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Fentanyl, Cocaine and Heroin Delivered in the Mail to a Young Harris Residence

Press Release December 9, 2021 , by
The Towns County Sheriff’s Office has received information through various sources that drugs are being delivered through the US Postal Services to Towns County.
On December 6 , 2021 the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office received a call to report that a North Carolina State Trooper has turned in drugs which had been received by mail to a residence in Young Harris, Georgia.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigations (GBI) and US Postal Inspectors were called to assist with the investigation.
The investigation revealed on November 6 , 2021 an envelope was delivered to a residence in Young Harris containing drugs. The drugs were addressed to a female living in the residence, who was in drug rehabilitation.
The mother of the female opened the envelope and discovered the envelope contained drugs. She contacted and delivered the drugs to a North Carolina State Trooper. That agent took the drugs to the Cherokee County, NC Sheriff’s Office. The Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office contacted Towns County and turned the drugs over to Towns County Sheriff’s Office.
The drugs were field tested and discovered to be vials and needles loaded with fentanyl, cocaine, and heroin.
The two local postal mangers were notified regarding the issue of dangerous drugs were passing through their facilities.
Fentanyl is a dangerous drug that is 50 to 100 times stronger than morphine.
Fentanyl can be absorbed through the skin and hands, therefore just handling Fentanyl can cause an adverse medical effect on the individual.
Towns County Sheriff Ken Henderson stated the sheriff’s office is taking this case very seriously.
He is also concerned about fentanyl and heroin being in our area and wanted to make our community aware.
This is currently an active investigation into the origin of this package.

High School stars transferring to Georgia

Sports, Team FYN Sports, TeamFYNSports September 29, 2020 , by
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About a month or so ago, the North Carolina High School Athletic Association released their 2020-2021 sports schedule. This new schedule moved football to February and limited sports such as basketball to a 14 game season. It also opened up the door for transfers.

This new season put local athletes college futures at risk, as it has a serious impact on recruiting since North Carolina schools will only be playing conference schedules.

Andrews High School has already seen two of its top athletes transfer away to Georgia schools.

5’10, Senior Guard Kabe Ellis recently transferred to Towns County. Ellis averaged 20.8 points, 4.6 rebounds, 4.1 assists, and 3.7 steals for the Wildcats last year. He has already accumulated 1,294 points in his high school career. When #TeamFYNSports asked Ellis about the transfer, he said:

“I’m excited about the opportunity to be able to have a full season for my senior year and be able to play ball with some new teammates. No matter what I give the glory to God.”

Kabe was one of the top basketball players in 1A basketball in North Carolina. He plays with a great pace and has quality court vision with an ability to distribute the ball very well.

6’3, 175 lb, class of 2022 Wide Receiver and Shooting Guard Tucker Holloway transferred to Rabun Gap so that he could focus primarily on football. Tucker was the starting QB and shooting guard on Andrews High School’s football and basketball teams. Last week he had an interception for Rabun Gap as they beat Christ School.

Towns County will also be getting 6’7 junior Jake Mctaggart from Hayesville High School. Mctaggart is a tight end and defensive lineman who has already picked up 2 division one offers from Kentucky and UNC Charlotte for football. Jake is also a menace on the basketball court, as he led the Yellow Jackets to a 25-4 record last year. Mctaggart will is looking to suit up for the Towns County football team this Friday. He will look to help an upcoming Towns football team that was unable to win a single game last year, but is currently 2-2 after losing a heartbreaker in OT last week.

The Towns County Indians basketball team will be one to watch this year after the additions of new transfers Ellis and Mctaggart.

 

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