Area News

Cornelia police searching for individual moving homeless people into Habersham

Reports that someone from outside Habersham County is bringing homeless persons into the area and moving them onto private property without the landowners’ permission ...

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Baldwin approves water line upgrades, Habersham SRO contract

The City of Baldwin is working to upgrade its water infrastructure after a string of water main failures and extended outages. In addition to ...

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Trash truck fire shuts down I-85 in Jackson County

Georgia’s Jackson County. All northbound lanes of Interstate 85 near the Commerce/Maysville exit were temporarily closed due to an early-morning fire involving an 18-wheeler ...

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Clarkesville Planning Commission approves proposed subdivision on Rocky Branch Road

The city Planning Commission overwhelmingly approved a preliminary plan Tuesday to construct a 58-unit housing development along Rocky Branch Road by Route 17, marking ...

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Habersham tax digest to be discussed at upcoming Board of Assessors meeting

On Friday, July 11, or Monday, July 14, the Board of Tax Assessors will meet to examine Habersham’s 2025 tax digest. Before the digest ...

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Baldwin approves water line upgrades, Habersham SRO contract

In the city of Baldwin, improvements are being made to the water infrastructure. The city council approved a state of emergency during its meeting ...

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GBI investigating inmate death at Athens-Clarke County Jail

The death of an inmate in the Athens-Clarke County Jail has prompted the Georgia Bureau of Investigation to look into the matter. At around ...

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Inmates treated for suspected drug overdoses

Tuesday night, two prisoners at the Athens-Clarke County Jail were admitted to the hospital following suspected drug overdoses that occurred less than half an ...

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Judge orders mental evaluation for Venezuelan man convicted of killing Laken Riley

Atlanta (AP) The Venezuelan man found guilty of the murder of Georgia nursing student Laken Riley has been ordered by a judge to undergo ...

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Clarkesville finalizing U.S. Army contract for work at Camp Merrill, Fort Benning

During Monday’s June 7 city council meeting, Clarkesville’s city council addressed an intergovernmental agreement with the U.S. Army. According to City Manager Keith Dickerson, ...

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