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WCHS senior Jenna Ash, the Region 7-AAA Player of the Year, hammers a shot during the win over Ringgold Tuesday in the first round of the Class AAA state tournament. (Photo/Mark Turner)

WCHS senior Jenna Ash, the Region 7-AAA Player of the Year, hammers a shot during the win over Ringgold Tuesday in the first round of the Class AAA state tournament. (Photo/Mark Turner)

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Back to the Sweet 16

Mark Turner
Thursday, October 22, 2020
For the second straight year, the White County volleyball team is headed to the second round of the state playoffs. The Lady Warriors secured a spot in the Class AAA Sweet 16 Tuesday, posting a 3-0 win over Ringgold in a first round matchup in Cleveland. WCHS, the No.
Esta Johnson, left, and Kaden Wilson show of the T-shirts that are being sold to support Wilson and his family. (Photo/Esta Johnson)

Esta Johnson, left, and Kaden Wilson show of the T-shirts that are being sold to support Wilson and his family. (Photo/Esta Johnson)

WCMS, golfers raise money for Wilson's cancer battle

Mark Turner
Thursday, October 15, 2020
Kaden Wilson, a seventh-grade student at White County Middle School, was recently diagnosed with Hodgkin's Lymphoma, and some of the staff at WCMS are helping him with his fight against the disease. WCMS teacher Esta Johnson has known Wilson for several years and is a cancer survivor as well.
Dawson County's Hayden McKinney, left, and Tripp Caine stop White County's Darius Cannon a few yards short of the end zone during the first half of the Region 7-AAA opener last Friday night in Dawsonville. (Photo/Mark Turner)

Dawson County's Hayden McKinney, left, and Tripp Caine stop White County's Darius Cannon a few yards short of the end zone during the first half of the Region 7-AAA opener last Friday night in Dawsonville. (Photo/Mark Turner)

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Warriors' historic start ends

Mark Turner
Thursday, October 15, 2020
The White County Warriors' hopes of starting the season with a 5-0 record for the first time in school history came to an end on the wet turf at Dawson County High School last Friday night as the Tigers used a late touchdown to hand the Warriors their first loss of the season, 42-35.
Patsy Lewis Gentry rang the bell at Emory Winship Cancer Institute to signify the completion of her cancer treatment. (Submitted photo)

Patsy Lewis Gentry rang the bell at Emory Winship Cancer Institute to signify the completion of her cancer treatment. (Submitted photo)

A journey of one year to becoming cancer free

News Staff
Thursday, October 15, 2020
Patsy Lewis Gentry of Sautee Nacoochee says it seems like only yesterday that she was diagnosed with six cancerous lesions in her right breast. While at a medical appointment during the summer of 2019, Dr. Elizabeth Tong of Emory Healthcare convinced her to have a mammogram.
White County is nearing 1,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases.

White County is nearing 1,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases.

County COVID cases down over past week

Stephanie Hill
Thursday, October 15, 2020
White County is nearing 1,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases. According to the Georgia Department of Public Health report on Tuesday, Oct. 13, White County had 961 confirmed cases since the first one was reported in mid-March. As of Oct.
Lake Living is now accepting submissions for photography that could be featured on the cover of the magazine’s winter 2020 edition.

Lake Living is now accepting submissions for photography that could be featured on the cover of the magazine’s winter 2020 edition.

Photo contest open for Lake Living magazine

News Staff
Thursday, October 15, 2020
Winter is a great time to spend at a beautiful Northeast Georgia lake. Do you have a fabulous photo of winter on an area lake? Lake Living is now accepting submissions for photography that could be featured on the cover of the magazine’s winter 2020 edition.
The annual lighting of the village in Helen is still going to take place this year – just at a new location.

The annual lighting of the village in Helen is still going to take place this year – just at a new location.

Helen’s Lighting of the Village to change locations

Stephanie Hill
Thursday, October 15, 2020
The annual lighting of the village in Helen is still going to take place this year – just at a new location. The event will be held Friday, Nov. 27, at Riverside Park along Edelweiss Strasse, where Santa and Mrs. Claus are able to visit with children from 5-7 p.m.
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One person charged in Oct. 7 accident

Stephanie Hill
Thursday, October 15, 2020
A driver is facing charges from an Oct. 7 wreck involving a motorcycle and car that injured two people. The wreck happened around 7:30 p.m. at Ga. 115 and Town Creek Road, according to the Georgia State Patrol.
Emergency responders work the scene at Yonah Mountain Oct. 13. (Photo courtesy Lee Arrendale State Prison Fire Chief Tammy Ayers)

Emergency responders work the scene at Yonah Mountain Oct. 13. (Photo courtesy Lee Arrendale State Prison Fire Chief Tammy Ayers)

Hiker falls from Yonah

Stephanie Hill
Thursday, October 15, 2020
A hike on Yonah Mountain turned tragic after a person died following a fall on Tuesday, Oct. 13. White County emergency services responded around 10:30 a.m. to a report that a woman had fallen from the mountain’s rock face formation.
The line of White County residents waiting to cast their ballots on the first day of in-person voting was out the door of the voter registrar’s office at times during the morning of Tuesday, Oct. 13. (Photo/Stephanie Hill)

The line of White County residents waiting to cast their ballots on the first day of in-person voting was out the door of the voter registrar’s office at times during the morning of Tuesday, Oct. 13. (Photo/Stephanie Hill)

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Hundreds turn out for first day of early voting

Stephanie Hill
Thursday, October 15, 2020
A couple hundred people turned out in White County on the first day of advanced, in-person voting Tuesday, Oct. 13. White County Chief Registrar Lisa Manning said 661 voters showed up to cast their ballots for the Nov. 3 general election.