Opinion by George McClellan: After the Brussels bombing, Obama said: “We have to reject any attempt to stigmatize Muslim-Americans, and their enormous contributions to our country.” I’d like to know how he’s going to stop it? And, exactly what, beyond multiple murders of Americans since 1993, has been Muslim-Americans enormous contribution to our country? Nothing! They’re […]
Read More »Faith You Need for Today, Part 2
Religion column written by Dr. Bob Allen: Part #2 Father God does not respond to pain, suffering or sorrow. He responds to faith. Rom 1:17.The Apostel Paul said, “Now the just shall live by faith.” When the hurting sinner cries out “Lord help me or “Lord save me”, that prayer gets answered every time. After […]
Read More »Miss Barbara Jean Smith: Obituary
Miss Barbara Jean Smith age 82 of Wise Rd., Morganton formerly of Wesley Mtn. Drive Blairsville passed away peacefully on Friday, March 25, 2016 in the Clay County Care Center following an extended illness. Miss Smith was born on Nov. 7, 1933 in Toccoa, GA., the daughter of the late Adolph Steiner Smith and […]
Read More »The Sweet Smell of War in the Air
Opinion by George McClellan: America is on the brink of world war and we’re not prepared. Indeed, we won’t even acknowledge the peril. Russia and China are on the move and the regimes they sponsor, Iran and North Korea, act with impunity. Both countries, Russia and China, have claimed the territory of their neighbors, and […]
Read More »On Islamists, Liberals, and Idiots
Opinion by John Tutten: Did you see them? In the sky, hundreds of them, flying everywhere. Donkeys. All around the world donkeys took flight when uber-liberal, Piers Morgan, in a piece for the UK Daily Mail stated that maybe Donald Trump was not so wrong in his approach to dealing with escalating Islamic violence. I […]
Read More »Union County Restaurant Health Scores
Click here: Union County Restaurant Health Scores District 2 Public Health is made up of the 13 counties in the northeastern most portion of Georgia and includes Banks, Dawson, Forsyth, Franklin, Habersham, Hall, Hart, Lumpkin, Rabun, Stephens, Towns, Union, and White Counties. The mission of public health is to promote and protect the health of people […]
Read More »The Government-Educational Complex
Opinion by George McClellan: Once Upon a time, president Eisenhower, in his farewell speech upon leaving office, warned us to “beware of the military-industrial complex.” We see that his warning was heard, ignored but not forgotten. Why? Because war cycles makes money for industry, gives power and control to politicians and keeps everyone else enslaved […]
Read More »SHAME
Opinion by George McClellan: Shame is simply not a strong enough word to describe the acute pain most Americans now feel toward Obama and his pipe dreams of a utopian Cuba style government right here in the USA. There cannot be enough words in the English language to properly describe the shame and humiliation our […]
Read More »Mr. Thomas Jefferson Rusk, Jr. Obituary
Mr. Thomas Jefferson Rusk, Jr., age 98, of the Redbone Community in Barnesville, passed away Monday, March 23, 2016, in the Union General Hospital in a Blairsville. Mr. Tom was born August 27, 1917 in Cherokee County, son of the late Thomas Jefferson Rusk, Sr and Emma Rosella Rusk. He was a veteran of World […]
Read More »Faith for this Day
Religion column written by Dr. Bob Allen: Faith for this day, God and His word are one. God will back up everything that He promises. Not only will He back It, but His throne is back of it. He said, “I watch over my word to perform it.” God is a business man. He knows […]
Read More »Mrs. Dorothy Lewis: Obituary
Mrs. Dorothy Lewis age 93 of Ray Lewis Road, Blairsville passed away peacefully on Tuesday March 22, 2016 in the Union County Nursing Home following an extended illness. Mrs. Lewis was born on April 10, 1922 in Clay County, NC., the daughter of the late Carl Martin and the late Mae Mease Martin. She had […]
Read More »Our Intelligence Dilemma
Opinion by George McClellan: Following the 9/11 terrorist attack, the federal government immediately reformed its existing security programs by creating new bureaucracies. The previously unknown Patriot Act immediately hove into view and while the smoking ruins of the Twin Towers, the Pentagon and the hole in the Pennsylvania farm were still burning in peoples minds, […]
Read More »Mrs. Nellie Faye Beaver: Obituary
Mrs. Nellie Faye Beaver age 73 of Kings Mtn., NC., formerly of Blairsville passed away on Monday March 21, 2016 in the White Oak Manor in Kings Mtn. following an extended illness. Mrs. Beaver was born on Jan. 18, 1943 in Clay County, NC., the daughter of the late Logan Halkom and the late Deila […]
Read More »Union County Sheriff’s Office Arrest Report 3/14 to 3/19
The Georgia Open Records Act (O.C.G.A. 50-18-70) allows for www.fetchyournews.com to obtain and post the arrest records of any and all individuals arrested in Union County GA. Those arrests are posted on www.fetchyournews.com for viewing pleasure. Please remember that all individuals listed have been arrested and charged, however, they are presumed innocent until guilt has […]
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Speaker Ralston Press Release: Free Exercise Protection Act Passed by General Assembly
ATLANTA – On Wednesday, March 16, the Georgia General Assembly gave final approval to HB 757, the Free Exercise Protection Act. This bill began as the Pastor Protection Act which was proposed by Speaker David Ralston (R-Blue Ridge) last summer. Sponsored by Representative Kevin Tanner (R-Dawsonville), the final bill protects the religious liberties of individuals […]
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