White County saw its second-highest month of confirmed coronavirus cases during the month of November.
The 2014 Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (SPLOST) program concluded in November, generating several million dollars more in sales tax revenue than initially expected.
In Cleveland, the Christmas in the Mountains celebration and parade will be this Saturday, Dec. 5, from 5-8 p.m., with the parade starting at 7 p.m. There will be vendors on the square as part of the holiday market, and a Christmas tree lighting in Freedom Park at 6:20 p.m. The parade will follow its normal route from Jack P. Nix Elementary School through the Cleveland Square to White County Middle School.
A demonstration of how ballots were scanned during the most recent recount was given Monday, Nov. 30. Shown from left are Board of Elections member Dwayne Turner, poll worker John Connell, County Chairman Travis Turner and County Elections Superintendent Garrison Baker. There were no changes to the White County results during the second recount completed last week. (Photo/Stephanie Hill)
White County’s October unemployment rate reached its lowest mark since the end of last year, according to the Georgia Department of Labor.
There have been 1,294 total confirmed COVID-19 cases in White County since the start of the pandemic, according to the update on Sunday, Nov. 29, on the Georgia Department of Public Health's website.
Helen Lighting of the Village file photo.
Voters will decide runoffs for Georgia’s two U.S. Senate seats and a race for the state Public Service Commission.
Jennifer Lynn Casillo
A White County school bus was involved in an accident around 3 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 19, at Ga. 115 and Campbell Street.
