Mrs. Georgia Mae Sharp, age 94, passed away Wednesday, March 1, 2017 at the Gilmer Nursing Home. Mrs. Sharp was born on October 29, 1922 in Fannin County, GA to the late Albert Patterson and Julia Stepp Patterson. She was the oldest member of her beloved Mt. Moriah Baptist Church. Along with her parents, she […]
Read More »Mr. Tommy Gene Jones: Obituary
Tommy Gene Jones, age 81, of Blairsville, GA passed away Friday, February 25, 2017. Mr. Jones was born in the Fry Community of McCaysville. Mr. Jones served his country, retiring from the United States Air Force as an Engineer. He served two deployments to Vietnam. He also was a member of the VFW and Foreign […]
Read More »Are We Like the Romans?
Opinion written by George McClellan: We often talk about the fall of the Roman Empire, but we don’t do anything about it. Let me try. Most of us, me included, do not speak Latin or Greek so, if we are interested in reading the ancient philosophers whose writings helped form the basis of our western […]
Read More »Master Clint Allen Olaughlin: Obituary
Master Clint Allen Olaughlin, age 5 of Turtletown, TN, passed away Sunday, February 26, 2017, at Copper Basin Medical Center. Clint was born June 23, 2011, in Gainesville, GA. He was preceded in death by grandmother Delena Olaughlin. Survivors include: mother; Mrissi Stonecipher, father; Edward Olaughlin, sisters; Lauren Olaughlin, Tensley Stonecipher, grandparents; Karen Stonecipher, David […]
Read More »Aleen Mull: Obituary
Aleen Mull, age 89 of Blue Ridge, passed away Sunday, February 26, 2017, at Pruitt Healthcare. Ms. Mull was born January 15, 1928, in Mineral Bluff, GA to the late William Thomas “Boss” Mull and the late Ethel Agnes Robinson. She was a member of Union Baptist Church and retired after 32 years in retail […]
Read More »Broadband Access Moves Forward with Senate Bill 232
By: Sen. Steve Gooch (R – Dahlonega) Friday marked the end of a very busy week at the Capitol. The Senate picked up the pace with committee meetings running late into the night and Senators working hard to pass legislation before Crossover Day on Friday, March 3. On Tuesday, I introduced Senate Bill 232, the […]
Read More »Stand Your Ground!
Opinion written by George McClellan: Michael Moore, Hollywood film maker and the human personification of Jabba the Hutt, relishes over the lefts’s campaign against Republican Town Hall meetings wanting to compare their Anti-Trump rants to Tea Party meetings. Moore opines that what’s happening now ‘Makes the Tea Party Look Like Preschool.’ “Oh Contraire!” The difference […]
Read More »Mr. Cleaston Jewell Green: Obituary
Cleaston Jewell Green, age 80, of Blue Ridge passed away Sunday morning February 26, 2017 at the Pruitt Healthcare Nursing Home. Mr. Green was born February 11, 1937 in Fannin County, GA to the late James Jewell Green and the late Hattie Pittman Green. A member and Deacon of Welcome Hill #2 Baptist Church, he […]
Read More »Whose Vision Will Prevail?
Opinion written by George McClellan: The Democrats are attempting a crash revival of their grass roots hoping to reinvigorate its members to come back from the dead and reclaim their rightful role of governing. We hear their efforts are designed in the Tea Party model that brought us the House in 2012 and the Senate […]
Read More »The Jewish Question
Opinion by George McClellan: The deranged radical left media, looking for any issue they can use to smear, derail or destroy President Trump, have almost got their slavish followers believing that Trump is staging a pogrom against America’s Jewish community. Total made up nonsense. We see increasing reports of actual, not fake, but actual attacks […]
Read More »Our Communication Problems
Opinion by George McClellan: Our propagandizing lying media fills our airways, Internet and news journals with photos of crowds of demented, but youthful, protesters demanding that Muslims be allowed entry into the US wholesale because, apparently, we love them and we need them and Islam is really a religion of peace. Being Never-Trump is their […]
Read More »Fannin County Sheriff’s Office Arrest Report 2/13 to 2/19
Arrest report provided by the Fannin County Sheriff’s Office. The Georgia Open Records Act (O.C.G.A. 35-01-18) allows for www.fetchyournews.com to obtain and post the arrest records of any and all individuals arrested in Fannin County. Those arrests are posted on www.fetchyournews.com for viewing pleasure. Please remember that all individuals listed have been arrested and charged, […]
Read More »Mr. Thomas Roy Mashburn, Jr. : Obituary
Mr. Thomas Roy Mashburn, Jr. age 73 of Morganton, went to be with the Lord Monday, February 20, 2017. Mr. Mashburn was born January 15, 1944 in Cherokee County, NC to the late Thomas Roy Mashburn, Sr. and the late Ivalee Arp Mashburn. Tommy was a Veteran having served in the Army during Vietnam and […]
Read More »Mr. J.H. Hancock: Obituary
J.H. Hancock, age 89 of Blue Ridge, passed away Monday, February 20, 2017 at Pruitt Healthcare Nursing Home. J.H. was born March 19, 1927 in McCaysville, GA. to the late J.H. Hancock Sr. and the late Ora Mull Hancock. J.H. was preceded in death by wife, Pauline Welch Hancock, father, J.H. Hancock, Sr., mother, Ora […]
Read More »Draining the State Department Swamp
Opinion written by George McClellan: The departures of the top management from Obama and Kerry’s State Department is a welcomed step forward in draining the swamp. These Quislings were the Departments “top brass,” Obama appointed acolytes place into positions to oversee the stonewalling of the court ordered releases of Hillary’s emails and the editing of […]
Read More »Rev. Billy Gene Merrell, Sr. : Obituary
Rev. Billy Gene Merrell, Sr., age 74 of Mineral Bluff, GA passed away on Sunday, February 19, 2017 in Mineral Bluff, GA. He was born on May 31, 1942 in Mineral Bluff, GA to the late Clifford Merrell and Geraldine Gibbs Merrell. He was a Baptist minister for a number of years and member of […]
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