January Term 2025 Grand Jury Indictments
NO BYLINE The following individuals were indicted during the January Term 2025 of the Union County Grand Jury, which met last week:
Union General welcomes first baby born in 2025
Little miss Oakleigh Ellamae Payne rang in the new year with her birth as Union General Hospital’s first baby of 2025. She entered the world at 11:56 a.m.
Fireworks light up sky on New Year’s Eve
HIAWASSEE – People from across the mountains and beyond celebrated the arrival of the New Year at the Georgia Mountain Fairgrounds, with free music and beautiful fireworks helping hundreds of families to ring in 2025 with the best view around the night of Dec. 31.
Towns County Fire saves condos in fireplace blaze
HIAWASSEE – Hawks Harbor Condos on US 76 was the site of the county’s first structure fire of 2025, and Towns County Fire & Rescue responded quickly to knock down the flames. Fortunately, no one was injured in the fire.
McTaggart grateful that no lives lost in house fire
Union County Firefighters fought their first structure fire of 2025 on Friday, Jan. 3, and thankfully, no one was injured in the blaze.
GA 515 traffic pattern change coming this week
Heads up, cross-county commuters – on Thursday, Jan. 9, the traffic pattern on Georgia 515 will be changing between Trackrock Gap Road in Union County and Old Union Church Road in Towns County to accommodate ongoing reconstruction of the highway.
Collins hits ground running in first week
Freshly minted Union County Sole Commissioner Harold Collins’ first official day in his new office was Thursday, Jan. 2, following local government closure for the New Year’s holiday.
Gibson honored for commitment to recycling
Community recycling volunteer Ronald Gibson may be a humble man, but there’s no denying that he’s accomplished a lot for Union County’s waste disposal and environmental wellbeing over nearly 20 years. In recognition of Gibson’s long-running recycling efforts, now retired County Manager Larry…
Portrait dedication preserves legacy of local preacher
More than a dozen descendants of the Rev. Charles E.
Commissioner Paris bids farewell to public office
A room full of Union Countians witnessed the end of an era the evening of Thursday, Dec. 19, when Lamar Paris held his last regular meeting as sole commissioner, inside the Union County Courthouse.