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 »Fannin Emergency & Fire Report 2/29 to 3/6
FANNIN COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY 181 Church Street Blue Ridge, Georgia 706-632-1958 Contact: Robert Poole, PIO Report Period: Feb 29th, thru Mar 6st, 2016 The following figures represent emergency calls dispatched Law Enforcement (cities & county) 327 Rescue 24 Fire 6 EMS 80 • McCaysville Ambulance 21 • Blue Ridge Ambulance 30 • Morganton Ambulance 20 […]
Read More »Promoting House Bill 91 Diplomas, You May Be Eligible
A Georgia law was passed in March 2015 making it possible for former high school students who did not earn a diploma because of not passing the Georgia High School Graduation Tests to receive a high school diploma. If you earned all of your Georgia high school credits but didn’t pass one or more of […]
Read More »FCHS FFA Announcements
Fannin County High School FFA members Seth Davis, Sydney Williamson, Taylor VanZandt, and Hannah Cain placed 5th out of 15 teams in the area 1 nursery /landscape career development event competition. The competition was held on March 8 at Summerville Middle School in Summerville,GA. Seth Davis placed 3rd out of 55 individuals. […]
Read More »The Turmoil of a Republican Presidency
Opinion by George McClellan: Has it dawned on anybody yet, the supreme importance of not only defeating the Clinton machine in the general election, but of neutralizing, at the same time, the influence of Mitch McConnell, Karl Rove, Paul Ryan, & etc. if either Ted Cruz or Donald Trump succeeds to the Presidency? There is […]
Read More »FCMS REACH Georgia Scholars Visit State Capitol
Fannin County Middle School, REACH Georgia Scholars, were honored to attend a field trip to the Georgia State Capitol on Wednesday, March 2nd. Governor Nathan Deal and House of Representatives Speaker, David Ralston, met with this distinguished group of students. Governor Deal launched the REACH Program on February 6th, 2012. On Wednesday, September 30th, 2015, […]
Read More »FCHS & FCMS Participate in Diploma Planning Institute
Teams from Fannin County High School and Fannin County Middle School participated in a Diploma Planning Institute presented by Pioneer Regional Educational Service Area (RESA) and the National Dropout Prevention Center at Clemson University. Teams of three people from the middle and high schools attended a two day workshop at Lanier Career Academy in Gainsville, […]
Read More »Replacement Underway
Opinion by George McClellan: We are in a “Catch-22” Situation. The grassroot voters, those Americans who now see clearly that we are losing our constitution, our culture and our country to proponents of bigger and bigger government, have also made it quite clear that the old, unbending, corrupt GOP, long in league with the Democrat […]
Read More »FCHS Has Rescheduled the 8th Grade Parent/Student Information Night
Fannin County High School has rescheduled 8th Parent/Student Information Night on Monday, March 14. Exhibits and teachers will be available starting at 6:30 in the PAC and then the program will start promptly at 7 p.m. Administrators and counselors will review the registration process and courses for next year. For more information please contact […]
Read More »Polk County TN Arrest Report 2/24 to 2/29
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 »Blue Ridge City Council Meeting Announcement & Agenda
Blue Ridge City Council Meeting March 8, 2016 6:00 PM 480 West First Street, Blue Ridge A G E N D A Call Meeting to Order Prayer and Pledge of Allegiance Council Meeting Rules of Procedures (to be presented at each meeting by the City Clerk) Approval of Minutes from Previous Meeting (if minutes […]
Read More »Law Enforcement Day at State Capitol
Corporal Rober Russell and Trooper First Class Chris Cochran from the Blue Ridge post attend the Event at the capitol on Wednesday March 2, 2016. Photo by Anna Watkins
Read More »Reagan Couldn’t Get Elected Today
Opinion by John Tutten: I am beginning to believe that if Ronald Reagan were alive today and running for president, he would never be elected. He might not even win the Republican nomination given the state of our culture today. His landslide victories are fading fast in our rearview mirror and I doubt we will […]
Read More »Will the Real Contestants Please Come In and Identify Themselves…
Opinion by George McClellan: Mitt Romney came, he saw, he stumbled… and confirmed my original pre-debate assessment that his enlistment to denounce Donald Trump as the very personification of wickedness and evil was simply the establishment Republican’s latest desperate attempt to save the Republican old guard from the destruction they truly deserve. The GOP is […]
Read More »Fannin BOE Strategic Planning Session/Local Board Training and Regular Meeting Announcement
Strategic Planning Session/Local Board Training and Regular Meeting 3/10/2016 – 4:30 PM. The Strategic Planning Session and Local Board Training will be combined with our regular board meeting on Thursday, March 10th. Meeting will start at 4:30pm. We will begin the board meeting at 4:30 for Local Board Training. We will break around 5:30 for […]
Read More »FCHS HOSA Members Attend Conference in Atlanta
Fannin County High School (Health Occupations Students Assn.) HOSA Members attended Georgia HOSA’s State Leadership Conference in Atlanta, Georgia February 28th-March 1st. HOSA is a national student organization for students interested in a career in healthcare. Students Competed in events such as Medical Terminology, Nutrition, Nursing Assisting and Sports Medicine. Kaitlyn Jones and Benai Bennett […]
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