Last week, Naveela Philbeck reached out to the North Georgia News to clarify reporting on her harassment allegations that appeared in a Feb. 26 article titled “New allegations leveled at Superintendent Hill.” The newspaper originally reported that Philbeck accused former school employee Crystal…
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation arrested a Blairsville man last month, charging him with committing rape, aggravated sodomy and sexual battery against a person he knew. Following an investigation, Michael Kelly Ray Warren, 34, was arrested on Tuesday, Feb.
A chase from Helen to Blairsville came to a crashing end last Wednesday night as a Georgia State Patrol Trooper maneuvered his vehicle into a fleeing red Dodge Charger, causing it to flip upside down onto a grassy stretch between Burger King and Circle K on Murphy Highway. Law enforcement officers…
It’s official – Robert “Buddy” Moore is the new Mayor of Blairsville after swearing into his new position on Friday, Feb. 28.
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.
It appears that the Blairsville Sorghum Festival is over. No more syrup makin’, cane growin’, biskit eatin’, square dancin’, town parades, old-ways demos.
The Union County Board of Education paid tribute last week to School Nutrition employees Rachel Primeaux and Angie Tanner for finishing first with the delicious dishes they respectively prepared for the School Nutrition Association District 9 Culinary Competition in January. School Nutrition…
Blairsville Mayor Jim Conley’s retirement party was a bittersweet affair on Saturday, with four generations of family members, longtime friends, past and present city employees, City Council members, county leaders and others attending to wish him well as he leaves public office. The drop-in party…
In their Feb. 20 regular meeting, members of the Union County School Board heard new allegations that Superintendent John Hill retaliated against another parent in the system for having filed a complaint with the schools.
