Peter Dohogne received honors as Union County High School's STAR Student for the 2006-2007 school year and selected Mark Donahue as his STAR teacher. Both student and teacher were honored at a Student Teacher Achievement Recognition Reception held in the UCHS library. More...
Leonard O. Parker was found guilty Thursday, convicted of all 10 counts in the robberies of two North Carolina banks in January 2006, including the First Citizens Bank branch in the Peachtree section of Cherokee County, NC. More...
Over the last decade Union County schools have grown in the average of 80- 90 new students a year. Some years there have been 100 new students, and others, like last year, saw 86. In ten years that is significant growth. More...
Narcotics Anonymous Mountain Folks Group meets every Friday night at 8:00 p.m. at New Hope Fellowship Church, 1299 Old Blue Ridge Hwy., next to Byers Well Drilling and on Tuesday Night at 7 p.m. at the New Hope Treatment Facility. All are welcome- don't lose hope because we can help. For informat... More...
The following is the arrest report for the Union County Jail. This report is from the open records for the the period of February 19 through February 26, 2007. The following persons were arrested and charged with offenses, but have not been found guilty. More...
Mrs. Linda Pickelsimer Allen, 58, of Old Shope Farm Rd., Blairsville, Ga., died Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2007 from injuries received in a house fire. Mrs. Allen was born Jan. 17, 1949 in Union County, the daughter of the late Howard Pickelsimer and the late Wilma Shope Pickelsimer. She was a native and... More...
Artist Michael Oliveri of the University of Georgia is exhibiting one of his latest pieces at Young Harris College's Gate Building in Young Harris, Ga. through March 9. More...
It's that time again, the lady beetles are back. This publication by Beverly Sparks is timely indeed. Native and exotic species of lady beetles are some of our most successful predators are highly beneficial. There are approximately 480 species in the family Coccinellidae in North America. Lady b... More...
The Panthers soccer team kicked off the 2007 season last week, posting two shutout wins and a tie after a season opening loss to Lumpkin County. "I think we have a good team and a good skill level," Head Coach Chris Robbins said. "The biggest loss from last year is Pat Schmidt, [who was] just an o... More...
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