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Anna Wilkins sits next to a recent painting she did in her studio in Helen. (Photo/Linda Erbele)

Helen artist Wilkins wins Scoop cover art contest

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Friday, March 28, 2025

by Linda Erbele White County News An artist from Helen won the cover contest for the 2025-2026 Get the Scoop magazine. Anna Wilkins’ paintings have been on the cover of Scoop three other times, in 2011, 2017 and 2019. This year’s painting involved a bear seen in Innsbruck.

Design plan for a 24-room hotel, 6-office medical building and 60-bedroom assisted living facility approved for south Cleveland.(Graphic/submitted)

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City annexes land for hotel, assisted living facility

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Thursday, March 13, 2025

By Linda Erbele White County News The Cleveland City Council approved an application to annex 27.19 acres located between Donald E. Thurmond Parkway and Underwood Farm Road on U.S. 129 South.

Aurelia Day after the accident, fighting for her life with her mother, Hanna Day, by her side. (Photo/Submitted)

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Toddler fights for life after drowning

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Thursday, March 13, 2025

By Basil Ray White County News Sixteen-month-old Aurelia Gail Patricia Day is fighting for her life after a drowning accident on March 5. As reported by the parents, Aurelia was found by her mother unresponsive in a lake in the backyard of their home in the area of Ivy Hills Drive.

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Etheridge re-joins White County News

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Thursday, March 13, 2025

Staff reports CNI Regional Publisher Keith Barlow announced that Denise Etheridge has returned to the White County News as a senior reporter. Etheridge worked at the White County News previously from 2005 to 2009. “I feel like I’ve come back home,” Etheridge said.

Mosquere- Contraras

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Man leads deputies in high speed chase

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Thursday, March 13, 2025

A Gainesville man was arrested Saturday evening after leading police on a high speed chase on Ga. 115. The White County Sheriff’s Office charged 33-year-old William Mosquere-Contraras with 11 misdemeanors and two felonies following the incident. At 7:19 p.m., a deputy on on Ga.

Representatives from local non-profit recipients of United Way of White County’s 2025 allocation disbursement are Michelle Black, Terry Goodger, Pam Walden, Tami Terrall, Nanette Baughman, Rebekah Perethian, Brittany Cochran, Rachel Martin, and Brittany Spier. (Photo/Erin Etris)

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United Way awards $80K to local non-profit agencies

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Thursday, March 6, 2025

Staff Reports The United Way of White County awarded 2025 funding totaling $80,000 to 10 not-for-profit organizations providing vital human services to the local community.

White County’s new Community Service Program, led by Supervisor John Murphy, has seen a steady increase in participation since launching last July.

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Commissioners hear update on service program

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Thursday, March 6, 2025

by Basil Ray White County News White County’s new Community Service Program, led by Supervisor John Murphy, has seen a steady increase in participation since launching last July. The White County Board of Commissioners received an update on the program at its meeting Monday night.

Grace Reyes plays Maria Rainer in White County High School’s production of The Sound of Music. (Photo/Zach Taylor)

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Back to the area

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Thursday, March 6, 2025

by Zach Taylor CNI News Service White County High School Theatre Department is back again, but this time with a classic that almost everyone will know.

Alex Cowart, owner of Cowart Construction, spoke at the Cleveland City Council meeting appealing a financial penalty for working prior to the issuance of a permit. (Photo/Linda Erbele)

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Cleveland denies appeal of penalty

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Thursday, March 6, 2025

by Linda Erbele White County News The Cleveland City Council, at its March 3 meeting, denied an appeal of a financial penalty assessed against a construction company. The $1,147.60 penalty was assessed against New Bridge Construction for working prior to the issuance of a permit on Feb. 21.

The sinkhole that opened up in a parking lot between Dalton Eye Car and Anytime Fitness. (Photo/Basil Ray)

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City, businesses debate cause of sinkhole

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Thursday, February 27, 2025

by Basil Ray White County News White County businesses are still being affected by a sudden sinkhole that opened in a parking lot between Dalton Eye Care and Anytime Fitness. The sinkhole is being repaired quickly and efficiently as the cause of the sinkhole is now under further investigation.