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Times-Courier is celebrating 150 years!

Times-Courier is celebrating 150 years!

Call for stories and photos

News Staff
Wednesday, October 8, 2025
This year marks the Times-Courier’s 150th anniversary. In celebration, we would like to hear how the newspaper has impacted the community over the course of generations. Do you have a memory or story to share about your family and its connection with your hometown newspaper?
Gilmer County FFA junior Cassie Norman gives some affection to her goat, Birdie, as she prepares to show her at the Gilmer FFA’s livestock Saturday, Sept. 27.

Gilmer County FFA junior Cassie Norman gives some affection to her goat, Birdie, as she prepares to show her at the Gilmer FFA’s livestock Saturday, Sept. 27.

Gilmer County students show livestock

Jackson Elliott - Reporter
Wednesday, October 1, 2025
Walking backward as they led their cows, students seem to dance a strange tango. Alongside students with other animals, they were showing their prized creatures off to the show’s judge Saturday, Sept. 27 at the Gilmer County Agricultural Education Center.
Gilmer County Fire Department chiefs stand beside their new ladder truck. From left are shown Battalion Chief Terence Evans, Deputy Chief of Administration Jason Bryant and Battalion Chief C.J. Morris.

Gilmer County Fire Department chiefs stand beside their new ladder truck. From left are shown Battalion Chief Terence Evans, Deputy Chief of Administration Jason Bryant and Battalion Chief C.J. Morris.

Firefighters familiarize themselves with new truck

Jackson Elliott - Reporter
Wednesday, October 1, 2025
Compared to their other vehicles, the Gilmer County Fire Department’s (GCFD) newest truck is a monster. Even at a hefty 70,000 pounds, it’s just two feet longer than the other trucks, Deputy Chief of Administration Jason Bryant said. Its 100-foot ladder can reach the top of a five-story building.
​​​​​​​Captain Brantley Worley, a McCaysville police officer shot in the line of duty, rides home in a Ford 5-150 Sept. 16.

​​​​​​​Captain Brantley Worley, a McCaysville police officer shot in the line of duty, rides home in a Ford 5-150 Sept. 16.

Wounded officer escorted home

Jackson Elliott - Reporter
Wednesday, September 24, 2025
Captain Brantley Worley, a McCaysville police officer shot in the line of duty was escorted home to Pickens County with procession of law enforcement vehicles. Worley was shot in the face Friday night, Sept. 12, shortly after 11 p.m.
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Open records flow changes in county

Andy Ashurst - Publisher
Wednesday, September 24, 2025
Information flow has changed in Gilmer County, at least who is responsible for filling the requests within the county. Open records requests for Gilmer County will no longer go through County Clerk Edwina Daman, but instead will be the responsibility of each department head.
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Special delivery in Talking Rock

News Staff
Wednesday, September 24, 2025
A Talking Rock resident returned home from errands to find money and possibly drugs in his mailbox. A Gilmer County deputy responded to a non-emergency call Sept. 14, at 11:47 a.m., according to an incident report.