Author: MJ Kneiser

By Ethan Jordan, WNEG Radio, Toccoa A Toccoa man is behind bars charged with robbery after a chase last week. Stephens County Sheriff Randy Shirley said 22-year old William Merle Jakubac, of Toccoa was arrested this week in connection with an incident that happened last week. On Monday, November 11, Sheriff’s Deputies were dispatched to a business on Big A […]

It’s that time of year when people are not only shopping for holiday gifts, they’re also shopping for charities to send donations. One non-profit group, Business.org, is trying to make it easier for you to choose the best charities to send your money. Using data collected by Charity Navigator.org on organizations in every state, they compared financial information, transparency policies, […]

Nestle Purina is donating monies to help women in crisis keep their pets. At their ribbon cutting on Monday, Nina Leigh Krueger, president, Nestlé Purina presented a check to Katherine Reusing, executive director, Northeast Georgia Council on Domestic Violence in Hartwell. In making the presentation, Krueger said the funding comes from the Company’s Purple Leash Foundation. “We truly believe that […]

9th District U.S. Representative Doug Collins, along with several other lawmakers have introduced the Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Through Promoting Competition Act of 2019 (H.R. 5133). If passed the legislation would help fight product hopping, which pharmaceutical companies use to unfairly control more of the pharmaceutical market. Product hopping is an anti-competitive practice in which a manufacturer unfairly encourages consumers […]

With waterfowl hunting season opening Sat., Nov. 23, duck hunters should make note of some changes in this year’s hunting regulations, according to experts with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources’ Wildlife Resources Division (WRD). “There are three big changes in the waterfowl hunting regulations this year” said WRD state waterfowl biologist Greg Balkcom. “The waterfowl season now has a […]