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Katie Hamby/The Clayton Tribune. Steven Webster, 1 Mill Cups (from left); The Clayton Tribune Publisher Enoch Autry and Sports Editor Wesley Branch; and Kayla Flaherty and Bez Rengifo, 1MC, pose for photo as Tribune was honored. Not pictured, Tribune News Editor Megan Horn, Office Manager Katie Hamby and Senior Sales Associates Debbie Martin and Tony Penrose.

Katie Hamby/The Clayton Tribune. Steven Webster, 1 Mill Cups (from left); The Clayton Tribune Publisher Enoch Autry and Sports Editor Wesley Branch; and Kayla Flaherty and Bez Rengifo, 1MC, pose for photo as Tribune was honored. Not pictured, Tribune News Editor Megan Horn, Office Manager Katie Hamby and Senior Sales Associates Debbie Martin and Tony Penrose.

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Tribune honored by 1 Million Cups

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Thursday, October 30, 2025
The Clayton Tribune has been awarded a Certificate of Appreciation by the Northeast Georgia Chapter of 1 Million Cups. 1MC organizers presented the award at the Tribune’s offices on Oct. 27.

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Tallulah Falls speed zone cameras collect less money

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Thursday, October 30, 2025
Since changing their school speed zone policy in August, the city of Tallulah Falls and its police department have seen a significant drop in revenue compared to last year. In August, the Tallulah Falls Town Council voted to change their school speed zone policy near Tallulah Falls School.

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Pickleball passion builds legacy in Rabun County

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Thursday, October 30, 2025
Did you know that in 2017, Rabun County held the record for the most state champion pickleball players in Georgia and in 2019 the Pickleball State Championship games were hosted right in Rabun County — inside the gyms of the Rabun County Recreation Department Center?
Photo/Tallulah Falls School. A group of riders enjoys the fall colors during the 11th annual Twin Rivers Challenge. Cyclists from Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Ohio, New York, Tennessee and Alabama joined together for the ride that sponsors student scholarships at Tallulah Falls School.

Photo/Tallulah Falls School. A group of riders enjoys the fall colors during the 11th annual Twin Rivers Challenge. Cyclists from Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Ohio, New York, Tennessee and Alabama joined together for the ride that sponsors student scholarships at Tallulah Falls School.

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From Rivers to Ridges: Cyclists tackle Twin Rivers Challenge for students

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Thursday, October 30, 2025
TALLULAH FALLS, GA – After miles of winding climbs and exhilarating descents, Twin Rivers Challenge cyclists face one last hill — the toughest of all — where Tallulah Falls School students lure them to the top with cheers, cowbells and contagious enthusiasm to propel them across the finish line.

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Fleming indicted on kidnapping, other charges

Megan Horn
Thursday, October 23, 2025
A Murphy, N.C., man was indicted by a grand jury in the Superior Court of Rabun County Oct. 14 on charges of kidnapping and other weapons possession offenses related to a Sept. 30 incident where the man allegedly entered the automobile of a woman with the intent to commit a felony.
Photo courtesy Kinley Burtch. The U-Haul box truck reportedly driven by a female suspect from Dunwoody, Ga., is turned on its side in Mountain City after the driver was pursued law enforcement on Oct. 18. The pursuit started in Franklin, N.C.

Photo courtesy Kinley Burtch. The U-Haul box truck reportedly driven by a female suspect from Dunwoody, Ga., is turned on its side in Mountain City after the driver was pursued law enforcement on Oct. 18. The pursuit started in Franklin, N.C.

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Pursuit ends when U-Haul falls on side

Enoch Autry - Publisher
Thursday, October 23, 2025
Each vehicle-involved pursuit of a suspect is different, but it is rare the automobile being pursued is a U-Haul truck that overturns in Rabun County after the chase began in North Carolina. The Franklin (N.C.
Submitted Photo. The RCHS marching band poses for a photo at the beginning of the school year. The Wildcats claimed straight superior rankings at the Berkmar Marching Invitational on Oct. 18 in Lilburn, Ga. While the marching competition season is complete, the band will play a Veterans Day concert of patriotic music with the RCHS chorus on Nov. 13. Then the band will share the stage with the middle school and elementary school bands at their Christmas concert on Dec. 9. Both concerts will be in the high sc

Submitted Photo. The RCHS marching band poses for a photo at the beginning of the school year. The Wildcats claimed straight superior rankings at the Berkmar Marching Invitational on Oct. 18 in Lilburn, Ga. While the marching competition season is complete, the band will play a Veterans Day concert of patriotic music with the RCHS chorus on Nov. 13. Then the band will share the stage with the middle school and elementary school bands at their Christmas concert on Dec. 9. Both concerts will be in the high sc

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Judges decree RCHS band members superior

Enoch Autry - Publisher
Thursday, October 23, 2025
The Rabun County Wildcat Marching Band did well at its first competition in September, but the students truly shined in their second performance of the Fall by claiming straight superiors.
Enoch Autry/The Clayton Tribune. Clayton police officers and Clayton council members and staff pose for a photograph with Hazen (Ark.) Police Chief Bradley Taylor (center) during his Oct. 17 visit to Rabun County as part of the Rabun County Chamber of Commerce Business Breakfast. Taylor is a regular on the television show “On Patrol: Live.”

Enoch Autry/The Clayton Tribune. Clayton police officers and Clayton council members and staff pose for a photograph with Hazen (Ark.) Police Chief Bradley Taylor (center) during his Oct. 17 visit to Rabun County as part of the Rabun County Chamber of Commerce Business Breakfast. Taylor is a regular on the television show “On Patrol: Live.”

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Police chief delivers message of family, faith, fight to survive

Enoch Autry - Publisher
Thursday, October 23, 2025
Being on a nationally syndicated television show gets you an opportunity to reach people throughout America, but the message a now-famous police chief from Arkansas wanted to convey to Rabun Countians last week was of faith, family and the fight to survive.