Megan Horn/The Clayton Tribune. Motorists passing through on Highway 441 and visitors to the City of Dillard should use caution as there is ongoing road construction in the area.
Anyone traveling on Highway 441 from Clayton to the North Carolina line can see that construction is ongoing for the Highway 441 widening project. Various areas of the highway are lined with orange safety barrels, construction equipment, workers and lane merge signs. Some temporary road closures…
A man was in a supermarket pushing a cart which contained, along with a few groceries, a screaming child. As he walked the aisles, the young dad kept repeating, “Keep calm, George. Don’t get excited, George, Don’t yell, George.”Having watched with admiration, a lady came up to the man and said, “…
RING! RING! RING!“Hello. Dick Yarbrough speaking. How may I direct your call?”“Dick, it’s me. Artie.”“I’m sorry. Artie who?”“Artie Fishel, you hare-brained humanoid. Artie Fishel, of Artie Fishel Intelligence. You surely remember me. I am capable of performing tasks that typically require human…
If you are old enough, you know exactly where you were when JFK was shot or when Neil Armstrong took his first step on the moon. Who can forget that Sept. 11, 2001, morning, when those evil hijackers dropped America to its knees? And then there are the milestone moments in our personal…
“Fiat justitia ruat caelum.” Those words, a Latin legal maxim, translate into “Let justice be done, though the heavens may fall.” They are also inscribed behind the bench for the Supreme Court of Georgia. And did the heavens ever fall on that body during the 2026 election. For decades,…
Greg and Laura Rhodes were recognized at the Lake Rabun Association’s (LRA) annual meeting during Memorial Day weekend on May 24 as recipients of the 2026 Buz Stone “Lake Rabun Cares” Award, which honors LRA members for their good work in the Rabun community. The Buz Stone Award was created in…
Megan Horn/The Clayton Tribune. Wildland Firefighter Thomas with the U.S. Forest Service talks to kids about fire safety and how to prevent forest fires during a Rabun County Public Library summer program event on Tuesday, June 9.
Smokey Bear made a special appearance at a Rabun County Public Library summer community program on Tuesday, June 9.Kids gathered at the pavilions behind the Rabun County Civic Center for Storytime with Mrs. Kim (Cannon), with children’s services at the library. Cannon read the true story of…
Physical limitations are not always visible. Blue handicap placards often do not disclose mental health crises.Lengthy mental illness issues are possible, but people also can have cases that are much more abrupt. Only medically certified professionals are capable of making a diagnosis. However, the…
Judge Brian Rickman is retiring from the Georgia Court of Appeals and joining a Cornelia law firm. He announced the decision Monday, and he plans for his last day on the bench to be July 2, the end of the court’s current term.On July 3, he will be joining Cathey & Strain, LLC, in Cornelia,…
Megan Horn/The Clayton Tribune. The Rabun County Public Library kicked off its 2026 Summer Reading Program with a big community event on Tuesday, June 2.
Families with children of all ages got the opportunity to go back in time and walk with the dinosaurs during the Tuesday, June 2 kick-off party for the 2026 Summer Reading Program. The program runs from June 2 until July 23. This year’s theme is “Unearth a Story” and the Rabun County Public…
