Author: MJ Kneiser

The non-profit group TORCH is asking people to get their dancing shoes on this weekend to raise money for a downtown project. On Saturday, they will be hosting a Party for the Park dance-a-thon at the Hart County High School gym. The group is trying to raise money to restore Railroad St in downtown Hartwell and turn it into a […]

A child reported missing from Athens-Clarke County has been found safe in Franklin County overnight and the mother is in jail. According to Franklin County Sheriff Steve Thomas, Robin Clark of Athens was wanted by authorities on charges of interference with child custody. Thomas said early this morning, Clark was located and arrested on Kesler Road in Franklin County after […]

Franklin County’s school system ranks in the top five systems in North Georgia after achieving a higher than average score in the Georgia Department of Education College and Career Readiness Performance Index (CCRPI)for the 2014-2015 academic year. The scores for all school systems statewide were released Tuesday. Overall, Franklin County schools received a score of 78 compared to the statewide […]

Today is the National Day of Prayer and communities, churches, and groups of the faithful will gather to pray for our country. In 1952, Congress designated the first Thursday of May as day for people across the country to turn to God in prayer and meditation. Each year since then, the President has signed a proclamation, encouraging all Americans to […]

By Charlie Bauder, WNEG Radio, Toccoa Three men from Cuba make a visit to Toccoa Falls College. The men were in town last week representing the Cuban Christian and Missionary Alliance and taking a tour around America, also visiting places like Washington, D.C. and Miami. Elier Mir, Armando Duardo, and Yoel Magdaleno are all seeing America for the first time. […]