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School Board lowers millage rate

Jackson Elliott - Reporter
Tuesday, July 29, 2025
Gilmer County School (GCS) board voted to advertise lowering the millage rates.  “We were pretty happy with the rollback rate,” Superintendent Dr. Brian Ridley said in a Thursday, July 24 meeting where the vote was taken.
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Fowl spillage case is solved

Andy Ashurst - Publisher
Tuesday, July 29, 2025
Motorists were clucking about several spillages of foul smelling waste on Old Highway 5 near Howard Simmons and Hwy. 382. Ellijay Police Chief Edward Lacey said there were an estimated three reports of spills near Howard Simmons and one at the roundabout at Hwy. 382.
Robert Gabriel Shoilekov, Davonnte Lavon Brehon and Aspen Leigh Cagle pled guilty in court Wednesday July 16.

Robert Gabriel Shoilekov, Davonnte Lavon Brehon and Aspen Leigh Cagle pled guilty in court Wednesday July 16.

Three more plead guilty in felony murder case

Jackson Elliott - Reporter
Wednesday, July 23, 2025
Three more guilty pleas have followed the death of Mallory Warden. Her death resulted from a plot to steal drugs. Robert Gabriel Shoilekov, Davonnte Lavon Brehon and Aspen Leigh Cagle pled guilty in court Wednesday July 16.
Protesters in Ellijay joined others across the country on Thursday, July 17, in honoring the late Congressman John Lewis who represented Georgia and was also a prominent leader in the civil rights movement. Bethel Spargo joined others in the Ellijay square with her placard. (Contributed photo)

Protesters in Ellijay joined others across the country on Thursday, July 17, in honoring the late Congressman John Lewis who represented Georgia and was also a prominent leader in the civil rights movement. Bethel Spargo joined others in the Ellijay square with her placard. (Contributed photo)

Honoring ‘Good Trouble’

News Staff
Wednesday, July 23, 2025
Squad leader Bill Craig, standing at left holding a 81mm mortar-sight box, was “flabbergasted” when he learned fellow veteran Bob Waechter (just behind his left shoulder in a white T-shirt) was joining local Marine Corps League Detachment 1280. In the photo aboard the troop ship USS Heron, both were headed to Vietnam with a mortar platoon as part of Headquarters & Service Company, 2nd Battalion of the 26th Marines. “It’s a small world,” Craig noted. (Contributed Photo)

Squad leader Bill Craig, standing at left holding a 81mm mortar-sight box, was “flabbergasted” when he learned fellow veteran Bob Waechter (just behind his left shoulder in a white T-shirt) was joining local Marine Corps League Detachment 1280. In the photo aboard the troop ship USS Heron, both were headed to Vietnam with a mortar platoon as part of Headquarters & Service Company, 2nd Battalion of the 26th Marines. “It’s a small world,” Craig noted. (Contributed Photo)

Vietnam veteran Bill Craig still serving in Marine Corps League

Mark Millican - Special to the Times-Courier
Wednesday, July 23, 2025
As a newly-arrived Marine in Vietnam, Bill Craig was walking patrol with his mortar unit when they decided to stop for lunch at an old concrete bunker used by French forces.