PRESS RELEASE – On Sunday, February 19, 2023, at approximately 6:00 pm, Deputies responded to the Shop N Save located at 3115 Commerce Rd. Jefferson, Ga. The clerk had called 911 and stated that she had just been robbed. The male suspect had taken an amount of cash from the register and fled the scene […]

TOWNS COUNTY, Ga. – On Feb. 14, 2023, Towns County Sheriff’s Office Drug Investigators and Georgia State Patrol conducted a traffic stop in the area of Hiawassee Fruit Stand. Probable cause was then used to conduct a search of the vehicle that was stopped. While the search was being performed, drug and drug paraphernalia was […]

FANNIN COUNTY, Ga. – Fannin County is responding to their systems being attacked by Ransomware that was discovered last week.”Ransomware is a form of malware designed to encrypt files on a device, rendering any files and the systems that rely on them unusable. Malicious actors then demand ransom in exchange for decryption,” According to stopransomware.gov. […]

PAULDING COUNTY, Ga. –  Paulding County Sheriff’s Office issued the following press release in response to an incident where an individual accidentally shot himself after a road rage confrontation. Paulding Deputies responded to a road rage incident where a motorist, who was the aggressor in the situation, accidently shot himself in the hand. On Thursday […]

CALHOUN, Ga. – Human remains were discovered on Feb. 6 near downtown Calhoun, Georgia, just off Piedmont Street. The remains were in a small wooded area by detectives who were searching around the surrounding area for a missing person. After the discovery of the remains, The Calhoun Police Department investigated who the remains potentially belonged […]

PRESS RELEASE – Gordon County Sheriff’s Office released the following press release after they were able to apprehend a fugitive with the help of their K9 officer. At about 8:45 a.m. [Feb. 13], deputy sheriffs responded to a report of a suspicious person on Shepherd Drive off Red Bud Road near Calhoun. The suspicious man, […]

FRANKLIN COUNTY, Ga. – Caylin Jalea Bell, a 19-year-old mother, was arrested after she led officers on a high speed car chase through Franklin County on Monday evening. According to a release from Georgia State Patrol, a trooper tried to stop Bell while she was traveling on I-85 South. The trooper had clocked Bell’s Kia […]

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 […]