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Dillard police chief resigns, last day July 15

Megan Horn
Thursday, July 14, 2022
DILLARD– Dillard Police Officer Kenneth Watts will soon become the interim police chief after current chief Jeremy Parker turned in his resignation letter, denoting his last day of employment as July 15.
Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Tiger City Council members listen to April Biagioni at last month's meeting.

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Tiger City Council members listen to April Biagioni at last month's meeting.

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Town of Tiger now officially a ‘Dry City’

Megan Horn
Thursday, July 14, 2022
TIGER– The Town of Tiger is officially a “Dry City” after Tiger Town Council members passed the final reading of “an ordinance to repeal the beer and wine ordinance of the Town of Tiger; to establish an ordinance prohibiting the sale and purchase of alcoholic beverages within the town limits of the...

Local man in fatal single-vehicle crash in Sky Valley

News Staff
Thursday, July 14, 2022
The Sky Valley Police Department issued a correction for the location of the fatal Sky Valley crash published in the July 14, 2022, edition of The Clayton Tribune. The location of the crash was incorrect on Georgia State Patrol's initial report.
Submitted photo. Rabun County EMS receives a donation of stuffed animals from The Ryan Batchelder Foundation “Little Hugs.” Holding some of the donations are Paramedic Gary Jones; Paramedic Jackson Fischer; Paramedic David Lyle; AEMT Annie Lewis; Lieutenant Tammy Jones; EMT-I Josh Hickox; Paramedic Elisha Higgins; and Lieutenant David Cavender.

Submitted photo. Rabun County EMS receives a donation of stuffed animals from The Ryan Batchelder Foundation “Little Hugs.” Holding some of the donations are Paramedic Gary Jones; Paramedic Jackson Fischer; Paramedic David Lyle; AEMT Annie Lewis; Lieutenant Tammy Jones; EMT-I Josh Hickox; Paramedic Elisha Higgins; and Lieutenant David Cavender.

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‘Little Hugs’ presented to Rabun EMS, Fire Services by nonprofit organization

Megan Horn
Thursday, July 14, 2022
Rabun County Emergency Medical Services and Rabun County Fire Services recently received a whole lot of “Little Hugs” and donations of stuffed animals.
Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Firefighters search the Ed West Realty building on Savannah Street after being dispatched to a rekindling following a call for a possible structure fire at the same location almost 12 hours earlier, where a small fire possibly caused by lightning was found in the attic.

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Firefighters search the Ed West Realty building on Savannah Street after being dispatched to a rekindling following a call for a possible structure fire at the same location almost 12 hours earlier, where a small fire possibly caused by lightning was found in the attic.

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Firefighters respond to Savannah St. structure fire

Megan Horn
Thursday, July 14, 2022
CLAYTON– Rabun County Fire Services was dispatched to a possible structure fire at the Ed West Realty building on Savannah Street in Clayton around 5:48 a.m. July 9.
Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune

Clayton Police Department patrol gets new vehicles

News Staff
Thursday, July 14, 2022
Clayton Police Chief Andy Strait (left) and Officer Jimmy Nations pose in front of a new patrol vehicle for Nations at the Clayton Police Department. Clayton City Council members recently passed a motion to approve a USDA loan for new police vehicles.