Last week, a Union County man was just about to put the tag on a brand-new X-PRO 125cc motorcycle he had not even driven yet when he realized it had been stolen from his residence on Jones Creek Road. As it turned out, the property owner had actually recorded the theft on a security camera…
A scammer has learned the hard way that the elderly are provided special protections in the law following a weeklong trial that started with jury selection on Monday, March 31, and ended with a guilty verdict and prison sentence on Friday, April 4, inside the Union County Courthouse. Milan…
A Blairsville woman recently avoided being scammed out of $14,000 in savings by applying common sense after being called by a man impersonating a fraud investigator with a local bank. The scammer, a man with an Indian accent claiming to be “Robert Gonzalez” of United Community Bank, contacted the…
The Union County Recreation Department has a record 16,000 candy-filled eggs ready to set out for the annual Easter Egg Hunt, this year on Saturday, April 12, starting at 10 a.m. inside the usual Meeks Park hunting grounds.
Although Mia Roberts is Woody Gap School’s only graduating senior this year, her title of Valedictorian for the Class of 2025 was hard-won. In fact, Roberts has accomplished much in her high school career and is on track to keep doing more.
Thanks to a grant secured by the Union County Fire Department, 100 new Kidde alarms have been added to the county’s free Smoke Alarm Program. The delivery took place at Fire Station No.
The Union County High School Class of 2025 Valedictorian and Salutatorian were named on March 19, revealed as Mikala Souther and Turner West, respectively. And after cultivating busy high school careers, the pair look forward to bright futures after walking across the graduation stage on May 23.
HIAWASSEE – Reflecting its change to a new venue this year, the Blairsville Scottish Festival has become the Georgia Mountain Scottish Festival and Highland Games, as clarified by Festival Entertainment Chair Greg Beyer at the weekly meeting of the Mountain Movers and Shakers Friday, March 4. Set…
On March 29, the Georgia Appalachian Trail Club’s annual screening of the Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival World Tour came to Blairsville for the first time, showcasing a love of the outdoors through masterful visuals and evocative storytelling. Along with GATC, 23 partners set up tables in the…
Local youngsters are learning the dangers of drugs and violence – and, vitally, how to avoid them – through the Drug Abuse Resistance Education Program, aka D.A.R.E. Fifth-grade students from Union County Elementary School and Woody Gap marked the completion of this year’s program in a special…
