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Northeast Georgia

Cleveland, White County consider consolidating fire services

The Cleveland City Council and White County Board of Commissioners are considering consolidating their fire departments. The two governing bodies issued a joint statement...

Arson suspect arrested after heroin overdose

The man accused of setting a fire at a Cornelia hotel was taken into custody after a heroin overdose, police records show. On June 3,...

GA Power opens EV charging station in Cleveland

(Cleveland)- Georgia Power has officially launched a new community electric vehicle (EV) charger station at Freedom Park in downtown Cleveland. A Georgia Power news release...

Lower taxes, higher school pay planned for Hall County

The Hall County School District is planning a systemwide pay raise for its employees -- and a millage rate decrease for taxpayers. The school district's...

Survey reveals strong opposition to Clarkesville roundabout

Survey results collected by the Georgia Department of Transportation reveal the majority of those who responded do not want a roundabout at the intersection...

Flowery Branch man arrested on child porn charges

A Flowery Branch man is in jail, accused of possessing and distributing child pornography. Agents with the Georgia Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force and Hall...

Stair climb to honor 9/11 New York firefighters

(Cleveland)- Local firefighters will pay special tribute this fall to the 343 New York Firefighters who died at the World Trade Center on September...

Investigators still looking for missing teen

A Northeast Georgia family's search for their missing teenager is growing more desperate. It's been just over a month, and runaway juvenile Faustino Junior Sanchez,...

Demorest Fourth of July fireworks back on

After voting unanimously in March to cancel the City of Demorest's Fourth of July fireworks and then voting in April to bring fireworks to...
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Three killed in wrong-way crash on GA 365

The Hall County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a wrong-way driver collision that claimed the lives of three people on GA 365 over the Memorial...

Three drown in separate incidents in North Georgia

The Memorial Day holiday was marred by tragedy on North Georgia's waterways as three people drowned, including a three-year-old boy. The child drowned in...

Veterans start new Memorial Day tradition in Clarkesville

For years the monument to Habersham County's war dead has quietly overlooked the Clarkesville town square. One rarely sees a visitor there, unless the...