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Habersham school superintendent barred from local college campus after heated exchange

Toccoa Falls College has barred Habersham County's school superintendent from its campus. The college banned Matthew Cooper after he allegedly got into a heated...

Gainesville man, 8 others, plead guilty in brutal North Georgia murder

Members of a drug trafficking organization plotted and carried out the brutal murder of a North Georgia woman, investigators say. Nine of the fourteen...

Two houses destroyed, another damaged, as fire spreads through Flowery Branch neighborhood

Three houses burned but no one was injured as fire spread through a Flowery Branch neighborhood. Hall County firefighters were called to the 5400 block...

UGA student injured by fallen tree

A student is recovering after a freak accident on the University of Georgia campus, school officials say. Mia Wei Corte, 20, was critically injured when...

Father of UGA football player killed in crash files $40 million lawsuit

The University of Georgia Athletic Association has gone on the defensive, disputing claims contained in a lawsuit filed by the family of a UGA...

COVID case numbers decline after April increase

COVID infections are declining in North Georgia after an increase in April. Newly-released data from the Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) shows community...

Barnes Drive fire victim identity confirmed

Authorities have identified the man found dead earlier this year inside a burning motorhome in Gainesville as 69-year-old Tony Hudson. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation...

Community mourns Dr. Lionel Meadows; funeral to be held Friday

Funeral services will be held Friday for a well-known Northeast Georgia physician who died in a plane crash in Tennessee. Dr. Lionel Dain Meadows, age...

Hall County mobile home fire under investigation

The Hall County Fire Marshall's Office is investigating what caused a vacant mobile home to go up in flames Wednesday. At approximately 6:40 p.m. on...

4 sent to hospital after multi-vehicle wreck on GA 365

Four people were injured, three of them seriously, when a pickup truck pulled into traffic on GA 365 from a side road, state troopers...

Traffic delays expected in Demorest as work begins on damaged retaining wall

If you frequently drive through Demorest, you may want to find an alternate route - at least for the next few months. Work began...

Fire destroys home across from The Orchard

Habersham County and Tallulah Falls firefighters spent much of Tuesday evening battling a house fire near Turnerville. A 911 caller alerted authorities to the fire...