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Northeast Georgia

Hall County shifts middle and high school students online due to COVID surge

Beginning Wednesday, December 16, the Hall County School District will shift all middle and high school students who take part in in-person instruction to...

White County honors retiring probate judge Garrison Baker

(Cleveland) - A large group of family and friends gathered at the White County Courthouse in Cleveland Friday to recognized retiring White County Probate...

UPDATE: Mother to face murder charges in deaths of her children

Hall County Sheriff’s Office investigators have obtained arrest warrants for a Gainesville woman for murder and aggravated assault in the Friday afternoon, Dec. 11,...

Agents seize $400K in methamphetamine, arrest Gainesville man

Agents from multiple agencies arrested a Gainesville man on Thursday afternoon, Dec. 10, after confiscating approximately four kilograms of methamphetamine during a multi-agency investigation. Edwin...

Drugs, weapons, cash seized in multi-county bust

Authorities arrested nine people on drug charges during a drug sweep this week in North Georgia. Four of the suspects are from Cleveland. The arrests...

Fire safety hazards and how to avoid them

Over the weekend, a Northeast Georgia man became the 86th fire fatality in Georgia this year. John Yates, 58, of Hartwell died in a...
fatal accident

Woman dies following multi-vehicle wreck in Stephens County

One woman is dead and several others injured following a four-vehicle crash near Toccoa. Lisa Wertz, 48, of Martin, was fatally injured when the car...

Four killed in three residential fires in North Georgia

Investigators are looking into the causes of three residential fires that killed four people over the weekend in North Georgia. One of the fires...

Hartwell’s Purina plant to undergo $550M expansion

Nestlé Purina PetCare Company plans to invest $550 million to expand its year-old Hartwell pet food manufacturing facility. The expansion could create up to...

Cleveland Council imposes 90 day moratorium on issuing new alcohol licenses

(Cleveland)-  The Cleveland City Council has voted to place a 90-day moratorium on the issuances of new alcohol licenses in the city to give...

SR 332 bridge repairs, detour to begin in January

The Georgia Department of Transportation will close a section of State Route 332 in Jackson County for six months next year. The section of...

East Hall High switches to remote learning after COVID-19 spike

East Hall High School is moving its in-class students online due to an increase in positive COVID-19 cases. The Hall County School District sent out...