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Lumpkin sheriff to host scam prevention, File of Life seminar Feb. 16

DAHLONEGA — The Lumpkin County Sheriff’s Office will host a community informational seminar Monday focused on scam prevention and emergency preparedness programs. Sheriff Stacy Jarrard...

3 Hall County residents displaced by mobile home fire

GAINESVILLE, Ga. — Fire tore through a mobile home northwest of Gainesville Saturday afternoon, leaving three people without a place to live and sending...

Crash at Ga. 365 and Ga. 197 sends driver to hospital; no students on...

MT. AIRY, Ga. — A school bus and a minivan collided Thursday afternoon at the intersection of Ga. 365 and Ga. 197, sending the...

Toccoa woman arrested after missing court in infant death case

TOCCOA, Ga. — A Toccoa woman accused in the 2022 death of her infant child is behind bars after failing to appear in court,...

Trial of alleged Apalachee school shooter’s father could set a new precedent in Georgia

(GPB News) - The trial of Colin Gray, the father of the suspected Apalachee High School shooter, will begin on Monday, after a days-long...

Van driver killed in rear-end crash on Ga. 365 in Hall County

GAINESVILLE, Ga. — A Social Circle man was killed Friday morning in a two-vehicle crash on Cornelia Highway at Lula Road, according to the...

Toccoa police arrest two on drug distribution charges

TOCCOA, Ga. - Toccoa Police Department investigators arrested two people Wednesday after a search of a residence on Andrews Road turned up multiple controlled...

Lumpkin sheriff warns of phone spoofing scam

DAHLONEGA, Ga. — The Lumpkin County Sheriff's Office is warning residents about a phone scam in which callers are spoofing the agency’s phone number...

Man identified in fatal Hall County camper fire

HALL COUNTY, Ga. — Authorities have identified the person found dead Thursday afternoon inside a burned camper on Bivens Road north of Gainesville. Randall Lynn...

Threatening call prompts lockdown at Elbert County High School

ELBERTON, Ga. — A threatening phone call to Elbert County High School on Thursday afternoon prompted a districtwide lockdown as authorities investigated the report. According...

Brushstrokes of Change plans Valentine’s Day workshop in Cornelia

CORNELIA, Ga. — The community art initiative Brushstrokes of Change will host a Valentine’s Day workshop Saturday at the Ballard Center, inviting residents to...

Habersham sets special election to fill District 3 commission seat

CLARKESVILLE, Ga. — Habersham County officials are moving forward with plans to fill the soon-to-be vacant District 3 seat on the Habersham County Board...