesday. The Board approved $944,889.20 to improve White County Roads, the largest and most expensive of which […]
Read More »Schools in White, Dawson, Lumpkin Closed Today
GAINESVILLE, Ga. — Schools in Dawson, Lumpkin and White counties will be closed today. Ice remains on many secondary roads and ares school superintendents have decided to close schools today rather than risk hazardous travel for studentgs. In White County, Superintendent Dr. Jeff Wilson said the day will be utilized as a teacher work day. […]
Read More »David Murphy Reports on Weather Conditions
CLEVELAND, Ga. — White County Public Safety Director David Murphy reports that White County apparently dodged a bullet last night. In an email this morning, Murphy said, “A warm layer of air from the Gulf of Mexico kept our precipitation liquid longer than expected resulting is less snow accumulation. We averaged 2.5” county wide with […]
Read More »Drug Enforcement Grant, Tax Levy on Distilled Spirit Distributors Discussed at Monday Work Session
CLEVELAND, Ga. — GBI Special Agent Mitchell Posey came before the White County Board of Commissioners work session Monday to ask for approval to apply a $359,412 grant to fund the Appalachian Regional Drug Enforcement Office (ARDEO). Posey explained that the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant from the federal government is the same grant […]
Read More »Commissioners Host Public Hearing on 1-Acre Lot Size Minimum
CLEVELAND, Ga. — The public is invited to provide input during a public hearing to establish a one-acre minimum lot size for all development within single-family residential district in unincorporated White County when the Board of Commissioners meet Monday at 4:30 p.m. in the meeting room at 1235 Helen Highway. Commissioners will also hold a […]
Read More »City Commission to Consider Alpine Coaster
HELEN, Ga. — Helen’s City Commission will elect a mayor and mayor pro tempore and administer the oath of office when it holds its first meeting of the new year at 10 a.m Tuesday. The Commission will also hold a public hearing on Terry Sims’ application and conditional use permit from R-2 (medium density residential) […]
Read More »Three Weekend Fires Reported in Cleveland
CLEVELAND, Ga. — It was a very busy weekend for firefighters in Cleveland and White County who responded to three fires. Both fire departments responded to a house fire at 135 Old Blairsville Road inside the city limits Sunday evening. Lt. Mark Gunter of the Cleveland Fire Department said an HVAC unit caught fire and […]
Read More »Child Struck by Pickup Truck in Ingles Parking Lot
CLEVELAND, Ga. — A three-year-old child was seriously injured today when he was struck by a pickup truck in the parking lot of Cleveland Ingles store. Cleveland Fire Chief Ricky Pruitt said the child’s mother was placing groceries in the back of her car when the pickup truck backed out of the opposite parking space […]
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