PEACHTREE CITY, Ga. – At 9:39 a.m., the National Weather Service issued the following Winter Storm Warning for Dawson, Lumpkin and White counties as well as Murray, Fannin, Gilmer, Union, Towns, Gordon, Pickens, Floyd, Bartow, Cherokee, Polk (Tennessee), Paulding, Cobb and Haralson as well as the cities of Cleveland and Dahlonega. The warning remains in […]
Read More »4-H Leader Charged With Child Porn Out On Bond Again
DAHLONEGA, Ga. — Paul Travis Williams, director of the Wahsega 4-H Center who is charged with accessing child pornography from the center’s computer, has once again been released on bond. Williams, 48, was initially charged after authorities found one image on his computer. He was released on $10,000. But he was re-arrested Oct. 26 after […]
Read More »Wahsega 4-H Director Back in Jail on Child Porn Charge
DAHLONEGA, Ga. – Paul Travis Williams, the 4-H director who was arrested last month on a charge of possession of child pornography and subsequently released on $10,000 bond, is back in the Lumpkin County Detention Center. Williams, 48, was arrested again last week after authorities added 30 new counts of accessing child porn. The initial […]
Read More »City/County Officials Host GMRC at Camp Merrill
DAHLONEGA, Ga. – The Lumpkin County Board of Commissioners and the City of Dahlonega hosted the monthly meeting of the Georgia Mountains Regional Commission (GMRC) Thursday in the dining facility at Camp Frank D. Merrill, the US Army Ranger facility. The GMRC serves local governments of the Georgia mountains region by improving the quality of […]
Read More »It’s Gold Rush Festival Time Again in Dahlonega
UNG Corps of Cadets on parade during Gold Rush Days Festival in Dahlonega. DAHLONEGA, Ga. – There are fall festivals in north Georgia and then there are fall festivals. But there is something extra special about Gold Rush Days in this scenic little mountain community. It marks the celebration of one of the state’s […]
Read More »City Council to Ratify Agreement With Georgia Board of Regents
DAHLONEGA, Ga. – The Dahlonega City Council is expected to ratify an agreement with the Board of Regents (BOR) of the University System of Georgia at Tuesday’s council meeting that calls for the BOR to pay the city $209,802 for certain water and sewer connection fees. The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. at Dahlonega […]
Read More »13 Candidates Qualify for Dahlonega City Elections
DAHLONEGA, Ga. — Dahlonega voters will have a large field of candidates to choose from in the November 7 municipal general election as 13 candidates qualified to run for 5 seats on city council. Sam Norton, Michael Glenn Clemons and Rajpal Sagoo will compete for mayor. Current Mayor Gary McCullough, who has been dealing with […]
Read More »Controversial Deputy Dismissed by Lumpkin County
DAHLONEGA, Ga. — Lumpkin County Sheriff Stacy Jarrard has terminated a recently-hired deputy following reports of the officer’s behavior while part of the Statham Police Department. Marc Lofton, who left the Statham force earlier this year after he was accused of making faulty DUI arrests, had been working under a probationary period in Lumpkin County. […]
Read More »Is Lumpkin County’s Newest Deputy the Target of Unfair Criticism by a Social Media Group?
DAHLONEGA, Ga. – For a law enforcement officer who has never been accused of any criminal misconduct, never been the subject of any disciplinary action and who had a clean personnel file when he was hired by the Lumpkin County Sheriff’s Office last month, Marc Lofton has attracted a lot of criticism, fairly or unfairly. […]
Read More »City of Helen Awards Bid for New City Bridge
HELEN, Ga. – The long-awaited pedestrian bridge across the Chattahoochee River in Helen moved one step closer to reality Tuesday when the city commission voted unanimously to approve the bid of $586,022 submitted by Square Deal Enterprises. The Sautee-based company entered the lowest of four bids received. The project was advertised on the Georgia Mountains […]
Read More »Dahlonega Man Charged With Assault, Battery, Terroristic Threats
DAHLONEGA, Ga. – On May 7, Lumpkin County Sheriff’s deputies arrested 22-year-old James Stewart and charged him with aggravated assault, simple battery and making terroristic threats. According to the arrest report, deputy Jeremy Craig was dispatched to 219 Myers Chance Road where he witnessed Stewart assaulting Kessalyn Grizzle, 22, by holding her hair and striking […]
Read More »Lumpkin County Searchers Find What Appears to be Human Remains off Hwy. 129 in Chestatee WMA
DAHLONEGA, Ga. –The Georgia Bureau of Investigation and the Lumpkin County Sheriff’s Office coordinated with the Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Office Rapid Response Team Thursday to conduct a large scale woodlands search of the area where Tosha Herron’s wrecked vehicle was found last October 12 off of Highway 129 North in Lumpkin County. The area is […]
Read More »Teen Mother Pleads Not Guilty to Murder of Her Son
DAHLONEGA, Ga. — Megan Dix, 19 of Dahlonega, entered a plea of not guilty Wednesday to charges that she murdered her infant son at their Winters Mountain Road home on Dec. 15, 2015. Dix appeared emotionless as she entered the arraignment in Superior Court in an orange jumpsuit, shackled at the waist and ankles. Judge […]
Read More »Design Firm Commission Chose Not Licensed in Ga.
DAHLONEGA, Ga. — Quinn Design Concepts is out, Bachmann and Associates is in as firm that will design Fire Station 7. Lumpkin County Commissioners voted 4-1 last month — with Commissioner Rhett Stringer opposed — to award Quinn Design Concepts a contract to design the proposed Frogtown fire station. Before the contract was signed, however, […]
Read More »Spring Career Expo Scheduled April 11
DAHLONEGA, Ga. — Employment is making a come back in many north Georgia counties, including Lumpkin where the Spring Career Expo is planned for April 11 from 1-4 p.m. in the Parks and Recreation Department, 365 Riley Road in Dahlonega. State Senator Steve Gooch said recently, “Just about every employer I’ve talked to has jobs. […]
Read More »Lumpkin Commissioners Table Tree Ordinance
DAHLONEGA, Ga. — The Lumpkin County Board of Commissioners was prepared to pass a Timber Ordinance at Tuesday’s meeting until property owners Kathy Norris and Kenneth Beasley raised a few questions about who the ordinance would impact. Their public comments demonstrated the importance of citizens attending commission meetings and the commissioners’ decision to table the […]
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