HIAWASSEE – A Towns County Grand Jury has handed up a second indictment against suspended Sheriff Ken Henderson after hearing evidence in the case. The result was read aloud by Superior Court Senior Judge James E.
A Blairsville man has described Union County Sheriff’s Sgt. Bob Calamari as a “bulldog” after the dedicated local fraud investigator helped to recover $30,000 that was stolen from him in a car-trading scam.
YOUNG HARRIS – Effective Thursday, May 28, Georgia 515 is getting a temporary three-way stop where the new bypass intersects the highway next to Brasstown Creek Road, between the Dollar General and Victoria’s Antiques. According to the Georgia Department of Transportation, the temporary traffic…
In his regular monthly meeting on Thursday, May 21, Union County Sole Commissioner Harold Collins held a first reading of the revised ordinance regulating the establishment of cryptocurrency and data mining facilities. Union County has had a “very strict” ordinance in place since October of 2023,…
The Union County High School Class of 2026 will celebrate a major milestone this Friday, May 22, with a graduation ceremony set for 8 p.m. inside Mike Colwell Memorial Stadium.
SUCHES – The brand-new bridge where Canada Creek Road West crosses over the north-flowing Toccoa River received its very own ribbon-cutting ceremony last week courtesy of the Blairsville-Union County Chamber of Commerce. Inspectors with the Georgia Department of Transportation previously identified…
YOUNG HARRIS – On Thursday, May 7, faith-filled local organizers observed the National Day of Prayer with a regional gathering at the Towns County Recreation & Conference Center, welcoming residents from Union and Towns counties in Georgia, and from Clay County in North Carolina. Inspired by 1…
Three weeks of in-person early voting will conclude this Friday, May 15, making this the last week of early voting for Union County and the State of Georgia ahead of the General Primary Election and Nonpartisan General Election set for next Tuesday, May 19. All in-person early voting is taking…
River City Bank of Blairsville is lacing up for its annual back-to-school shoe event, which is when the bank partners with Union County Family Connection to provide free new shoes to Union County children in the days before classes begin each August. But because the need is so great, River City…
NO BYLINE The following individuals were indicted during the January Term 2026 of the Union County Grand Jury, which reconvened last month: Landon Myles Isaiah Padgett, 12 counts aggravated sodomy; aggravated assault, Family Violence; five counts rape; two counts aggravated sexual battery; false…
