BREAKING NEWS – Reports are coming in that Mama Geraldine’s Bodacious Foods Co. is on fire. Witnesses have said they heard an explosion and Pickens County fire department can be seen reporting to the area. Locals have been urged to avoid the area if possible. UPDATE: A press release was issued by Pickens County Fire […]

PRESS RELEASE – On Thursday, September 7, 2023, at 10:30 PM, the Haralson County Sheriff’s Office was contacted in reference to animal abuse. The deputy who contacted the complainant was made aware of a horrific video that had been posted on social media showing animal cruelty involving puppies. On Friday, September 8, 2023, around 8:00 […]

PRESS RELEASE – On Monday, September 11, 2023, Superintendent Dr. Rob Brown publicly announced his plans to retire effective December 31, 2023, after seven and a half years as superintendent of Lumpkin County Schools and twenty-eight years of service in public education in Georgia. “I am grateful to the Lumpkin County Board of Education for […]

PRESS RELEASE – The Left’s anti-Second Amendment attacks are only getting more out of hand. Last week, New Mexico’s Governor, Michelle Lujan Grisham, issued an executive order banning open and concealed carry — even for licensed concealed carriers — in Albuquerque and the surrounding county for at least 30 days. Folks, this is beyond unconstitutional. […]

PICKENS COUNTY, Ga. – On Sept. 8 at approximately 4:30 p.m., Pickens County Fire along with Jasper Fire were dispatched to a structure fire on Trippe Trail. The initial report was that an outbuilding was on fire with possibly a person inside. First arriving Jasper units found a fully involved outbuilding already collapsing. It was […]

PRESS RELEASE – Georgia Department of Transportation (Georgia DOT) has reopened the roadway earlier this afternoon, September 12, 2023, on SR 8/ US 29 over Beaverdam Creek with a newly constructed bridge. The new bridge which runs over Beaverdam Creek replaces the former 100 year old bridge crossing which was originally installed in 1923 and widened in […]

RABUN COUNTY, Ga. – Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John F. King announced today that a fire destroying a vehicle and damaging a metal shop building in Rabun County has been ruled as arson. The fire occurred just before 4:30 P.M. on the afternoon of September 1st. “The fire was intentionally set in a vehicle […]

PRESS RELEASE – At a ceremony held in their honor at the Paulding County Sheriff’s Office on Wednesday August 23, 2023, a few of our Deputies were recognized for saving the lives of several citizens in multiple incidents. Deputy Cory Mitchell, Deputy Rodney White, and Deputy Kyle Newton were recognized with Life Saving Awards and […]

PICKENS COUNTY, Ga. – On Sept. 1, Pickens County Fire was dispatched to a vehicle fire at the intersection of Hwy. 108 and Upper Bethany Road  around 12:22 p.m. The first arriving unit reported a Jeep fully involved in fire. First arriving Engine-20 provided the initial fire attack line and the fire was quickly brought under […]

PRESS RELEASE – Twenty-six individuals were arrested over an eleven-day period in a statewide child exploitation operation named “Operation Sneaky Peach.”  The Georgia Bureau of Investigation Child Exploitation and Computer Crimes Unit along with 24 participating agencies that are all part of the Georgia Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force participated in the operation. Operation […]

WHITFIELD COUNTY, Ga. – Five former employees at the Elbert Shaw Regional Youth Detention Center in Dalton have been indicted after Alexis Sluder died in custody in August 2022. Sluder was an Ellijay resident who had been transferred to the detention center. She was there less than 24 hours before she died due to an […]

JACKSON COUNTY, Ga. – A Jackson County Sheriff’s Office Deputy has been arrested and charged with criminal trespass and violation of oath of office by the GBI. The GBI was asked to investigate after a citizen filed a formal complaint alleging that the deputy entered the complainant’s property without permission while on duty. The deputy, Zachary […]

JACKSON COUNTY, Ga. – Edwin Garcia Alonzo, 36, of Jefferson, Georgia, has been charged with murder in reference to a shooting on August 18. Jefferson Police requested the help of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation to look into the shooting that left one man dead. On August 18, Mateo Gomez Lucas was found shot near […]

PRESS RELEASE – On Monday, August 28, 2023, Deputies with the Haralson County Crime Suppression Unit (CSU) working interdiction on I-20 observed a 2013 white Honda Civic failing to maintain its lane. CSU got behind the vehicle and the vehicle changed lanes without using a turn signal, so a traffic stop was initiated. During the […]

PRESS RELEASE – On Thursday morning August 24, 2023, Deputy Christine Moody was dispatched to a suspicious vehicle that was pulled off the roadway with headlights on and running. Upon further investigation it was discovered that the driver was highly intoxicated whereby a probable cause search of the vehicle was conducted and an amount of […]

PRESS RELEASE – On August 24, 2023 at around 6:50pm, White County Sheriff’s Deputies stopped a 2013 Ford F 150 for a brake light violation on Duncan Bridge Rd. During the traffic stop, a K9 conducted a free air sniff of the vehicle and alerted. During the search, several drugs were located including crack cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine, […]