Author: MJ Kneiser

A speeding vehicle over Labor Day led to a high-speed chase and a drug bust. It happened last Saturday, September 1 on I-85. According to Commander Sgt. Tracy Webb with the Hartwell Post of the Georgia State Patrol, an alert motorist called Franklin County 911 to report a Mercedes driving recklessly on I-85 northbound. “A Franklin County deputy spotted the […]

Concerned citizens gathered at Lavonia City Hall Tuesday evening to get more information on Lavonia’s 2019 Comprehensive Plan. Adam Hazell, Planning Director with the Georgia Mountains Regional Commission gave a presentation after the regular City Council meeting. Hazell says Lavonia’s Comprehensive Plan is part of an overall Countywide Plan to set economic goals for local governments over the next five […]

It was a safer Labor Holiday this year on Georgia roads than in years past. According to the Georgia State Patrol, there were nine fatalities over the Labor Day weekend. That’s half of what it was over the 2018 Labor Holiday. This year, the holiday travel period was 78-hours long. It began at 6 p.m. on Fri., Aug. 30, and […]

Does your child love YouTube videos? Did you know that while your kids were watching their favorite shows, YouTube was collecting data and using it to send her targeted ads? Under a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission this week, YouTube and its parent company, Google, must pay a record $170 million for violating the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act […]

By Ethan Jordan, WNEG Radio, Toccoa In Stephens County, Community partners and agencies will be coming together later this month to discuss addressing poverty in our region. The Northeast Georgia Poverty Round Table is slated for Wednesday, September 18, at 10 a.m. Community partners and agencies from Habersham, White, Stephens, Banks and Rabun counties have partnered to create a plan […]