Uptown on the Robbinsville Square. Come and bring your goody bag. Vehicles with trunk open ready to give treats and have a great time with friends and neighbors. Bring your camera for some good photo shots.   Where: Robbinsville, NC When: October 31 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Join us in the Historic Downtown Gainesville Square on Monday, October 31, 2022 for our annual Trick Or Treat on the Square! Bring your kids dressed up in their best costumes to Trick or Treat at downtown businesses from 3:00 p.m – 6:00 p.m. Enjoy the squarecrow displays and enter the costume contest at 5:30 […]

STEPHENS COUNTY, Ga. – The Elections Supervisor for Stephens County, Krista Terry, announced her resignation on Tuesday, followed by the resignation of Poll Manager Shelia McClain, claiming harassment in their work environment. With the Nov. 8 election around the corner, it has left many to question the abrupt departure. Fellow members of the County Elections […]

WHITE COUNTY, Ga. – The largest fentanyl seizure ever made inside of White County took place on Sunday, September 25, 2022, resulting in multiple arrests. A prior investigation led agents throughout White County where large drug seizures were made. This investigation was conducted by the White County Sheriff’s Office, Lumpkin County Sheriff’s Office, Riverdale Police […]

FANNIN COUNTY, Ga. – Following reports of a school shooting threat at Fannin County High School, FCHS Principal Ramsey and Superintendent Gwatney released a prompt statement to parents and students. Gwatney told FYN reporters that he and Ramsey had both been in contact with a Fannin County Sheriff’s Office throughout the day yesterday, including Sheriff Kirby. […]

HOLLY SPRINGS, Ga. – The Georgia Bureau of Investigation announced they are investigating an officer involved shooting in Cherokee County, Georgia. This incident makes for the 60th officer involved shooting the GBI has been requested to investigate in 2022. According to a statement form the GBI, tis time last year there ere only 41 officer involved shootings […]

LULA, Ga. – The Georgia Bureau of Investigation made an arrest Tuesday of a man allegedly involved in child pornography. “Colby Dean Tucker, 25, of Banks County, GA, was arrested one account of sexual exploitation of Children (Possession of Child Sexual Abuse Material), one count of Sexual Exploitation of Children (Distribution of Child Sexual Abuse Material) […]

PRESS RELEASE – Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John F. King announced today that Bryan Dwayne Jones, 51, of Dallas, Georgia, has been arrested for murder and arson in connection with a Paulding County fire. Just before 8:30 p.m. on the evening of April 22nd, Paulding County firefighters responded to multiple 911 calls regarding a […]

HIAWASSEE, Ga. – Earlier today, the Towns County Fire Department initiated a planned burn at Young Harris College to demolish old buildings on campus as a part of a live practice for the Fire Department. The fire caused some onlookers to worry that the school was in danger and that the blaze was not an […]

WALKER COUNTY, Ga. – Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John F. King announced Thursday that a recent Walker County fire has been ruled an act of arson. The fire occurred just after 3 a.m. on the morning of May 3rd at a vacant residence on Jones Street in LaFayette. “The fire completely destroyed an outbuilding […]

DAWSONVILLE, Ga. – A traffic stop in Cumming, Georgia ultimately led to the arrest of two individuals after the Dawson County Sheriff’s Office notified Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office and the Cumming Police Department of a ‘theft from a vehicle that occurred at the outlet mall in Dawsonville’. According to the Cumming Police Department, the Dawson County […]

BANKS COUNTY, Ga. – The GBI is investigating an officer involved shooting in Homer, Banks County, GA. The Banks County Sheriff’s Office asked the GBI to conduct an independent investigation on April 14, 2022. One man is shot. No deputies were injured. The preliminary information indicates that a Banks County Sheriff’s Office deputy was driving […]

PRESS RELEASE –  Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John F. King announced today that Raekwon Lackey, 23, and two juveniles were arrested in connection with a Clarke County fire. Mr. Lackey is being charged with Arson in the 1st Degree, Criminal Damage, Vandalism, and Contributing to Delinquency. The two juveniles are being charged with Arson […]

PRESS RELEASE – On 03/25/2022 at approximately 9:45pm, the Sheriff’s Office responded to Sunoco Gas Station located at 2667 Old Hwy 411 in south Murray County for an armed robbery. A male subject entered the gas station and held both clerks at gun point. The cash register was emptied, and the offender fled the scene […]

DADE COUNTY, Ga. – A Michigan woman who had been missing for 33 years has been identified as Stacey Lyn Chahorski of Norton Shores, Michigan. On Friday, December 16, 1988, at around 2:00 p.m., the Dade County Sheriff’s Office and the GBI responded to the scene of a body located about 5 miles from the Alabama Stateline […]

PRESS RELEASE – Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John F. King today urged insurance companies doing business in the state of Georgia to review their financial holdings and operations to identify and divest from any investments and/or operations in Russia. “Vladimir Putin’s illegal and unprovoked invasion of Ukraine has rightfully led to condemnation from free […]