The Fannin County Sheriff’s Office will take over the county’s 911 dispatch service beginning July 1.

The Humane Society of Blue Ridge cat of the week is Lucille. She is a one-year-old beauty with gorgeous gold eyes and a coat that looks like black velvet.

Fannin County Animal Control has all kinds of different dogs available for adoption.

All dogs taken to Animal Control are housed at the facility until being reclaimed or adopted.

By Glenn Harbison

glenn@thenewsobserver.com

State lines don’t stop trouble from happening, and that seems to be the case with a rash of suspicious fires last week.

“Now, for me to be in the spot that I’m in, it’s all the more important that America knows that this is the most beautiful place in all of America,” Tennessee Governor Bill Lee said standing above

Quantavious Brown, 24, of Copperhill, was found not guilty on charges from an alleged 2018 incident in which he was accused of forcing his way into a Copperhill woman’s home and sexually assaulting

Logan Keith Morrow took a turn straight to the Fannin County jail last week when he failed to use his turn signal in McCaysville.

Having been missing all night, Finn, a herding dog, was reunited with his owners, Kathy and Pete Kaup, with thanks to many of Fannin County’s first responders.