Ellijay News

Staff Photo by Randall Higgins Linda Hughes says she and co-owner Karen Turner at Cisco Curiosity Shop in Murray County, Ga., get U.S. 411 motorists looking for the best route to many places, if they can get around the U.S. 64 rock slide.

Tuesday, November 24, 2009 Services for Burnum Legette Barrett, 70, of Cairo, Georgia, are at 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, November 24, 2009, graveside in Greenwood Cemetery, Cairo, GA with the Rev.

Troubled Appalachian Community Bank in Ellijay has placed its CEO and two other top executives on administrative leave pending an internal review into possible violations of bank policy.

Tyler Torres, a 25-year-old senior majoring in sociology from Ellijay, is a veteran of the Iraq War.

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Gilmer County sheriff's deputies are searching for a missing 14-year-old Ellijay boy.

Authorities in north Georgia plan to file criminal charges against a 14-year-old Gilmer County boy who left home early Wednesday morning and stayed gone for fourteen and a half hours.

A 14-year-old boy was reported missing near Ellijay Wednesday morning, triggering a massive search.

Two women died, but an eight-month-old survived a head-on crash on Highway 247 near Kathleen Friday night.

Houston County sheriff's investigators are trying to determine if alcohol or drugs were involved in a head-on collision that killed two drivers Friday night.

Michael Ray believes that with Fort Mountain as a scenic backdrop, the city of Chatsworth is strategically located to pull in tourists who are making a vacation pilgrimage.

Two women died Friday evening when the cars they were driving collided head-on on Ga.

The Martyn House Retreat & Event Facility near Ellijay is not your traditional B&B. Where else can you spend the night in a luxuriously appointed tent from India and dine on breakfast prepared with freshly picked ingredients from the on-site gardens? Situated on 18 rolling acres in the North Georgia mountains, the property was opened earlier this ...

AMICALOLA FALLS STATE PARK Give your heart and legs a workout on the short, paved path leading from a reflection pool to the base of the park's falls.

Head to the hills this weekend and take home some fresh apples. A A There are at least six apple houses along a stretch of Georgia Highway 52 in Gilmer County.

The Whitfield-Murray Historical Society received notification last week that the Pleasant Valley Historic District in Murray County had been named to the National Register of Historic Places.

This week's recipe, as it happens, is a very good illustration of the uncertainties of the season.

Enjoying the crisp air, colorful leaves and harvest festivals is an annual rite of autumn; and people have come up with many fall activities over the years to help get out and make the most of the season.

Appalachian Bancshares, Inc. , the bank holding company for Appalachian Community Bank, Appalachian Community Bank F.S.B., and Appalachian Real Estate Holdings, Inc., today announced that on September 23, 2009, the Company received a letter from the Listing Qualifications Staff of The Nasdaq Stock Market notifying the Company that it failed to ...

Ruby Beavers was "heartbroken" as she saw the charred remains of her alma mater Sunday afternoon.