Opinion by George McClellan: Shame is simply not a strong enough word to describe the acute pain most Americans now feel toward Obama and his pipe dreams of a utopian Cuba style government right here in the USA. There cannot be enough words in the English language to properly describe the shame and humiliation our […]
Read More »Faith for this Day
Religion column written by Dr. Bob Allen: Faith for this day, God and His word are one. God will back up everything that He promises. Not only will He back It, but His throne is back of it. He said, “I watch over my word to perform it.” God is a business man. He knows […]
Read More »Special Called Joint Meeting Announcement with Building Authority and BOC & Agenda
Special Called Joint Meeting Of The Gilmer County Building Authority And The Gilmer County Board Of Commissioners Tuesday, March 29, 2016 Time: 11:00am Location: Board Of Commissioners Conference Room 1 Broad Street Ellijay Agenda I. Call To Order Ii. Invocation And Pledge Iii. Agenda Approval Iv. Approval Of Minutes V. Unfinished Business – None Vi. New Business: 1. Exeuction […]
Read More »GCSO Arrest Report 3/14 to 3/20
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 […]
Read More »Our Intelligence Dilemma
Opinion by George McClellan: Following the 9/11 terrorist attack, the federal government immediately reformed its existing security programs by creating new bureaucracies. The previously unknown Patriot Act immediately hove into view and while the smoking ruins of the Twin Towers, the Pentagon and the hole in the Pennsylvania farm were still burning in peoples minds, […]
Read More »Mr. Ronnie Burrell Hefner: Obituary
Mr. Ronnie Burrell Hefner, age 66 of Ellijay, GA died Monday March 21, 2016. Ron was born May 28, 1949, in Ellijay, GA to Grover and Elsie Hefner Burrell. When Ron was five years old, he was adopted by Harold and Opal Chastain Hefner upon the death of his parents. Ron grew up in Ellijay […]
Read More »Gilmer Sheriff’s Office Foil Possible Plot Against Gilmer County Courthouse
***UPDATE*** FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Gilmer County Sheriff’s Office Detectives investigated a Burglary of a residence off of Ga Hwy. 282 in the fall of 2015. During this burglary, numerous firearms were taken. Their investigation resulted in obtaining six (6) arrest warrants for TRAVIS THOMAS, age 23, charging Thomas with Theft by Receiving Stolen Property. Detectives […]
Read More »Mr. Edward DeLeon Scruggs, Jr. : Obituary
Mr. Scruggs was an original founder of the Peachtree Rod and Gun Club, and a member of the Board of Governors of Capital City Club, Atlanta, Georgia. He was a falconer, a member of the North American Falconers Association, West Hartford, Connecticut, and an original founder of the Georgia Game Hawks Club. Mr. Scruggs was […]
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Mrs. Lillie M. Jones Hammontree Haire: Obituary
Mrs. Lillie M. Jones Hammontree Haire, age 79 of Ellijay, Georgia passed on Sunday evening, March 20, 2016, at Northside Hospital Cherokee in Canton, Georgia. Mrs. Haire was born August 11, 1936 in Ellijay, Georgia to her late parents Clyde Jefferson Jones and Clara M. Chadwick Jones. She was a member of the Mt. Zion […]
Read More »Speaker Ralston Press Release: Free Exercise Protection Act Passed by General Assembly
ATLANTA – On Wednesday, March 16, the Georgia General Assembly gave final approval to HB 757, the Free Exercise Protection Act. This bill began as the Pastor Protection Act which was proposed by Speaker David Ralston (R-Blue Ridge) last summer. Sponsored by Representative Kevin Tanner (R-Dawsonville), the final bill protects the religious liberties of individuals […]
Read More »Mrs. Marjorie J. Whitehurst: Obituary
Marjorie J. Whitehurst, 95, passed away on March 17, 2016 in Ellijay Georgia. Mrs. Whitehurst was born August 23, 1920 in Willingston ,Fl to Mary S. Mixson and Archibald James Kirkland Mixson. She was a graduate of Willingston High School and the University of Florida. In addition to being an educator, she was an avid […]
Read More »We Are Losing Our Youth
Opinion by John Tutten: The successful continuance of our country depends on our youth and with what we see happening today, I am very concerned if America as we have known it will even exist in a couple of decades. So many of our future leaders do not have even a basic understanding of our […]
Read More »Board of Tax Assessors Meeting Announcement & Agenda
Gilmer County Board of Tax Assessors Meeting March 24, 2016 Meeting Time 3:00 p.m. at the Assessor’s Office, Gilmer County Courthouse 1 Broad Street, Suite 104, Ellijay, GA. AGENDA: 1. CALL TO ORDER 2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF FEBRUARY 18, 2016 3. ADOPTION OF AGENDA 4. OLD BUSINESS: Sisson-Superior Court 5. NEW BUSINESS: Expenditure Budget Report – […]
Read More »Raccoons Expose Gilmer County Dogs to Rabies in Separate Incidents
Raccoons Expose Gilmer County Dogs to Rabies in Separate Incidents Two Unvaccinated Dogs Euthanized Ellijay (GA) – Gilmer County Environmental Health officials have reported that three local dogs were recently exposed to rabies when they came into contact with infected raccoons in two separate incidents. The first dog that was exposed was previously vaccinated for […]
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