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N. GA EMC Issues Utility Imposter Warning

North Georgia EMC urges its members to be aware of thieves posing as utility workers. Reports from a neighboring utility in Tennessee suggest that scam artists are calling or visiting homes and telling the resident that they are an employee of the...... Full story

Chattooga County Lawyer Fined $18K for Election Fraud

Albert C. Palmour, a Chattooga County lawyer, must pay an $18,000 fine for his role in aiding Carlton Vines, a 2006 State Court Judge candidate, in an election fraud scheme involving absentee ballots after the Georgia Court of Appeals dismissed...... Full story

Some Storm Damage Reported In NW Georgia

The National Weather Service is reporting some storm damage in Chattooga County. At 9:36 p.m., the agency received a report on a tree that was knocked onto a car in Cloudland. Roughly 20 minutes later, at 9:57, a county official reported many...... Full story

Living Life Under A Microscope

Imagine most of your actions under scrutiny. That is reality for people on parole. NewsChannel 9 rode along with two parole officers from the post in LaFayette, Georgia. Officers Ben Colkmire made two surprise stops and two announced stops. A man...... Full story

Services Set for Sheriff Ralph Kellett

Roy Ralph Kellett, Jr. 66, former Chattooga County, Ga. Sheriff passed away Tuesday at his home in Summerville following an extended illness. Kellett had served Chattooga County as sheriff for 17 years. Funeral services will be held at 2 pm...... Full story

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Teacher Charged With Enticing Child For Sex

A North Georgia science teacher is accused of trying to sexually entice a child. A spokesperson for the Trion, Ga. Police Dept. tells NewsChannel 9 that David Daniel, 48, is charged with criminal attempt to commit child molestation, computer...... Full story

Hays State Prison on Lockdown

ATLANTA (AP) - Georgia corrections officials say four prisons, including Hays State Prison near Trion in Chattooga County have been locked down for security reasons. Activists say inmates at 11 prisons across the state have been on a peaceful...... Full story

North Ga. Man Pleads Guilty in $4M Timber Scheme

A Georgia man who prosecutors say was at the center of a scheme to charge a paper mill more than $4 million for "phantom loads" of timber has pleaded guilty. Aaron Wilbert Freeman, 50, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and...... Full story

LaFayette Man Sentenced for Child Porn

Chadwick Keith Brannon, 27, of LaFayette, Georgia, was sentenced to 6 years in federal prison Thursday on charges of possessing child pornography. United States Attorney Sally Quillian Yates said, “There were disturbing videos of child...... Full story

Four Killed in North Georgia Crash

Authorities have identified four people killed in a head-on collision in Bartow County. Georgia State Patrol spokesman Gordy Wright says the crash occurred Monday afternoon on Ga. 140. He says a Kia Sportage traveling west on S.R. 140 crossed the...... Full story

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