LUMPKIN COUNTY, Ga. – Despite having to compete with the Georgia-Florida football game on Saturday, the 5th Annual Lumpkin County Sheriff’s Gun Show was a huge success. Rhonda Sheppard, administrative assistant to Sheriff Stacy Jarrard, estimated approximately 400 people attended Saturday’s opening day, more than twice as many as attended any previous gun show. While […]
Read More »School Board reviews tentative FY 2019 budget
DAHLONEGA, Ga. — The public got its first look at White County School System’s tentative fiscal year 2019 budget during Monday’s meeting. Chief Financial Officer Connie Daniels presented the plan, which calls for $35,925,195 in spending with $34,775,937 in estimated revenue. The fund balance as of July 1 is expected to be $4,382,356. No increase […]
Read More »Lumpkin County Sheriff’s Office hosts Blind Veterans Association
DAHLONEGA, Ga. — Every day is a day of public service for Lumpkin County’s first responders, but many of them went above and beyond the call of duty Friday. In the morning, the Lumpkin County Sheriff’s Office hosted a LifeSouth Blood Center blood drive, helping to ensure area hospitals were supplied with life-saving blood. Statistics […]
Read More »Coroner Jim Sheppard named Coroner of the Year
DAHLONEGA, Ga. –Lumpkin County Coroner Jim Sheppard has been named Coroner of the Year for the state of Georgia by the Georgia Coroners Association. Sheppard received the AR King Award from the 2017 recipient Danny Galpin of Houston County during the Coroner’s Association annual meeting in Macon over the weekend. It marked the second year […]
Read More »School Superintendent said no to Sheriff’s request for robocall
DAHLONEGA, Ga. –- Lumpkin County School Superintendent Dr. Robert Brown refused repeated requests by Sheriff Stacy Jarrard to issue a robocall last Thursday after a threat was reported by a Lumpkin County High School student. “The first I heard about a threat was Thursday evening when parents started calling me at home,” Jarrard said. “I […]
Read More »Sheppard nominated for Coroner of the Year
DAHLONEGA, Ga. – Lumpkin County Coroner Jim Sheppard has been nominated for the Georgia Coroner of the Year Award to be presented by the Georgia Coroners Association in Macon later this month. Sheppard said Thursday his reaction is almost indescribable. “It’s very humbling and very appreciated. I’m grateful that people outside our office and even […]
Read More »Trial of teacher charged with battery resumes Tuesday
DAHLONEGA, Ga. – The trial of a former Lumpkin County teacher charged with child cruelty and simple battery for pushing a student at the alternative school and grabbing him by the throat in April 2017 will resume in the courtroom of Chief Superior Court Judge Stanley Gunter Tuesday at 9 a.m. The incident was recorded […]
Read More »School board’s decision to walk out on Monday’s public hearing was grossly irresponsible
The Lumpkin County Board of Education’s decision to skip out on a public hearing last week was grossly irresponsible. It demonstrated a callous disregard for the citizens who voted them into office. There is also a question of the legality of the meeting since a quorum was not present. The hearing was conducted Monday, Aug. […]
Read More »Qualifying for May 22 General Primary ends Friday at noon
DAHLONEGA, Ga. — UPDATE: Mark Zeller was the only candidate to add his name to the list of qualifiers for the May 22 General Primary Thursday. Zeller will campaign for Lumpkin County Board of Commissioners in District 4. Incumbent District 3 Commissioner Rhett Stringer qualified late Tuesday afternoon and four more candidates tossed their hats […]
Read More »City to consider opioid epidemic resolution Monday
DAHLONEGA, Ga. – The Dahlonega City Council will consider approval of a resolution to help increase public awareness of the opioid crisis that has reached epidemic proportions in the U.S. when it meets Monday, Feb. 5, at 6 p.m. Opioid addiction and abuse is a growing problem with devastating consequences. Since 1999, the sale of […]
Read More »Commissioners will hire ‘community healthcare’ intern
DAHLONEGA, Ga. – The Lumpkin County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday to accept an Association of County Commissioners Georgia (ACCG) grant to fund the hiring of an intern who will coordinate a “community healthcare” discussion, coordinate and co-lead groups and analyze and interpret data collected in surveys. The grant will pay the intern, who […]
Read More »Family, friend snagged in Lumpkin County drug bust
DAHLONEGA, Ga. – Four members of a Lumpkin County family are having an unpleasant family reunion in the Lumpkin County Detention Center today. Curtis Roland, his wife Michelle, their daughter Taylor, stepson Nathaniel Smith and Taylor Roland’s boyfriend were arrested by Lumpkin County authorities last week following a two-month long drug investigation that netted methamphetamine […]
Read More »ACCG intern grant would facilitate Lumpkin County healthcare discussion
DAHLONEGA, Ga. – Commissioners are expected to vote on an Association of County Commissioners Georgia (ACCG) grant that would fund the hiring of an intern to coordinate a “Community Healthcare” discussion when the Lumpkin County Board of Commissioners meets Tuesday at 6 p.m. The grant would pay an intern $10 per hour for up to […]
Read More »Small-lodging, short-term rental property is the hot-topic issue at commissioners’ work session
DAHLONEGA, Ga. – A discussion about the land use plan that applies to small-lodging, short-term vacation rental property and variance requests dominated the discussion at the Lumpkin County Board of Commissioners work session this week. Planning Director Larry Reiter asked for clarification on the interpretation of regulations in the residential growth categories that pertain to […]
Read More »Collins warns: ‘U.S. military readiness is suffering’
DAHLONEGA, Ga. – U.S. Rep. Doug Collins (R-Ga.) came home this week to host a veterans benefit event on the campus of the University of Georgia. In speaking to the veterans, he issued a dire warning that supports what America’s top military leaders have been saying for more than a year. “Our military readiness is […]
Read More »Lumpkin Sheriff’s Office, ARDEO make drug bust
DAHLONEGA, Ga. – An investigation by the Lumpkin County Sheriff’s Office and the Appalachian Regional Drug Enforcement Office (ARDEO) led to the arrest Tuesday (Dec. 19) of 45-year-old Tony Anthony Monteith, of Dahlonega. Agents seized methamphetamine, marijuana, clonazepam and hydrocodone with a street value of $2,200. Monteith was charged with possession of methamphetamine with the […]
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