• Mrs. Dorothy Pettit Cantrell: Obituary

    Mrs. Dorothy Pettit Cantrell, age 90 of the Big Creek community Ellijay, died on Monday, August 31, 2015, at the Gilmer Nursing Home. Born October 18, 1924 in Ellijay, Georgia to her late parents John and Ina Reece Pettit. Mrs. Cantrell was a member of the Macedonia Baptist Church and retired as a shipping clerk […]

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  • The Essence of Liberalism – Corruption

    Opinion by George McClellan: To exercise control over a people whose confidence it cannot gain fairly is the absolute essence of Progressive-liberalism, the modern term for Marxism-Communism. Stalin and Mao did it with mass starvations, imprisonment in Gulags for counter-revolutionary thought and speech and, Mao’s favorite, through the barrel of a gun.   Today, progressive-liberals know […]

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  • “Check It Out” at the Gilmer Library Week of 9/7 to 9/12

    CHECK IT OUT! – September 7 – September 12, 2015 Heath Lee, Gilmer County Library Branch Manager The Gilmer County Library will be closed on Monday, September 7th in observance of the Labor Day Holiday. Children’s Programs Family Storytime Tuesday, September 8 @ 10:30 AM “Royal Wizards and the Court Jester”– Is our weekly theme […]

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  • Mr. George Edward Gray: Obituary

    Mr. George Edward Gray, age 64 of the Tails Creek Community, Ellijay, GA who passed on Sunday evening, August 30th, 2015 at the North GA Medical Center. Mr. Gray was born January 16th, 1951 in Springfield, OH to his late parents Lloyd Andrew and Verla Mae Hogg Gray. George was a member of Zion Hill […]

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  • Mr. Gene Spivey: Obituary

    Mr. Gene Spivey, age 87 of Ellijay, GA passed on Thursday morning, August 27, 2015. Mr. Spivey was born March 22, 1928 in Punta Gorda, FL son of the late Coy and Rosetta Barber Spivey. Gene served honorably in the Army Air Corps following WWII. He graduated from Lee University with an associates degree and […]

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  • Georgia Mountains’ Unemployment Rate Rises to 5.6 Percent in July

    ATLANTA – The Georgia Department of Labor announced today that the unemployment rate in the Georgia Mountains region in July was 5.6 percent, up two-tenths of a percentage point from 5.4 percent in June. The rate in July 2014 was 7.2 percent. The rate rose as the number of unemployed residents increased by 623 to […]

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  • Taxes, The Root of Corruption

    Opinion by George McClellan: Donald Trump has sucked all the air out of the room among the other Republican candidates for President because he’s talking about issues Americans know are inherently wrong. And, there is little or nothing that can be done about. Even the “talking heads” seem puzzled.by the Trump phenomena and his ability […]

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  • War and Peace

    Relion article written by Dr. Bob Allen Our power for war is prayer. Our weapon is our voice when we speak His word in faith by the Holy Spirit. I am very concerned about our great nation, America.  Every Christian I know has the same concerns. It is as though I have lived through two […]

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  • Just What Are Our Values?

    Opinion by George McClellan:   The murders of the nine black church members in Charleston, SC, by the white nut case Roof, provided the extreme left the excuse to instantly demean white America by attacking the symbols of wicked White Southern culture, but especially the Confederate Battle Flag, to which weak, feckless state and local […]

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  • Jesus is Enough

    Article written by Larry Bennett: The whole purpose of the Christian life is to “glorify God through our life.” That means that in order to bring God the most glory we must be willing to lay our life down, and then allow Him to live and work through us. How does God do that? He […]

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  • Exciting New Activities at the Farmers Market

    By:  Eddie Ayers, County Extension Agent The Gilmer County Farmer’s Market celebrated its 12th anniversary this spring on Broad Street in Ellijay. Since the beginning, it’s made several changes over the years and this one is no different. The Farmer’s Market is sponsored by the Master Gardener Cooperative Extension volunteers of Gilmer County and the […]

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  • GCSO Arrest Report 8/18 to 8/24

    The Georgia Open Records Act (O.C.G.A. 50-18-70) allows for www.fetchyournews.com to obtain and post the arrest records of any and all individuals arrested in Gilmer County. Those arrests are posted on www.fetchyournews.com for viewing pleasure. Please remember that all individuals listed have been arrested and charged, however, they are presumed innocent until guilt has been […]

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  • Gilmer Emergency and Fire Log 8/15 to 8/22

    Structure Fires: 1 Brush Fire: 0 Fire Alarms: 2 Emergency Medical Calls(EMS): 58 Extrication: 0 Motor Vehicle Accidents: 14 Vehicle Fire: 2 Hazard Conditions: 10 Air Transports: 0 Search/Tech. Rescue: 1 Other: 3 Total Calls: 91

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