LUMPKIN COUNTY, Ga. – During the evening of Feb. 11 and into the morning hours of Feb. 12, multiple churches were broken into and vandalized along GA 52 West. Lumpkin County Sheriff Stacy Jarrard shared a press release and stated that it looks as though the vandals didn’t take much, if anything ,out of the […]

HABERSHAM COUNTY, Ga. – Shane Bentley, the former Cornelia Fire Department Assistant Chief was arrested on Feb. 2 for allegations of forgery and theft. Bentley has officially been charged with one count of first-degree forgery and one count of theft by taking. According to a release from the GBI, an investigation was requested by the Cornelia […]

PRESS RELEASE – On February 7, 2023 Lumpkin County Investigators and Department of Community Supervision followed up on drug information at 1083 Lewis School Road. During this investigation the following drugs were seized. 274 grams of methamphetamine, 144 grams of cocaine, 71 grams of heroin, 27 grams of fentanyl along with an AR15. Christopher Todd […]

BANKS COUNTY, Ga. – An investigation into Banks County Elementary School Principal Dr. Dana Simmons and PE teacher Dylan Charles found that the two had a sexual relationship on school property, leading to their dismissal. Simmons initially sparked concern after alleging that Charles may have access to Board of Education information that he should not […]

PRESS RELEASE – On January 30, 2023, White County Sheriff’s Office initiated a traffic stop in White County in which the driver Jody Allen Shea fled from law enforcement. The vehicle pursuit entered Lumpkin County on Highway 115. In the area of Highway 52 East, Shea struck a civilian’s vehicle and continued to flee from […]

BREAKING NEWS – A reported police chase took place in Highway 27 southbound passing Highway 140 toward Rome. A Georgia State Patrol trooper was in a high-speed pursuit of a sports bike. According to reports, the chase involved speeds of  over 160 mph and continued toward Rome. The Georgia State Patrol ‘terminated’ the chase for the […]

PRESS RELEASE – The Cumming to Hall County Pipeline is projected to cross into Dawson County in the next three weeks. Crews are currently working at the junction near Spot Road where the Pipeline will cross underneath Hwy 9, in Forsyth County. Dawson County residents will have several weeks to prepare before crews move North […]

FRANKLIN COUNTY, Ga. – Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John F. King announced today that a residential structure on Pinehurst Road in Lavonia was destroyed by an evening fire on January 24th. “Under direction of the Franklin County Magistrate Judge’s Office, officers from the Franklin County Marshal’s Office boarded up the residential structure due to its […]

BREAKING NEWS – Johnny Chastain has won the runoff election for Georgia State House District 7. Chastain has won, taking 52.76% votes and Ralston earning 47.24%. This runoff election was tight and even closer than their race earlier this month. Chastain and Sheree Ralston faced off earlier this month on Jan. 3 as two of […]

PRESS RELEASE -Paulding Detectives arrested a local woman for assaulting five different children ranging in ages from 8 months to three years old in her home daycare one day earlier this month. After receiving an anonymous tip on Wednesday January 25, 2023, Detectives from the Juvenile Division of the Paulding County Sheriff’s Office immediately launched […]

WHITFIELD COUNTY, Ga. – On Jan. 25, Whitfield County 911 dispatch announced the tragic news that one of their own had been in a fatal accident. Haley Cunningham, 28, was involved in a multi-car cash while she was traveling north on 1-75, near Mile Marker 318. According to the Georgia State Patrol Public Information Office the […]

PRESS RELEASE – The GBI is investigating an officer involved shooting in Sugar Valley, GA. The Gordon County Sheriff’s Office asked the GBI to conduct an independent investigation on January 24, 2023. One man was shot and killed. No officers were injured during the incident. Preliminary information indicates around 1:00 a.m., a Gordon County Sheriff’s Office deputy […]

PRESS RELEASE – Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John F. King announced, on Jan. 24, that an apartment fire on North Main Street in Cornelia killed a fifty-seven-year-old man. The apartment received moderate interior damage as a result of the fire. “When the Cornelia Fire Department arrived on scene, the apartment was no longer on fire […]

PRESS RELEASE – Following up on an investigation in which Fannin County Sheriff’s Office and Agents of the Appalachian Regional Drug Enforcement Office (ARDEO) seized 1600 grams of Methamphetamine, Gilmer County Detectives and Agents of the ARDEO executed a Search Warrant at the residence of JACOB DAVIS, age 44, in the area of Old Flat Creek […]