Officers crack down as locals call for Atlantans to stay home

  • A car visiting the Panther Creek trailhead from the metro Atlanta area tries to pull out into the road Friday afternoon while getting stuck on the police line set up to deter visitors.
    A car visiting the Panther Creek trailhead from the metro Atlanta area tries to pull out into the road Friday afternoon while getting stuck on the police line set up to deter visitors.
  • Federal parks in the Chattahoochee National Forest have been closed for more than a week.
    Federal parks in the Chattahoochee National Forest have been closed for more than a week.
   Habersham County is putting in plans to protect its residents, and part of that plan would include keeping Metro Atlanta visitors out, if some county officials could have their way.    Even…

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