White County News, Cleveland, Georgia

Grant to help expand hiking, biking trails

On Sept. 11, the Georgia Department of Economic Development announced $116,744 in product development grants for 16 tourism projects across the state. Among the recipients was White County’s new Yonah Preserve park, which is getting $10,000 to help...

New owners share vision for Kenimer-Telford home

One of the oldest houses in White County has found a buyer, after sitting unoccupied for years. And the new owners have big plans for the Kenimer-Telford home, located on Jarrard Street about a block west of the downtown square (next to the...

City of Cleveland issues boil-water notice

UPDATE: As of 3 p.m. today, Thursday, Sept. 20, the boil-water notice has been lifted. The water has tested negative for contamination. At 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 19, the City of Cleveland issued a boil-water notice for an area that is south of...

Emergency Alert System test scheduled for Wednesday, Oct. 3

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), in coordination with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), will conduct a nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) and Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) on Wednesday, Oct. 3. The WEA...

Help decorate downtown in ‘Scarecrow Boogey’ contest

Scarecrows are coming to town. The Downtown Cleveland Merchants’ Alliance is holding a Scarecrow Boogey contest as part of the group’s Fall in Love with Cleveland campaign. Not only will participants help decorate the city for the season, the public...

County votes to open Yonah Preserve daily

Yonah Preserve is officially open daily. The 1,000-acre park north of Cleveland had been open only four days a week until the White County Board of Commissioners approved revised hours during a called meeting Monday, Sept. 10. Two weeks after the...

Autumn arrives this Saturday; ‘leaf season’ around the corner

Never mind that we had temperatures approach- ing 90 degrees last week. Regardless of the weather, fall will arrive on schedule this Saturday, Sept. 22.

By Debbie Gilbert

Road closure, water off in parts of Helen

The City of Helen sent out a community notice this morning stating that Unicoi Street will closed today, Friday, Sept. 21, to make repairs to the payment from the waterline break yesterday.

By Staff Report

Agri-Fest, Pottery Comes to Town coming to downtown Cleveland

The 11th Annual Agri-Fest and the 8th Annual Pottery Comes to Town are planned for Saturday, Sept. 29, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

By Staff Report

Family Promise’s Great Helen Duck Race fundraiser offers chance to win $1,000

Family Promise of White & Habersham will host The Great Helen Duck Race annual fundraiser on Saturday, Oct. 20.

By Staff Report

Grant to help expand hiking, biking trails

On Sept. 11, the Georgia Department of Economic Development announced $116,744 in product development grants for 16 tourism projects across the state.

By Debbie Gilbert

Trojans dash Warriors' hopes with late score

Through the first four games of the 2018 high school football season, the third quarter hasn’t been very kind to the White County Warriors.

Last Friday, North Hall erased a 12-0 halftime deficit by scoring 20 points in the third quarter that keyed the Trojans’ 27-20 win over the Warriors.

Lady Warriors extend winning streak to 10 games

Win. Win. Win. Win. Win. Win. Win. Win. Win. Win. That pretty much sums up the past month for the White County High School softball team.

The Lady Warriors (12-5) continue to win at a record-setting pace, picking up two more wins earlier this week to run their current winning streak to 10 games. The long winning streak is easily the best for the WCHS program in recent history.

Net gains

The White County High School volleyball team is winning at a record pace for the fifth year program. The Lady Warriors have reeled off seven consecutive wins and have already set the single-season win record with 10 matches left on the regular season schedule.