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Jake Johnson dives to make a play on a ball during the Warriors' home opener against Habersham Central Saturday in Cleveland. (Photo/Staci Sulhoff)

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Warriors smack Gladiators, 9-0

Mark Turner

Thursday, February 20, 2020

Thanks to a break from the rain and winter weather, the White County Warriors finally got a chance last weekend to open the 2020 baseball season.

Senior Bentley Cronic scored a game-high 24 points in the opening round of the GHSA girls' state tournament. (Photo/Mark Turner)

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Lady Warriors knock off Central; earn first state win since 1984

Mark Turner

Thursday, February 20, 2020

For the first time in more than three decades, the White County Lady Warriors are headed to the second round of the state basketball tournament.

Sidney Sullens Second Place 142-pounds Girls Division

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Four on the Podium

Mark Turner

Thursday, February 20, 2020

White County took four wrestlers to the Class AAAA state finals last weekend in Macon, and all four came home with a Top 5 medal.

White County fire services responded to a commercial fire at Legacy Woods on Wednesday, Feb. 19. (Photo courtesy White County Public Safety)

Authorities respond to late night commercial fire

News Staff

Thursday, February 20, 2020

White County Fire Services responded to a commercial fire on Wednesday, Feb. 19. Around 11:15 p.m.

An incident involving a rabid raccoon in the area of Stovall Road is the second rabies case in White County for 2020.

Second rabies case confirmed in White County

News Staff

Thursday, February 20, 2020

An incident involving a rabid raccoon in the area of Stovall Road is the second rabies case in White County for 2020. According to White County Environmental Health Manager Sean Sullivan, a pet owner said his two dogs dropped a dead raccoon on their driveway when they came back from roaming.

The City of Helen is working with Georgia Department of Transportation on a pair of roadway issues.

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DOT, Helen discuss drainage issue

Stephanie Hill

Thursday, February 20, 2020

The City of Helen is working with Georgia Department of Transportation on a pair of roadway issues. The first is drainage at the Chevron gas station on Main Street, says Helen City Manager Jerry Elkins.

Terry Rogers

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State Rep. Rogers won’t seek re-election

Wayne Hardy

Thursday, February 20, 2020

White County appears set to have a new state representative after 2020. State Rep. Terry Rogers (R-Clarkesville), who represents the county in House District 10, announced Monday, Feb. 17, he would not seek re-election this year. He won the seat in a 2011 special election.

White County High School STAR Student Clay Bolton (right) selected Kalin Kennedy as STAR Teacher. (Photo/Stephanie Hill)

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Bolton and Kennedy are classroom STARs

Stephanie Hill

Thursday, February 20, 2020

There are some new STARs at White County High School. Clay Bolton has been named the school system’s 2020 STAR student. He selected WCHS math teacher Kalin Kennedy as his STAR teacher.

Chelsie Yamamoto

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Top of the Class

Stephanie Hill

Thursday, February 20, 2020

White County High School recently announced Chelsie Yamamoto as the 2020 class valedictorian, with Joshua Adelberg as the salutatorian. Valedictorian Surprised was how Chelsie Yamamoto described feeling when she found out she was the valedictorian. “I knew it was a possibility,” she says.

The pursuit ended with the vehicle wrecking at Freedom Park and damaging the brick and stone wall. (Photo/Stephanie Hill)

Juveniles cause damage at Freedom Park with wreck

Stephanie Hill

Tuesday, February 18, 2020

A car chase early Monday morning came to an end in Freedom Park, and resulted in some damage. White County Sheriff’s Office deputies were involved in a vehicle pursuit on Ga. 115 that started around Dock Dorsey Road on Monday, Feb. 17. Around 2:15 a.m.