Union County, GA

BLAIRSVILLE, Ga. — A single mother of five in Blairsville is facing reckless conduct charges after struggling to find childcare during the pandemic. She asked her 14-year-old daughter to babysit, so she could return to work but she said when her young son slipped out the door, the mom ended up being arrested.

The emergence of the Brood X cicada after 17 years of dormancy has brought with it a host of questions. Should your dog be snacking on the crunchy insect? (No.) Should humans? (Sure, if you don’t have a shellfish allergy.) Should you call the police when you hear them screaming about sex? You can, but don’t expect them to do much about it.

UNION COUNTY, Ga. — Nature lovers have marveled at the arrival of Brood X, the 17-year cicadas emerging this spring and summer in much of the eastern U.S. However, Brood X is also bringing a bevy of noise complaints with them. A Georgia county has had enough though and is...

As the plague of 17-year cicadas descends across the eastern and midwestern United States, officials in Union County, Georgia ask that residents stop calling 911 over the bugs' infernal noise. From a Union County Fire/Rescue & EMA post on Facebook:. Union County E911 is receiving multiple 911 calls for "alarms"...

In a century and a half, Pleasant Union Baptist Church has seen its location move, a fire and many building renovations, but its purpose has remained the same. The church, founded in April 1871 in north Cherokee County, celebrated its 150th anniversary Sunday. When the church was constituted 150 years...

UNION COUNTY, GA – Union County officials are telling residents to stop calling 9-1-1 over swarms of cicadas because there’s nothing they can do about it. The cicada swarms can also be loud, but again, police can’t shoot them out of the sky and firefighters can’t shoot them with water.

Folks in Union County, Georgia need to spend some time in Texas, because they're experiencing quite the cicada problem, and they have no idea how to handle it. Union County officials have had to come out and caution residents to no longer call 911 about the loud noises the cicadas make, which they say many people are confusing for alarms. County officials wrote on Facebook, "Union County E911 is receiving multiple 911 calls for 'alarms' in the neighborhood. More than likely these 'alarms' are not alarms at all but a bug, Brood X."

UNION COUNTY, Ga. — Above video: Cicada Safari app tracks Brood X cicadas across country. A Facebook post from the Union County Fire/Rescue and EMS page said 911 is receiving multiple emergency calls for “alarms” in the neighborhood. The only problem is, more often than not, these “alarms” are not alarms at all but a bug, Brood X, according to officials.

UNION COUNTY, Ga. — North Georgia residents are being urged to make sure that what they are hearing is, in fact, an alarm - and not an extremely loud insect - before calling 911 to report it. Union County Emergency Management shared a message on Saturday suggesting that many of...

Union County responders posted on Facebook that the alarms were coming from this year's swarm of cicadas. Their singing can sound like a car alarm and can reach 120 decibels. Good morning. I'm Rachel Martin. Concerned residents of Union County, Ga., have been calling 911 after hearing alarms go off in their neighborhoods. The county responders posted on Facebook that the alarms are actually coming from this year's swarm of cicadas. Their singing can sound like a car alarm that reaches 120 decibels - really loud. We've got them here in D.C. and hear it, too. If you'd been stuck underground for 17 years, you might sing your way through your new life, too. It's MORNING EDITION.