URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 247 PM EST MON JAN 18 2016 GAZ005>009-013>016-190400- /O.NEW.KFFC.WC.Y.0001.160119T0600Z-160119T1500Z/ MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…DAHLONEGA…CLEVELAND 247 PM EST MON JAN 18 2016 …WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM EST TUESDAY… THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A […]
Read More »Gilmer County Chamber Annual Banquet
The 2016 Gilmer Chamber Annual Meeting was held at the First Baptist Church on January 14. The member of the year passed from Barbara Barbara Simmons to Barbara Paris. Beth Bennett and Crystal Nadolski of H & R Block, recipients of the 2014 Business of the Year award, announced this year’s winner Ronnie Thompson Ford. Ben […]
Read More »Citizen Questions How Fannin County Attorney Lynn Doss is Paid
January 12, 2016 My name is Suzanne Kahn, and I’d like to first address the question that some citizens still have about exactly when our county contract finally expires with Advance Disposal Service. The court documents are clear cut that all permitted extensions of the contract by Advance Disposal have been used and the […]
Read More »Investigation into Man Found Dead from Gunshot
FetchYourNews.com has received the following release from the Gilmer County Sheriff’s Office. Last night, December 28, 2015, at approximately 11:30 pm, Gilmer Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to 74 Brook Hollow Circle in reference to a male subject being shot. Upon their arrival, deputies found Andrew Abernathy inside the residence. He had been shot and was deceased. […]
Read More »Public Health Notice: DO NOT DRINK WATER FROM FLOODED WELLS OR SPRINGS
Click here for Public Health Notice Public Health Notice: DO NOT DRINK WATER FROM FLOODED WELLS OR SPRINGS North Georgia – Due to recent weather conditions, any well or spring that has been covered with flood waters must be considered contaminated. Do not drink the water until after flood waters have receded, the well or spring […]
Read More »Major Morning Accident South of Ellijay on Highway 515
At approximately 10:00 a.m. this morning an accident involving several vehicles occurred. FYN estimates that 100 south bound travelers were delayed as rescue crews addressed the victims. Several victims were airlifted for emergency care.
Read More »FYN Awaits Open Records Request From Sheriff’s Office-Hears From DA on Timing for Potential Grand Jury Hearing Which Will Likely Be Relevant to Possible Deal Re-election in November
The conduct of Deputy Henry Wooten was at issue in the case against video journalist Nydia Tisdale (which has now received national attention.) Wooten had been placed on temporary leave following his arrest of Tisdale, during a political event in Dawson County on Saturday, August 23, 2014.
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Video Journalist Forcefully Removed From Republican Meeting!
Governor Nathan Deal and First Lady Sandra Deal sat on the front row of a Republican Candidate meet and greet and watched as Dawson County Deputy Tony Wooten removed video journalist Nydia Tisdale from Burt’s Pumpkin Farm.
Read More »County Tax Commissioner Reports that Tax Digest Has Received Preliminary Approval
FYN spoke with Gilmer County Tax Commissioner Rebecca Marshall and learned that the Georgia Department of Revenue has verbally approved the tax digest for the county. Marshall is awaiting formal (written) approval which will likely happen within a week.
Read More »Gilmer County School System Makes Progress to Upgrade Accreditation Status
By all accounts, Gilmer County Charter School System (GCCSS) is making steady progress toward improving their “accredited warned” status with AdvancEd/SACS (Southern Association of Colleges And Schools).
Read More »Piedmont Mountainside Holds Ten Year Anniversary Celebration
Piedmont Mountainside Hospital celebrated 10 years of serving patients last Thursday (August 14). CEO Denise Ray quizzed attendees on hospital history and told the staff with obvious emotion: “You all should be very proud. I mean it from the bottom of my heart. You’re the folks that made this happen. I work for you so […]
Read More »Georgia Mountains Health Center Health Fair a Success
Celebrating Community Health Center Week, Wednesday August 13th the Blue Ridge Center provided $25 lab panels, free EKG’s, breast exams, and A1C tests as well as discounted immunizations.
Read More »Jasper’s Port Royal Water Park Off to a Slow Start With Permits
For more than a year, citizens throughout the region have anxiously awaited the development of the Port Royal water park complex in Jasper. Since its splashy announcement celebration May of 2013, the project has captured the attention of surrounding governments and the long term unemployed. The people of Pickens (although the project is not officially […]
Read More »Pickens County Woman’s Son Found Dead: Third Suspect Nathan Mark Neighbors Apprehended in Floyd County
The Floyd County Sheriff’s Office has apprehended murder suspect Nathan Mark Neighbors who was on the run from law enforcement in connection with the apparent murder of John Wesley Wood of Calhoun, Georgia. Earlier this week, the Gordon County Sheriffs Department located what is believed to be the body of John Wesley Wood Jr. Wood […]
Read More »O’Dell Report Interview with Gilmer County School Superintendent Jason Kouns
On Monday morning The O’Dell Report sat down with Gilmer County School Superintendent Jason Koons to discuss the upcoming school year. Topics discussed include: System adjustments to charter school status and federal legislation involving school nutrition programs.
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