The cars are back in their garages and the smoke has cleared from the Blue Ridge Soap Box Derby annual Spring Race held April 30.
“We will not let kids go hungry.” Martha Williams spoke those words of determination and they were immediately echoed by Dr. Micheal Gwatney.
But keeping that pledge is no easy task.
A candidate for Post 2 on the Fannin County Board of Commissioners has been arrested on driving under the influence and two other charges.
Fannin County Animal Control had 14 dogs in their care as of Friday morning, April 29.
This past week, seven dogs were taken in, while four were adopted.
A majority of the candidates in two local races gathered in front of voters Monday night, April 25, for a Candidate Forum sponsored by the Fannin County Chamber of Commerce.
A spirit of cooperation that elected leaders defined with words such as historic, amazing, and just the beginning flowed through Blue Ridge City Hall Monday afternoon.
A Fannin County man was arrested on a charge he burned his mother’s home shortly after the Friday, April 22, fire.
Fannin County Animal Control had 18 dogs in their care as of Friday morning, April 22.
This past week, six dogs were taken in, while four were adopted.
“I didn’t choose the Army, the Army chose me...It took a whole lot of boy out of this body and put a man in.” That’s the way Steve Strickland describes his two years of service while the Vietnam Wa