Hiker rescued from Dukes Creek Falls area; hiking safety tips

A hiker is recovering from injuries sustained in a fall along a popular hiking trail in White County earlier this week. WRWH quotes White County Public Safety officials a saying it happened Wednesday on Dukes Creek Falls Trail.

Personnel from several agencies participated in the rescue effort including four from White County and the Lee Arrendale Correctional Institute Fire Service in Habersham County.

The injured hiker was taken to Northeast Georgia Medical Center Gainesville for treatment.

And with the peak of leaf-looking season approaching in northeast Georgia, the National Park Service has some tips for staying safe if you venture out onto a hiking trail:

Hike Smart (U.S. National Park Service)

About the Author

Ken Stanford is Online News Editor for GLORY 97.5, a position he has held since August 2022.

Ken was born in Moultrie, Georgia, and says he knew from the time he was 5 or 6 he wanted to be a “radio announcer.” That dream was realized when he was hired by Moultrie radio station WMTM in 1960 at the age of 15 as a weekend disc jockey. A 1963 graduate of Moultrie (now Colquitt County) High School, he has spent his whole career in Georgia working for stations in Atlanta, Marietta, and Gainesville – most recently as News Director for 40 years at WDUN in Gainesville. He is a veteran of the U.S. Air Force Reserves.

Ken retired in 2011 but came out of retirement last year to help GLORY, on a part-time basis, beef-up its online news presence.

He is the recipient of many Associated Press awards and is a former judge of state and national Associated Press broadcast news contests. In 2005, he was presented with the Georgia Associated Press Broadcasters Association’s President’s Award for Excellence in Journalism and in 2019 was inducted into the Georgia Radio Hall of Fame.

He lives in Gainesville with his wife of 52 years, the former Sandra McKnight of Clio, Alabama, and they have one child, a daughter, Lisa, who lives in Cumming with her family.