Two Ducktown residents lost their lives early Tuesday morning, January 23, when their Douglas Street home was destroyed by fire.
“This is what it’s all about, helping people,” Ross Tarver said as he and a group of volunteers loaded water into the vehicles of residents Tuesday afternoon, January 23.
Polk County commissioners want to be sure if they agree to create a railroad authority they are not opening the door for biosolids or other hazardous material to be shipped into Copperhill.
The steel bridge spanning the Toccoa River in McCaysville was closed last week as work started to replace its decking and sidewalks.
Concern for the welfare of his own dogs led a North Carolina man to seek help from the Fannin County Sheriff’s Office, help that resulted in the bodies of 19 dogs being discovered and the arrest of
Joshua Glen White was taken into custody by Fannin County deputies barely more than an hour after he was accused of raping a woman in Fannin County Friday afternoon, January 26.
The Appalachian Judicial Circuit’s Accountability Courts (Drug Court, Veterans Court, HELP Court, Family Treatment Court) recently hosted a Christmas party for the children of their participants.
Editor’s note: This is another in a series of personality profiles written by students in Jodi Williams’ English 1101 class at the University of North Georgia Blue Ridge campus.
Debbie Jackson promised Fannin County commissioners new software will help find the owners of short term rentals who are not paying taxes and streamline the operations in her office.