Habersham County News

Sometimes being a Good Samaritan can backfire. That's what one teenager learned when he tried to help what he thought were two stranded motorists in Habersham County.

The state Department of Transportation has awarded 22 more projects worth nearly 57 million dollars under the federal stimulus program.

Due to problems stemming from bad loans made by the Barrow County branches of Community Bank & Trust, the federal FDIC released a a oecease and desist ordera against the firm Friday.

CLARKESVILLE a ' One man was killed after a crash in Habersham County late Wednesday, the Georgia State Patrol said.

A northeast Georgia man is jailed after being shot while leading deputies on a chase through Habersham County, including two churchyards.

The Habersham County Commission has reinstated half the $27,000 in county funding requested this year by the Habersham County Chamber of Commerce.

The National Weather service has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Habersham County until 9:30 p.m. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EASTERN HABERSHAM COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CLARKESVILLE... NORTHWESTERN STEPHENS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ...

Several Habersham County schools were placed on lockdown Wednesday after an armed robbery at a nearby convenience store.

HABERSHAM COUNTY, GA. a ' An Easley woman has been found after a four-day search.

A South Carolina woman missing since last Wednesday has been found in Habersham County.

A missing woman has been found safe in Georgia after she disappeared last week. Brenda Cox, 40, was found on Sunday in a church parking lot in Habersham County, Ga.

Cleveland- White County officials have been told by Lumpkin County animal shelter officials they can no longer accept stray animals from their county.

From this story in The Northeast Georgian newspaper on April 16, we learn about another Tea Party that crossed swords with local government.

The National Weather Service has issued a Tornado Warning for Habersham, Rabun and White counties.

The subject of a chase in Habersham County Thursday night is being treated at Atlanta Medical Center after being struck by a car.

U.S. Marshals arrested a Georgia man on fugitive from justice charges Thursday night at a residence on Law Road in Scottsboro.

Two tractor trailers loaded with food destined for needy North Georgia families were stolen from an Atlanta lot over the weekend.

Phyllis Moore inherited her late uncle's collection of stamps from the Civil War era and coins that dated back to 1650.

Two buildings in Habersham County - one dating to the 1880s - were recently listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Driving along a highway in Habersham County in North Georgia the other evening, I suddenly came upon a roadkilled skunk.