Leadership union team creates community awareness for union county senior center Blairsville, ga, March 19, 2010:  A team of local business leaders from the Leadership Union program decides to help the Union County Senior Center (UCSC) in their efforts of advertising and creating community awareness...

March 16, 2010 Johnathan Ryan Elrod, 20 of Brunswick, GA arrested for simple battery Trevor Jennings Dyer, 24, of Blairsville, GA arrested for simple battery Joshua Lewis Berger, 19, of Blairsville, GA arrested for criminal trespass (city); disorderly conduct (city) March 17, 2010 Jonathan Andrew Mashburn,...

Georgia owned bank was 34th FDIC insured bank to fail in nation this year Appalachian Community Bank in Blairsville was closed along with nine other branches in North Carolina and Georgia. All branches operated under the trade name of Gilmer County Bank. On Friday the Georgia Department of Banking...

Ulysses Edward Sampson, age 86 of Young Harris, GA passed away Tuesday, March 9, 2010 in Chatuge Regional Hospital following an extended illness. He was born October 21, 1923 in Towns County, the son of the late William Perry Sampson and Cora Bell Howell Sampson. He was a lifelong resident of Towns...

Robert John (Bob) Lambert, age 66 of Hiawassee, GA, GA, passed away at Chatuge Regional Nursing Home. Bob was born in Minneapoilis, Minnesota to the Late John and Barbara (MacFerran) Lambert. He had lived Hayesville and Hiawassee since moving to this area in 1989, and had worked as a car salesman...

Mrs. Teresa Ann Gibson age 52 of Garrett Rd. Blairsville passed away on Tuesday March 16,2010 in the Union General Hospital following a brief illness.Mrs.Gibson was born on May 27,1957 in Towns County,the daughter of Edith Zimmerman Ingram and the late J.M.Ingram Jr.She was a lifelong resident of Union...

Hersie Marie Wilson, age 92 of Hiawassee, GA, died Monday, March 15, 2010 at Union County Nursing Home. Hersie was born February 18, 1918 in Hiawassee, GA to the late Albert and Cordie Maney Shook. She was a member of Mt. Pleasant Church of God, Hiawassee and was preceded in death by husband, Thomas...

Evelyn Floray Bacon, age 86, of Hiawassee, Georgia passed away Tuesday, March 16, 2010 following a period of declining health.  Mrs. Bacon was born in Boalsburg, Pennsylvania to the late Guy Dubs Floray and Florence Merella Kern Floray.  She was employed with Southern Bell from 1948- 1980 and was...

Scholarships in a medical field or a medical-related field are available to residents of Towns County, Ga. and Clay County, N.C. These scholarships are awarded by the Chatuge Regional Hospital Auxiliary. Applications can be obtained at the Volunteer Desk in the main lobby of Chatuge Regional Hospital...

TCHS  Band Achieves Superior Rating The Towns County High School Concert Band was awarded all SUPERIOR ratings at the Large Group Performance Evaluation sponsored by the Georgia Music Educators Association last week at Pickens High School in Jasper, Georgia. A panel of music judges graded the band’s...