Towns County News

Last week, two men were stopped by Towns County Sheriff's Office Deputies. Both stops resulted in two men from just across the border, temporarily calling Towns County Detention Center home.

Members of the North Georgia Patriots group deliver petitons to Senator Johnny Isakson's office.

A rubber rifle used by a Vietnam War expert in a presentation has led to a scare at Young Harris College in North Georgia.

A poster, offering a $100,000 reward in the case of a missing Blairsville woman, was not authorized by Kristi Cornwell's family, her brother said.

The FBI has joined the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and local law enforcement in the investigation of a woman who disappeared while walking near her parents' home and talking on her cell phone with her boyfriend.

Authorities searching for a missing north Georgia woman began interviewing 180 sex offenders in nearby Tennessee as the case extended into a seventh day.

The boyfriend of a Georgia woman who vanished near her parents' home said he overheard a struggle as the two talked by cell phone, and police are investigating whether her former job as a probation officer played a role in the disappearance.

The wreckage of a single engine Cessna was found in a remote area of Clay County, N.C., on Sunday.

" Georgia Department of Transportation officials said Monday that construction is scheduled to begin July 20 on the first highway project funded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act in Northeast Georgia.

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A major thunderstorm caused some flooding in one northeast Georgia county Wednesday morning, according to the National Weather Service.

A flash flood warning for parts of northeast Georgia now includes Lumpkin and Towns counties as well as parts of Union and White.

Scattered thunderstorms are expected across north and central Georgia Wednesday afternoon and evening.

In his new book, "Purt Nigh Gone: The Old Mountain Ways," former governor and U.S. Sen.

So, how much did the taxpayers of Towns County shell out for perhaps as many as 20-years of unauthorized pay 'supplements' to three leading county officials -- Sheriff Rudy Eller, Superior Court Clerk Cecil Dye and Probate Judge and Magistrate Wayne Garrett? Becky Landress, the editor and sole reporter of the Towns Sentinel, says she gets that ...

Just a few years back, a lot of in-the-know people thought Bainbridge native Cathy Cox was destined to become Georgia's first female governor.

The threat of severe weather has forced cancellations of the following baseball games today: Pickens at Flowery Branch, Creekview at Lumpkin County, Gilmer at North Hall, and Towns County at Lakeview Academy.