In Tuesday’s General Primary runoff races, Bobby Mayfield defeated incumbent District 2 County
Read More »Runoff Races Front and Center in Dawson, Lumpkin today
DAWSONVILLE, Ga. — Georgians will head back to the polls today to decide key races, including several
Read More »Commissioners Vote for Salary Increase for Employees
DAHLONEGA, Ga. — Recruitment and retention are ongoing problems for small city and county governments
Read More »FBI Investigation? Fannin County House of Cards
“Some would rather climb a tree to tell a lie than stand on the ground and tell the truth” BKP Monday
Read More »Lumpkin County Man Apparently Shoots Himself Following Standoff With Police
LUMPKIN COUNTY, Ga. — A Lumpkin County man allegedly shot himself to death this morning after a
Read More »Early Voting for Primary Runoffs Ends Friday
LUMPKIN COUNTY, Ga. — Early voting will end Friday for the July 26 general election primary runoffs,
Read More »Elections Office to Host Town Hall Meetings on Consolidation
LUMPKIN COUNTY, Ga. — The Lumpkin County Board of Elections will host the first in a series of
Read More »Subpoena that Landed Journalist Mark Thomason and Attorney Russell Stookey in Jail
In the case of the Fannin Focus publisher Mark Brannon Thomason and Attorney Russell Stookey, there
Read More »Fannin Focus Publisher Mark Thomason Arrested, Journalist or Vendetta?
“If someone starts a fire, takes pictures, calls for a fire truck, follows the fire truck to the scene,
Read More »Ads in Fannin Focus do not show up correctly in Sheriff Candidates Campaign Financial Reports
Mark Thomason, the publisher of the Fannin Focus has been in the news a lot lately. This is an unrelated
Read More »Superior Court Judge Weaver Drops charges, Publisher Mark Thomason will not stand trial
District Attorney B. Alison Sosebee received a request from Superior Court Judge Brenda Weaver to drop
Read More »116 Cast Ballots on First Day of Advanced Voting
DAHLONEGA, Ga. — Advanced in person voting got underway in Lumpkin County Tuesday for the general
Read More »Election Officials Discuss Consolidation at Townall Meeting
DAHLONEGA, Ga. — Lumpkin County Elections officials held the first in a series of town hall meetings
Read More »More Troubles Surface for Lumpkin Coroner Candidate Amanda Jones-Holbrooks
DAHLONEGA, Ga. — Amanda Jones-Holbrooks, a.k.a. Amanda Jones, campaign for Lumpkin County Coroner
Read More »Lumpkin County Coroner Candidate Arrested
DAHLONEGA, Ga. — Lumpkin County Coroner candidate Amanda Jones-Holbrooks was arrested Thursday
Read More »Senate Candidate Jim Barksdale Campaigns in Pickens County
Jim Barksdale – the other candidate with a hat Jim Barksdale, Georgia Democrat’s
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