The Kennesaw State Owls softball team wrapped up their rain-suspended game from Friday against the USC Upstate Spartans on Sunday afternoon, falling, 6-4, in eight innings. The loss puts a cap on the Owls 3-1 weekend in conference play.
Read More »“Have You Driven a Ford Lately?” Family Owned and Operated: Ronnie Thompson Ford
Ronnie Thompson Ford, a locally owned car dealership in Ellijay, has been a member of the Gilmer County community since 1994; however, the current location has been open for eight years. It is a family run with business that sees Thompson work daily with his wife, Vicki, two sons, Bobby and Heith, as well as […]
Read More »TEA Party Rally
The Gilmer County TEA Party hosted a tax day rally on April 15th. The Taxed Enough Already group’s event featured Terri Lynn Weaver, Representative from the 40th district in Tennessee, as the main speaker. The Congress woman, who is also an accomplished gospel singer, spoke to the crowd as well as entertained via song.
Read More »Owls Oust Panthers
Lyndsay McCurry hit a two-out, two-run double in the top of the seventh to drive home the tying and winning runs on Wednesday for the Kennesaw State Owls, who took down the Georgia State Panthers in Panthersville, 3-2. Sharon Swanson hit her 12th home run of the season for the Owls (23-19, 9-9 Away), a […]
Read More »Bobcats Bruise Dragons
The Gilmer High School Bobcats’ baseball team traveled down to Pickens to take on the Dragons of Pickens High School and thoroughly thrashed the home team with a 15-3 victory. The Bobcats had nine hits and two errors in the victory.
Read More »Atlanta Hawks Participate in Trees Atlanta Project
Atlanta Hawks players Kirk Hinrich, Jason Collins and Pape Sy joined Atlanta Flames alumnus Dan Bouchard and staff volunteers from the Hawks, Thrashers, Philips Arena and The Home Depot for a tree mulching project in and around Vine City as part of the organization’s “Follow Our LEED” sustainability initiative.
Read More »Marvin Williams Awarded the Jason Collier Memorial Trophy
The Hawks’ Marvin Williams was awarded the Jason Collier Memorial Trophy by the organization for his dedication to community service.
Read More »Owls Fall to Georgia Tech, 6-1
Sharon Swanson hit her conference-leading 11th home run of the season on Wednesday evening, but it wasn’t enough, as the Kennesaw State Owls fell, 6-1, to the No. 23-ranked Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets at Mewborn Field on the campus of Georgia Tech.
Read More »Vaughn Williams Named New Athletic Director At Kennesaw State University
Kennesaw State University President Dr. Daniel S. Papp named University of Connecticut Associate Athletic Director Vaughn Williams as the university’s new athletic director. Williams brings more than 17 years of NCAA Division I senior athletic administrative experience to KSU.
Read More »KSU Softball Drops Two to GSU
The Kennesaw State Owls dropped a pair of road games on Tuesday afternoon, falling to the Georgia Southern Eagles, 4-2 and 7-2.
Read More »Kennesaw State Softball Splits Sunday Doubleheader with Florida Gulf Coast
Kennesaw State Owls infielder Ashlee Burkett hit a two-out, walk-off double to lead the Owls to victory in their second of a doubleheader against the Florida Gulf Coast Eagles, 6-5, on Sunday afternoon in Bailey Park. The win came on the heels of a hard-fought, 2-0 defeat in 10 innings despite a masterful performance in […]
Read More »World’s First LEED-EB Certified NBA and NHL Arena and Its Teams are Scoring for Sustainability
Philips Arena became the first NBA or NHL arena to achieve LEED certification for an existing facility in April 2009, and two years later the Atlanta Hawks, Atlanta Thrashers and Philips Arena remain committed to sustainability in arena and office operations, corporate partnerships and fan education. In conjunction with the NBA’s Green Week and the […]
Read More »“One” Love for God
Gilmer County has been very blessed with eight youth groups in which teens get highly involved in learning about and worshipping Jesus. These eight youth groups came together for the first time on March 16th, 2011 in the First Baptist Fellowship Hall for an event known as “One”, showing that all youth groups represented one […]
Read More »*New* Neighborhood Merchants Every Week
Fetchyournews.com is proud to present a new neighborhood merchants column that will appear twice weekly, every Monday and Thursday. Fetchyournews.com wants to connect potential customers to community merchants in order to encourage excellent entrepreneur relations with the area that they serve.
Read More »*NEW* Neighbors Selling to Neighbors Feature
Fetchyournews.com com has a new neighbors selling to neighbors section. We are not a Craig, this is not the bay. We are an interactive site where neighbors can find other like minded community members to purchase, sell, or trade, goods and services.
Read More »Braves Set 2011 Opening Day Roster
The Atlanta Braves today officially set their 25-man roster for opening day. Also, as part of an agreement with former pitcher Billy Wagner, the Braves today officially released Wagner in lieu of his placement on the Voluntary Retired List. In addition, outfielder Joe Mather cleared waivers and was sent outright to Gwinnett (AAA).
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