Lumpkin County News

Health department officials in both Hall and Glynn Counties are investigating to see what caused dozens of students from Lumpkin County to be stricken with a stomach virus after a trip to coastal Georgia.

A house fire just down the road from the Lumpkin County Sheriff's Office and behind the Rite Aid on East Main Street in Dahlonega shut down a portion of East Main Street for about two hours Thursday night.

It appears some Forsyth County residents will be affected by a vote in the state House of Representatives to revise the legislative district maps.

Lumpkin County authorities are continuing to monitor a recent problem that's caused some trouble for area teenagers: legal marijuana.

Clifford Earls, left, talks with a nephew Wednesday while granddaughter Karen Stephens holds the phone inside Earls' apartment in Dahlonega.

A Paulding County man accused of making multiple harassing calls to Cherokee women is behind bars.

Two days after admitting to molesting and killing 7-year-old Jorelys Rivera, an apartment maintenance man killed himself in prison.

Ryan Brunn enters Superior Court Judge Frank Mills court at the Cherokee County Justice Center in Canton, Ga.