GEORGIA – It’s, November, 4 2025 – Election Day! Check Fetch Your News for your local election results as they come in starting this evening! Don’t forget to get out and vote today!
Read More »Ditch Witch For Sale!
Ditch Witch 5110 Trencher for Sale – $15,500 (Maysville, GA) Ready to work! This well-maintained Ditch Witch 5110 (approx 2003) has less than 800 hours and is in excellent running condition! . ✅ No leaks ✅ Several cylinders repacked + new hoses ✅ New brake master cylinder & battery ✅ Fresh paint job ✅ Recently serviced by a certified mechanic […]
Read More »Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office Investigates Domestic-Related Homicide
FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. – Forsyth County deputies are investigating a deadly domestic incident that claimed the life of an off-duty law enforcement officer and left a teenager injured Saturday night in the Villages at Shakerag subdivision. The Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office said the incident began around 7:49 p.m. on September 27, when a juvenile appeared […]
Read More »Gilmer County Voters to Decide on SPLOST Renewal in November
GILMER COUNTY, Ga. – Gilmer County residents will head to the polls this November to decide whether to renew the county’s Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax, or SPLOST, for another six years. County commissioners voted recently to place the measure on the ballot, giving voters the final say on whether the one-percent sales tax […]
Read More »GBI Arrests Two suspects on Drug Charges Following a Search Warrant in Norcross, GA
GILMER COUNTY, Ga. – The GBI, the Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Office, and the FBI, has arrested and charged Arturo Perez-Huizache, age 40, and Carla Michelle Abarca-Jiminez, age 22, both of Guerrero, Mexico, with Trafficking Methamphetamine, following a search warrant in Norcross, Gwinnett County, GA. On Wednesday, September 3, 2025, and Thursday, September 4, 2025, the […]
Read More »Two Injured in Explosion at Roo Mountain Vineyards in Ellijay, Georgia
ELLIJAY, Ga. — An explosion at Roo Mountain Vineyards, located on Old Flat Branch Road in Gilmer County, has left two people injured and airlifted to a burn center, officials confirmed Friday morning. According to the Gilmer County Sheriff’s Office, emergency crews responded to the incident around 11:30 a.m. upon reports of a commercial fire […]
Read More »Officials Warn Homeowners to Stay Alert for Scams During Peak Disaster Season
GEORGIA – August to October marks the height of natural disaster season in the United States, and with it comes a warning from consumer protection groups: be on the lookout for scammers posing as contractors offering too-good-to-be-true repair services. According to recent advisories, fraudulent contractors often descend on communities impacted by hurricanes, floods, and other […]
Read More »Life-Saving Heroism Recognized
PRESS RELEASE – On March 25, 2025, Corporal II Clayton Hughes and Deputy Blake Heptinstall went above and beyond the call of duty. Responding to an ATV accident in a rain-swollen creek, they found the vehicle overturned with the driver trapped inside and in imminent danger of drowning. Without a second thought, Corporal Hughes jumped […]
Read More »Cooling Center Open
PRESS RELEASE – Gilmer County has procured a Cooling Center for those folks without the means to avoid the extreme heat forecasted for Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday (July 28, 29, & 30). The Center will be the old Ellijay Primary School gym, 196 McCutchen St. (across from the First United Methodist Church and just before […]
Read More »Former Law Enforcement Officer Charged with Sexual Exploitation of Children
PRESS RELEASE – On Wednesday, April 30, 2025, the Gilmer County Sheriff’s Office (GCSO) arrested Stephen Wayne Hewitt, age 69, following an investigation into alleged child exploitation crimes. The investigation began in late March after GCSO received a cyber tip from the Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force. Throughout the course of the investigation, […]
Read More »Locals Bring New Life To Oakland School
PRESS RELEASE – Oakland Elementary School was a fixture in Cartecay for decades. Many Gilmer County residents can recall vivid memories of their days as students or staff and the small family atmosphere that defined the school culture. Unfortunately, the school was closed in 2011 due to budgetary restraints. Since that time, the building has […]
Read More »Remains identified in Gilmer County
PRESS RELEASE – GBI and FBI Special Agents have identified remains found in August 1986 as those of homicide victim David Clary. Agents used genetic technology to identify the remains. The Clary family was notified of the identification in February 2025. Hunters found the remains on Saturday, August 9, 1986, in a wooded area south […]
Read More »Two-month drug investigations ends in one arrest
PRESS RELEASE – Following a two-month investigation, GCSO Deputies and Detectives—assigned to the GBI ARDEO (Appalachian Regional Drug Enforcement Office) and FBI Safe Streets Task Force—executed arrest warrants for JAMES CALVIN SLUDER, JR., age 49, on February 26th. A subsequent search warrant was carried out at Sluder’s residence on Quarles Lane where authorities discovered 5.6 […]
Read More »Drugs and fire arms recovered after executing a search warrant
PRESS RELEASE – On February 17, 2025, Gilmer County deputies executed a search warrant at a residence on Simmons Road in western Gilmer County belonging to Alex Ledesma and Sarah Anne Aranda. During the search, deputies discovered 24 grams of cocaine, psilocybin mushrooms, LSD, approximately $1,400 in cash, and around nine pounds of marijuana. Additionally, […]
Read More »Gilmer school vendor employee arrested for sexual exploitation of children
PRESS RELEASE – On December 3, 2024, a student at Gilmer High School reported to a Deputy Sheriff (SRO) that a vendor, Ronald Richardson, who was refilling vending machines at the school, had asked her to send him pictures through a social media app, and she felt that was inappropriate. The student told the SRO […]
Read More »Georgia State Senator arrested
GEORGIA – FYN became aware of an arrest made this morning at the Georgia State Capitol thanks to a new program called The Georgia Hour with BKP on VoiceofRuralAmerica.com. Georgia State Senator Colton Moore was seen being shoved to the ground and arrested as he tried to defy a ban that would keep him from […]
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