Trouble arrived at the doorstep of the Union County Sheriff’s Office Friday afternoon when a man in a black Toyota truck parked outside the Beasley Street headquarters and began “acting crazy,” Sheriff Shawn Dyer said. Deputies noticed the man right away; he was hard to miss, irately shouting what…
Local legend and World War II veteran Florence “Flo” Gerrard will be turning 100 on June 24, and she received a special visit by American Legion Ira Weaver Post 121 and other veteran advocates at her apartment at Stonehenge Senior Living on Feb. 18.
Daffodils – the flower of spring, sporting vivid yellow petals and a reminder that warmer days are ahead. They also carry with them a rich history laden with poetic symbolism due to their resilience; they are representations of life itself.
As recently as the 1940s, American chestnut trees covered Appalachia – some tall enough that their photographs confused inexperienced onlookers into mistaking them for redwoods. But the devastating blight that arrived at the turn of the last century decimated their numbers, leading scientists to…
As an eighth-generation resident of Union County, Jake Gooch feels an obligation to preserve the history of his ancestral home, and he is accomplishing that with an ambitious business endeavor meant to educate and foster interest in local heritage. The son of Glendon and Kris Gooch, Jake recognized…
The Union County High School Men’s Basketball Team is one win away from making history. The No.
Thanks to the efforts of the Union County Sheriff’s Office and its partnerships with surrounding law enforcement agencies, the Tennessee Valley Authority has recovered $9,000 worth of equipment stolen from a Hiwassee Dam jobsite in Murphy, North Carolina. The Sheriff’s Office is actively…
Union County Fire had a busier than usual day last week, responding with all 13 Fire Stations to four significant emergencies within a span of a few hours on Wednesday, Feb. 26.
It appears that the Blairsville Sorghum Festival is over. No more syrup makin’, cane growin’, biskit eatin’, square dancin’, town parades, old-ways demos.
A patrol deputy with the Union County Sheriff’s Office stopped a vehicle speeding down Loving Road in the early morning hours of Monday, Feb. 17, resulting in the largest local cocaine seizure in recent memory.
