Part-time Young Harris resident Brian O’Malley will attempt to climb to the top of the world this May when he returns to Mount Everest, the highest mountain above sea level in the world. He actually turned 61 near Mount Everest last month during a trip to test himself and prepare for the great…
The Blairsville City Council and Mayor Buddy Moore discussed a variety of business in their regular monthly meeting on Tuesday, April 8, including an update to the city sign ordinance Moore described as fixing a couple “oversights.” First, Blairsville-Union County Chamber of Commerce President…
The Union County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Blairsville man last week for allegedly downloading sexually explicit images of prepubescent children. UCSO Sgt.
ASHEVILLE, N.C. – On Tuesday, April 8, a federal jury returned a guilty verdict against Stephanie Miranda Neace, 32, of Blairsville, Georgia, for the 2023 kidnapping and robbery of an elderly victim, said U.S.
A beloved annual tradition that celebrates local history and mountain culture will roll around for the 56th year – minus an isolated COVID interruption – the usual second and third weekends in October, albeit with a new name and under the direction of a different group of volunteers. A defining…
More than one Easter Bunny attended the annual egg hunt at Meeks Park on Saturday, April 12. Organized by the Union County Recreation Department, an estimated 1,500 people showed up to celebrate spring with their families.
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.
