Cleveland Police Department awarded High Visibility Enforcement Grant
The Cleveland Police Department has been awarded a $13,260 High Visibility Enforcement (HVE) grant from the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety (GOHS).
Cleveland Police Chief...
Habersham County Airport runway to close temporarily
The Habersham County Airport runway will temporarily close from 8 a.m. Monday, Nov. 11, and reopen at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 12.
The closure goes...
Stephens County Sheriff’s Office secures grant to counter gang activity
The Stephens County Sheriff's Office has been named a recipient of the Georgia Gang Activity Prosecution grant.
The city of Toccoa in particular is known...
Story wins Rabun County BOE Post 5 seat
Nearly twenty-four hours after the polls closed for Rabun County voters, they now know that one person was voted in by voters to fill...
Election reaction
It is the day after - the day after the polls closed on Tuesday, November 5. Some of us went to bed wondering what...
‘Growth is coming’: Cornelia approves nearly 200 townhomes off Level Grove
Construction firm Gateway Developers will move to build more than 180 townhome units in Cornelia in the next few years.
Cornelia's City Commission unanimously approved...
Tuesday night wreck in Hollywood injures 5 people
Deputies from the Habersham County Sheriff’s Office and units from Habersham County Emergency Services responded at 7:55 p.m. Tuesday to a wreck with multiple...
Man arrested in fatal Athens shooting
The Athens-Clarke County Police Department has arrested and charged a 27-year-old Athens man with murder in a fatal shooting that occurred on Nov. 5.
At...
Habersham County to hold talks with cities over ‘fire services consolidation’
Habersham County staff is set to hold a meeting with city representatives in November over the "feasibility of potential consolidation of city fire services...
Habersham County elections by the numbers
Voters across Georgia set records for voter turnout during the 2024 election cycle. Even with only one contested local race, Habersham County voters turned...
Northeast Georgia local election returns
Election 2024 was marked by record voter turnout in Georgia. By the time polls closed at 7 p.m. Tuesday, 55.6% of the state's 7.2...
Longtime Baldwin resident Nancy Lehman claims Post 2 council seat
Nancy Lehman, a candidate for Baldwin City Council, has defeated Mark Mullinax to claim the city's Post 2 council seat.
Between Habersham and Banks counties,...