Barbara Sue Bailey Douthit: Obituary
Barbara Sue Bailey Douthit, age 79 of Winder, passed away Friday, January 13, 2017, at Grace Health Care in Tucker, Ga. Mrs. Douthit was born March 19, 1937, in Blue Ridge, GA to the late Reid S. Bailey and the late Ailene Pelfrey Bailey. She was a member of Clairmont Baptist Church and was preceded […]
Read More »Mrs. Helen Patsy Prince: Obituary
Mrs. Helen Patsy Prince, age 76, of the Burgertown Community passed away on January 11, 2017 in the Emory St. Joseph’s Hospital in Atlanta, GA. She and her late husband, Lonnie Howard Prince had been a part of the Burgertown community since 1974. She had received her Bachelors Degree in Nursing and had worked at […]
Read More »The Old Tricks Don’t Work Anymore
Opinion by George McClellan: Even two months after the 2016 General Election that, to the complete shock of nearly everyone, swept away decades of carefully crafted, cunningly supported and voraciously defended Marxist tenants of socialism forced upon the American people, the Left’s visible meltdown continues. The rejected class are still publicly displaying paroxysms of angst, […]
Read More »Mrs. Margaret Ann “Midge” Stone: Obituary
Margaret Ann “Midge” Stone, age 57 of Turtletown, passed away Sunday, January 8, 2017, at Memorial Hospital in Chattanooga. Mrs. Stone was born November 4, 1959 in Fannin County, Ga to the late William Carl Cearley and the late Billie Jean Stuart Cearley. She was a member of Mine City Baptist Church, where she was […]
Read More »Updated: Polk County TN Sheriff’s Office Arrest Report 12/27 to 1/9
Pursuant to the state open records law, Tennessee Code Ann. section 10-7-503 to 10-7-512; 10-7-701 to 10-7-702; 10-8-101 to 10-8-103 Open Records Act allows for www.fetchyournews.com to obtain and post the arrest records of any and all individuals arrested in Polk County, Tennessee. Those arrests are posted on www.fetchyournews.com for your viewing pleasure. Please remember […]
Read More »Mr. Roger Dale Hopper: Obituary
Roger Dale Hopper, age 66 of Cherrylog, passed away Wednesday, January 11, 2017 at the Fannin Regional Hospital. Mr. Hopper was born October 10, 1950 in Litchfield, IL to the late Clarence Hopper and the late Edna Settles Hopper. He was preceded in death by his parents, three sons, Roger Dale Hopper, Jr., Jeffrey Hopper […]
Read More »Mrs. Othella Minnie Key: Obituary
Othella Minnie Key, age 84 of Blue Ridge, passed away Tuesday, January 10, 2017 at her home. Othella was born April 23, 1932 in Cherry Log, GA to the late John Harley Harris and the late Laura Key Harris. Mrs. Key was a member of Cherry Log Baptist Church. In her spare time, Mrs. Key […]
Read More »Neoma Lucille Stanley: Obituary
Neoma Lucille Stanley, age 77 of Blue Ridge, passed away Tuesday January 10, 2017 at Union County Nursing Home. Neoma was born December 26, 1939 in Culberson, NC to the late Van Buren Spivey and the late Pauline Gaddis Spivey. Ms. Stanley was of Baptist faith, and in her spare time she enjoyed knitting, gardening […]
Read More »Mrs. Nettie A. Fisher: Obituary
Nettie A. Fisher, age 78, passed away on Saturday, January 7, 2017 at her residence in Epworth, GA. She was born on February 1, 1938 in Mineral Bluff, GA, to the late Worth and Fleecy May Fisher Collins. She retired from American Uniforms as a Machine Operator. Mrs. Fisher had served as a pianist for […]
Read More »Senator David Perdue Statement On Meeting With General James Mattis
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator David Perdue (R-GA), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, today met with General James Mattis, President-elect Donald J. Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Defense: “General Mattis is a highly experienced and decorated military leader. He fully understands the principle of civilian control of the military, which is so […]
Read More »The Trouble With Legacy’s
Opinion by George McClellan: Ever since the elections that delivered the House into Republican hands in 2012, and the subsequent disappointing inaction they showed, I have taken the position that their form of conservatism should have never taken the floor if they were not willing to fight the Democrats, i.e.: Progressive-Socialist party over the direction […]
Read More »Fannin County Sheriff’s Office Arrest Report 1/4 to 1/12
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 »Looking Forward: 2017 Legislative Session Priorities
By: Sen. Steve Gooch (R – Dahlonega) For your state lawmakers, a new year brings motivation and a fresh perspective on the needs of Georgians. Monday, January 9, 2017 marks the beginning of the first session of the 154th Georgia General Assembly, and your legislators have been preparing for months by researching potential topics and […]
Read More »David Ralston Re-elected as Speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Monday, January 9, 2017 ATLANTA — David Ralston (R-Blue Ridge) has again been re-elected as Speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives. Ralston was first elected as Speaker in January 2010 and serves as the 73rd Speaker of the House. Speaker Ralston addressed the House following his re-election. “It is my hope […]
Read More »Russian Hacking Boondoggle
Opinion by George McClellan: The main theme of this Russian hacking of the DNC non-story is that the hackers, whoever they are, did it for the benefit of Donald Trump with the specific intent to harm Hillary Clinton in her campaign to become looter in chief. Nonsense! It’s fake news and takes our eyes off […]
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