ELLIJAY, Ga. – Gilmer authorities are reporting today that a routine traffic stop led to much more as officers and a K-9 unit discovored almost a quarter of kilo of what they suspect to be Methamphetamine. Officers have taken two men into custody earlier this week when officials say that officers noticed the truck, turned on […]
Read More »East Ellijay plans on possible Election
EAST ELLIJAY, Ga. – The City of East Ellijay is making plans on the possibility of an election for city council members in the coming month as they appointed officers and set qualifying fees for the positions. During their March meeting, the Council officially appointed City Clerk Linda Wood as Municipal Election Qualifying Officer to […]
Read More »Community Coaches policy revision draws attention from athletics leaders
ELLIJAY, Ga. – Two coaches spoke during the Gilmer Board of Education’s (BOE) Public Comments this week on a policy change close to approval. The item is in its second reading this month for the BOE and is set for the vote on Thursday, March 21, 2019. The contention on the policy comes with changes […]
Read More »Kucera speaks on Public Safety Director position
ELLIJAY, Ga. – A surprise even to him, he says, the Board of Commissioners officially announced Keith Kucera as the Public Safety Director of Gilmer County. FYN caught up with Kucera to ask him how he felt about moving from his months as Interim into the full-term position. He called it an honor to serve […]
Read More »BOC names full time Public Safety Director and Fire Chief
ELLIJAY, Ga. – “Solidarity” was the word used by one fireman who spoke at Thursday’s, March 14, Commissioners Meeting. That show of solidarity included 15 members of public safety’s fire and ems divisions as the stood together to tell the BOC that they are happy with the direction and way the Public Safety Department is […]
Read More »Bobcat Trail reopens today
ELLIJAY, Ga. – Road repair on Bobcat Trail after a gas line break during road work is completed and both lanes are operational from Old 5, at the Civic Center, to Gilmer High School. According to Gilmer High School, “We will return to our regular drop off and pick up times and routines, effective Monday morning. […]
Read More »BOC approves raises for Post Commissioners
ELLIJAY, Ga. – Six months of discussion and debate come to a close this month as the Gilmer Board of Commissioners came to a 2-1 vote on the raises for Post Commissioners. The raises were approved to move from their past salaries of 10 percent to the new salaries of 18 percent of the Chairman’s […]
Read More »Gilmer Schools earn 100 on Health Scores
ELLIJAY, Ga. – Walk into a restaurant and check the health scores, chances are, you won’t see a lot of 100’s. Sure, you will, hopefully, see a lot of high 90’s scores, but not that elusive 100. This week, however, the Gilmer County School’s Nutrition Services not only managed to score a 100 in the […]
Read More »Chamber opens Downtown Welcome Center
ELLIJAY, Ga. – Gilmer County is celebrating a five-year-long project completion today with the opening of the Downtown Welcome Center in Ellijay, Georgia. A new branch for the Chamber and a “needed presence” downtown according to community leaders like Gilmer County Commission Chairman Charlie Paris and Gilmer Chamber President Paige Green, this new building will […]
Read More »Pritchett found guilty on all counts
ELLIJAY, Ga. – A shooting on July 8, 2017, is finally moving towards a close in the court system with Douglas Edwin Pritchett being found guilty on all counts yesterday, March 7, 2019. As originally reported by FYN in “Fatal Shooting in Gilmer County involves GBI,” Gilmer County Sheriff Stacy Nicholson stated that deputies responded […]
Read More »Multi-Agency search ends with suspect capture
(Photos provided by Pickens County Sheriff’s Office) MARBLE HILL, Ga. – According to Pickens County Sheriff’s Office Captain Kris Stancil, a recent accident led to a drawn-out search and capture of one Richard Eric Duckett, 25. The Pickens Sheriff involved support from four other agencies including GBI (Georgia Bureau of Investigation), Georgia State Patrol, the […]
Read More »Amy Johnson sworn in as Clerk of Court
ELLIJAY, Ga. – Gilmer saw the first official presentation of Amy Elizabeth Johnson as the Gilmer County Clerk of Superior Court on February 28, 2019. Johnson was supported by her family and children as she took her oath of office from Superior Court Judge Brenda Weaver. Appalachian Circuit Judge Mary Beth Priest was also in […]
Read More »Bobcat Trail repair hits gas line
ELLIJAY, Ga. – Repairs on Bobcat Trail came to a halt Monday evening, March 4, as the contractor on the project struck a gas line hidden under the pavement. It appears that a backhoe struck the line when digging under the roadway and began leaking the gas as a section was torn out. According to […]
Read More »Gilmer Schools CTAE Month
ELLIJAY, Ga. – Gilmer County is ending its last week in February celebrating the month of CTAE success in both the county and state. February has been CTAE (Career, Technical and Agriculture Education) Month in Gilmer County. The official month is Gilmer Schools’ way of sharing the program with the public to showcase some of […]
Read More »Updates to Bobcat Trail and GHS
ELLIJAY, Ga. – Repairs are beginning today, March 4, on Bobcat trail at Gilmer High School. As citizens have already been using the Legion road entrance to the high school, they will continue with one major difference. According to authorities in the Gilmer County Charter School System, “these repairs require that both lanes of Bobcat […]
Read More »Dempsey steps down as Interim Fire Chief
ELLIJAY, Ga. – Less than a day after Gilmer County Commission Chairman Charlie Paris announced Mike Dempsey as the new Interim Fire Chief, he has stepped down as well. This makes the third Fire Chief to have left the position in the month of March counting previous Public Safety Director Tony Pritchett, first-interim Brian Scudder, […]
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