By Elaine Owen, Editor Fannin County commissioners designated Sept. 26 as the day for department heads and elected officials to present their budget requests and answer questions the commissioners might have before the budgets were finalized. Commissioners had requested that departments limit salary increases to 2 percent with no increases for elected officials. The Tax […]
The Postal Service is asking for the biggest price jump on stamps in its history. Facing pressure from the Trump administration to address a revenue shortfall, the Postal Service on Wednesday proposed raising the price of 1-oz. letters from 50 cents to 55 cents, which would be a record nominal increase if approved. The price […]
REPORT FROM AGRI-PULSE USDA and state agriculture officials say Hurricane Michael caused billions of dollars in damage to crops, livestock and aquaculture after slamming into the Florida Panhandle Wednesday with 155 mile-per-hour winds and then plowing a path of destruction through Alabama and Georgia. “The fall tomato crop in that part of the state was […]
New cost-of-living adjustment largest since 2012 Social Security benefits will increase 2.8 percent in 2019, the largest cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) in seven years. The COLA, announced Thursday, Oct. 11, will increase the average Social Security retirement benefit by $39 a month (roughly $468 a year). The average single retired Social Security recipient is expected to […]
Secretary of State Brian Kemp’s office announced Wednesday that Georgia has shattered the all-time voter registration record with more than 6,915,000 active and inactive voters on the rolls. Kemp expects the total number to break 7,000,000 voters at any moment as counties continue to process forms received by Tuesday’s voter registration deadline. “Despite what you […]
By Elaine Owen, from NEWS REPORTS UN Ambassador Nikki Haley unexpectedly gave her resignation Tuesday morning (Sept. 9). Haley and the president then met in the Oval Office to discuss the resignation. While her reason for resigning wasn’t made clear immediately, President Donald Trump has officially accepted it. Trump called Haley a “very special” person, […]
By Pete Kasperowicz, Washington Examiner Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., said Thursday that the FBI’s supplemental report detailing sexual assault claims against Supreme Court pick Brett Kavanaugh includes elements that contradict what the nominee told the Senate Judiciary Committee. But Warren, speaking on the Senate floor, said she wasn’t allowed to talk about the details of […]
By Elaine Owen, Editor ~~ Brian Kemp and Stacey Abrams are running for Georgia’s top statewide office. Abrams is seeking to become the nation’s first African-American female governor in history, while Kemp is aiming to maintain the GOP’s stronghold on the office that it’s enjoyed since 2002. National Democrats also hope that Georgia will become […]
By Darrin Conner, Band Booster ~~ CONGRATULATIONS to the Fannin County High School Marching Band for earning Straight Superior Ratings from all judges and in all captions in Class 4A at the Super Bowl of Sound Band Competition at Central-Carroll High School on Saturday, Oct. 6. Superior ratings were earned in Band, Drumline (percussion instruments), […]
By Elaine Owen, Editor NATIONAL SECURITY & DEFENSE Issued on: September 28, 2018 Courageous Americans of every generation have given their last full measure of devotion in defense of our country and our freedom. The families who stood alongside these heroes have paid a price no family should ever have to pay. Gold Star Mother’s […]
