Danielsville News

The hot afternoon sun of June 24 had pushed the temperature again into the mid-90s. Mallory Farmer leaned slightly against her car parked in the shade of a tree only feet away from a scorched shed where her mother and uncle had died three days earlier.

Thomas Ehlers never had shared a swimming pool with a shark before, and he wasn't sure about the proper etiquette.

The Madison County Sheriff's Office reported the following incidents: Arrest: On June 10, deputy Jason Ring was patrolling on Glenn Carrie Road about 9:20 a.m. when his radar showed an approaching 1990 Ford F-150 pickup traveling at 54 mph in a 35 mph zone.

Ms. Alicia Fitzpatrick of Danielsville, Georgia and Mr. Paul Fitzpatrick of Ila, Georgia are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Teresa Susann Fitzpatrick of Danielsville, Georgia to Michael Samuel Appling Jr.

Phil Piche, left, and Bill McGraw stand at Polk Gholston's bar, which was decorated with a wide variety of items, from the horned skull of a bull to a mounted moose head.

Danielsville Elementary School recognized students who earned the National and Presidential Fitness Awards in the President's Physical Fitness Test during the 2008-09 school year.

Wayne and Deanna Moon of Royston, Georgia are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter Tanya Marie Moon of Royston, Georgia to William Ralston Lynch of Elberton, Georgia, son of Ralston and Laura Lynch of Elberton, Georgia.

Carrie Mentel and Brian Scarborough were united in marriage on Saturday, May 9, 2009 at 5 p.m. at their home in Watkinsville, Georgia.

Preston Strickland, left, prunes a shrub outside the Madison County Chamber of Commerce under the watchful eye of chamber President Marvin White the morning of June 10.

Madison County deputies watch as the Georgia State Patrol Governor's Task Force helicopter lands on a football field at the Madison County Recreation Department on June 10.

Comer resident Lula Thompson, left, and Margaret House of Danielsville work on a 1,000-piece puzzle May 27 at the Madison County Senior Center.

Four raccoons, four skunks and a fox tested positive for rabies so far this year in Madison County, twice as many as any other county in the Athens-based Northeast Health District.

The Madison County Sheriff's Office reported the following incidents: Arrest: On May 27, investigator Donald Carr received confidential information about a possible drug sale at a convenience store parking lot on U.S. Highway 29 north of Danielsville.

Madison County's Merchants & Farmers Bank will change its name to First Citizens Bank and Trust, after all.

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Rex Matthews and Mr. Michael Lee McWaters of Athens are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Meggan Rebecca McWaters of Athens, to James David Carroll of Lindale, son of Mr.

The estate of the late Madison County newspaperman Jere Ayers will be sold at auction.

Although the Madison Oglethorpe Animal Shelter receives some financial support from the governments of the two counties it serves, there's always a need for more aid, especially this time of year when there's a definite growth spurt at the facility on Colbert-Danielsville Road in Madison County.

The Youngblood Bluegrass Singers from the Winterville area will perform Saturday at the Danielsville Gospel Barn on Rogers Road off Georgia Highway 98 West.

Harold McCarty sits recently in the garage of his home near his 1971 Ford pickup, which he has used for transportation since that year.

A Comer man is dead, and a driver faces DUI and vehicular homicide charges after a weekend wreck on a dirt road in Madison County, according to the Georgia State Patrol's Athens post.