Americans travel during the warm summer months more than any other time of year. Criminals often take advantage of this busy season, preying upon weary travelers or watching for unattended homes or vehicles. With that in mind, the Georgia Sheriffs’ Association offers the following travel tips for a safe and happy summer: Before you leave: • […]
Read More »Mr. Justin Thomas Jones: Obituary
Mr. Justin Thomas Jones age 36 of Gum Log Rd. Young Harris passed away peacefully on Sunday May 8, 2016 at his home following an extended illness. Mr. Jones was born on March 25, 1980 in Winsted, CT., the son of Wanda Cunningham Jones and the late Rick Jones. Justin loved to work and most […]
Read More »Mr. Howard Seale: Obituary
The Cochran Funeral Home of Hiawassee announces Funeral Services for Mr. Howard Seale, age 94, of Hiawassee, GA, formerly of Canton, Ohio, who went home to be with the Lord on May 5, 2016. He was born in Coal City, Alabama on Feb. 21, 1922 to the late James E. and Caldonia (Hardin) Seale. He […]
Read More »The Glory of the Obama Legacy
Opinion by George McClellan: This years annual Washington’s Correspondence Dinner, Obama’s last try as a stand up comedian, disintegrated into a tawdry example of second class citizens laughing at uncouth third class jokes by an almost unknown negro comedian who, because he was a negro and on the cast of Saturday Night Live, assumed he […]
Read More »Mrs. Willette Patton Hooper: Obituary
The Cochran Funeral Home of Hiawassee announces services for Mrs. Willette Patton Hooper, age 100 of Morganton, GA, formerly of Hiawassee, who passed away Saturday, April 30, 2016 at Union County Nursing Home. Mrs. Hooper was born September 14, 1915 in Clay County, NC to the late Holt and Annie Jones Patton. Willette was also […]
Read More »Weather Preparedness from the TCSO
From the desk of the Towns County GA Sheriff’s Office: There are a number of things that each family can do to be prepared for an emergency situation. There are any number of weather events that can create an emergency on a very large scale and for those who are unprepared the consequences can be […]
Read More »When He Is She and She Is He
Opinion by John Tutten: When is a five foot nine white guy not a five foot nine white guy? When he asserts to today’s college kids that he is a six foot five Chinese woman. What’s hard to figure out about that? The recent Internet video by Jason Backholm of the Family Policy Institute shows […]
Read More »Jack Kingston Endorses Doug Collins for Congress
Cites Effective Representative and Consistent Conservative Values Gainesville, GA., April 18, 2016 – Former US Congressman Jack Kingston today endorsed Doug Collins for Congress in the May 24th GOP Primary. Kingston served along side two of the candidates in this race in the US House of Representatives. He also volunteers his time serving as the Foundation Chairman for the […]
Read More »News Release from the Towns County Sheriff’s Office
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MAY 5, 2016 Following an investigation by the Towns County Sheriff’s Office, in conjunction with the Appalachian Regional Drug Enforcement Office, JASON WADE DOLAN, age 32 of Johnson Road, Hiawassee, GA, was arrested and is charged with two counts possession, manufacturing, distribution in violation of the Georgia Controlled Substance Act in a […]
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Looking Back, Looking Forward
Opinion by George McClellan: How do we put the awful legacy of the past eight years of Obama behind us? How do we disengage from the imposed, stupefying social forces of top down management over our lives, and return to a proven form of successful government by the people, from the bottom up, that provides […]
Read More »Unity
Opinion by George McClellan: Picture this: a brash, loud mouthed New Yorker goes to Alabama and 35,000 cheering people show up to hear him speak. He goes to North Carolina and as many thousands rally to his words. Everywhere he goes, thousands rally to hear him. That New Yorker is Donald Trump. His constant, unchanging […]
Read More »The Money Making Media
Opinion written by John Tutten: The left wing bias of the mainstream media has been responsible for much of the decline we see in our civil society today. They have been the mouthpiece and the cheerleaders for leftists pursuing the “transformation” of America for decades now and have been highly successful in tearing the country […]
Read More »For The GOP, The Party’s Over
Opinion by George McClellan: Mr. Steve Hayes, a Weekley Standard columnist, who appears frequently on the FOX News channel with Bret Baier said recently, rather as an aside, that he heard rumblings from inside sources that in light of Trumps apparent inevitability, the RNC was actually considering running as a third party. Say what? Cn […]
Read More »Mr. Odell Plott: Obituary
Mr. Odell Plott age 77 of Ule Cove Rd. Young Harris passed away on Tuesday April 26, 2016 in the North East Georgia Medical Center following a brief illness. Odell was born on Jan. 14, 1939 in Towns County, the son of the late Ulan Plott and the late Nola Wimpey Plott. He was a […]
Read More »Mr. Steve Ray Dockery: Obituary
Cochran Funeral Home of Blairsville announces funeral services for Mr. Steve Ray Dockery, age 55, of Young Harris, Georgia, who passed away on Sunday, April 17, 2016 in Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville. Steve was born in Towns County, Georgia, on April 7, 1961, a son of Denver and Norma Owenby Dockery. He was […]
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