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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.
Submitted Photo. Bicyclists will be rolling throughout Rabun and Habersham counties.

Submitted Photo. Bicyclists will be rolling throughout Rabun and Habersham counties.

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Twin Rivers Challenge begins Saturday morning

Thursday, October 23, 2025
Tallulah Falls School invites cyclists from across the Southeast to join the 11th annual Twin Rivers Challenge on Saturday, Oct. 25. This is a premier destination ride that combines stunning scenery with meaningful impact.
Enoch Autry/The Clayton Tribune. Clayton City Manager Trudy Crunkleton and Mayor Roy Quilliams look in the direction of City Attorney Mitch Baker during the Oct. 14 meeting at the Clayton City Hall. The Oct. 14 meeting was the first meeting with Quilliams as the city’s new mayor.

Enoch Autry/The Clayton Tribune. Clayton City Manager Trudy Crunkleton and Mayor Roy Quilliams look in the direction of City Attorney Mitch Baker during the Oct. 14 meeting at the Clayton City Hall. The Oct. 14 meeting was the first meeting with Quilliams as the city’s new mayor.

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Councils change Nov. meeting times

Enoch Autry - Publisher
Thursday, October 23, 2025
Veterans Day is annually observed on Nov. 11. With Nov. 11 being on the second Tuesday of the month, two city councils have voted to move their November meets dates to another day because of the nationally recognized date. The Dillard city council agreed at its Oct.

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Judge Carswell gets aggressive with her cancer treatment

Thursday, October 23, 2025
Nichole Carswell was on vacation at the beach with friends when she got the phone call. It was a Monday. By Wednesday, she was back in the mountains getting a biopsy. And, on Friday, June 14, 2024, she was officially diagnosed with lobular breast cancer in her left breast.

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Voting begins for November’s General Election

Enoch Autry - Publisher
Thursday, October 16, 2025
Advance voting officially opened on Tuesday, Oct. 14, at the Rabun County Elections Office and will offer registered voters the opportunity to cast ballots for municipal races, TSPLOST referendum, Sunday package sales and two statewide Public Service Commission seats. The Nov.