The U.S. Forest Service, in partnership with the Appalachian Trail Conservancy and the Georgia Appalachian Trail Club, has completed a reroute of the Byron Herbert Reece Trail, so named years ago for the beloved poet, farmer and native son of Union County. Stakeholders celebrated the occasion with a public ribbon-cutting ceremony held on Saturday, June…
Todd Forrest
School Board discusses frequent records requesters
On Saturday, May 23, the Union County Board of Education held its rescheduled monthly meeting in Suches, where members discussed open records requests, raising out-of-county tuition and other business before the Woody Gap Graduation Ceremony. While not an agenda item, the most heavily discussed topic was the volume of open records requests that the Central…
Woody Gap graduates five in ceremony on Saturday
SUCHES – Lilli-May Dempsey, Ryan Marsh, Elijah Miller, Steven Mossinger and Robert Waldroup took their final walk as Woody Gap School students on Saturday, May 23, closing one chapter and beginning another during commencement exercises inside the school gymnasium. The ceremony opened with a prayer from Dempsey, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance led by…
Mountain Gymnastics Center celebrates 40 years in Union
What began as a small effort to give local girls a chance to compete in sports has grown into a four-decade legacy of success for Mountain Gymnastics Center. When owner Shelley Thomas, a member of the University of Georgia’s first gymnastics team, opened the gym at its initial location 40 years ago in the Rogers…
Kilpatrick, Legatt earn State Championship titles
MORROW, Ga. – Union County High School juniors Kevin Kilpatrick and Paxon Legatt capped dominant seasons by claiming state championships at last weekend’s Class AA Traditional State Tournament at the Clayton County Convocation Center. Legatt, a two-time state champion, finished the season undefeated and did not surrender a single takedown across 51 matches. The only points scored against…