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Funeral services are now planned for an Eastonallee teenager who was killed in a June crash on Ga. 365 in Habersham County. Acree-Davis Funeral Home in Toccoa released the obituary Wednesday morning for Theodore "Teddy" Paisley Bone, age 15. Funeral services are scheduled for Tuesday, July 16 at 4:00 p.m. at Tom's Creek Baptist Church in Martin.

Habersham County officials, special guests, and members of the local flying community paused Tuesday, July 9, to celebrate the completion of the recent runway overlay, ramp expansion, and runway object free area (ROFA) projects. The projects have been years in the making and poise the airport for future growth and increased use by both field-based and transient aircraft. “It would be impossible to introduce every person who played a part in this monumental task, going back to the very beginnings of this airport,” said Habersham County Manager Alicia Vaughn. “Some of those who were instrumental in the early days of this facility are here today, while some already have passed on.” Two men who pulled a measuring tape to lay out the original airport were present and cut the ribbon on Tuesday, Dean Swanson and former state Sen. John C. Foster. Also present were Don Higgins, one of the airport’s early pilots and former longtime mayor of Cornelia, and Jackie Sherwood, whose late husband Charles Sherwood was a fixture at the airport. Also recognized Tuesday were current members of the Habersham County Airport Commission, including Chairman D. Higgins, Lawrence Bridges, Chris Limbach, and Justin Schapansky. Airport Commission member Andy Anderson was unable to attend. Damon Carr and Danny Doyle from the Georgia Department of Transportation joined Habersham County Commissioners Bruce Palmer and Jimmy Tench and former longtime Airport Commission Chairman Ken Schubring in the audience. Cornelia City Manager Donald Anderson, Cornelia Ward 1 Commissioner Mark Reed, and Cornelia Ward 4 Commissioner Tony Cook also joined the celebration. Helicopters from the Georgia State Patrol Aviation Division and Air Methods’ Air Life Georgia 2 (which is based at the airport) framed the ribbon-cutting event. Event expenses were underwritten by Lead Edge Design Group and Bob & Ted’s Trophy Shop in Clarkesville.

Habersham County Central Communications has been made aware of a phone issue affecting phone lines in Habersham and surrounding counties. Please note, if you call the non-emergency number to dispatch you may encounter issues with the dispatcher not being able to hear you or you are not able to hear the dispatcher. THIS ISSUE IS NOT AFFECTING 911 LINES AT THIS TIME.

Habersham County’s leaders have called for a budget hearing Monday, July 22, on the idea that perhaps a compromise can be reached by then for the 2024-25 fiscal year. The budget has not been…

Habersham County’s Board of Commissioners is trying its best to hammer out a budget for the fiscal year that we have already begun. There are a lot of factors to why they have not been able to…

Local municipalities are desperate for solutions after Habersham County severed a critical pipeline for lifesaving medical supplies their first responders rely on. Up until June 30 of this…

With the Habersham County Animal Shelter at capacity and unable to take in more animals, local nonprofit Hands for Paws has worked to give the shelter some relief. But now, it feels the same…

For the second time this summer, a coed group of young golfers descended upon Apple Mountain Golf Course for Habersham Central Golf Camp. Coach Matt Hudlow and current and former Raider golfers…

We have an update on the Eastanollee teen who died last week from injuries he received in a church van accident in Habersham County. The driver who authorities say hit that van is identified as 64-year-old Barry Clark of Hartwell. Clark is now charged with Vehicular Homicide. On Friday, Habersham...

An Eastanollee teen involved in Saturday afternoon’s wreck involving a church van in Demorest died early Wednesday, July 3. Habersham County Coroner Kasey McEntire confirmed that 15-year-old Theodore “Teddy ” Bone, 15, succumbed to his injuries at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston. “Our thoughts and...

Mrs. Hall was born on March 29, 1943 in Reliance, Tennessee to the late Roy Lee and Letha Poteet Triplett. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her first husband and the father of her children, James Eugene Coker; God blessed her richly as she had another chance at love with her second husband, Marshall Hall; step-son, Doug Hall; and brothers, David Triplett, Ray Triplett, and R.L. Triplett.

WLHR Lake Hartwell Radio quotes the Habersham County, Georgia sheriff’s spokesman as saying a teenage boy died Wednesday in an Atlanta healthcare facility, the result of a traffic accident last weekend at Demorest, Georgia. Theodore Bone, 15-year-old resident of the Eastanollee Community in Stephens County, was riding in a church van when the accident occurred on Georgia 365 South. Known as Teddy to his friends and family, Teddy had been placed on life-support. Before Teddy’s passing, Georgia troopers announced the following charges against the driver of the second vehicle, 64-year-old Barry Clark of Hartwell: DUI and failure to obey a traffic control device and serious injury by vehicle.

Lack of rainfall in recent weeks has left much of Georgia under dry conditions, including the northeast part of the state. The latest map released by the U.S. Drought Monitor lists Hall, Forsyth, Barrow, Jackson, Banks, Habersham, Stephens and Rabun counties under "moderate drought" conditions. Moderate drought is also being recorded in parts of Gwinnett, Dawson, Lumpkin, White and Towns counties, with parts of those counties also falling under a lower level intensity labeled "abnormally dry."

Piedmont’s Silas Mulligan began playing the game of basketball as so many youths in Habersham County do – through the rec department. Driven by seeing his older brother excel athletically,…

Habersham County Chairman Ty Akins is working on his own version of the old television game show “Let’s Make a Deal.” After a failed attempt to pass the budget at a contentious June 24 meeting…

The Habersham County Coroner’s Office confirmed 15-year-old Theodore “Teddy” Bone died on Wednesday morning.