Author: MJ Kneiser

Bond was denied Wednesday for a South Carolina couple accused with trafficking methamphetamine. Franklin County Sheriff Steve Thomas tells WLHR News Franklin County Magistrate Judge Cody Grizzle denied bond for  29-yr old Nytia Latisia Simmons of Greenville, and 38-yr old Jimmy Morris Hallums of Easley, SC on the meth charges. According to Thomas, the pair were arrested Tuesday afternoon on […]

It was a short meeting for Franklin County Commissioners Monday night. Of the two items listed on the agenda, one was tabled. The Board tabled a vote on whether to approve a new contract for lease space on one of their transmitter towers. According to County Manager Beth Thomas, the county is considering leasing space on a tower on Gerrard […]

By Charlie Bauder, WNEG Radio, Toccoa In Toccoa, two people face charges after the burglary of house downtown. Toccoa Police Chief Tim Jarrell said officers were called to a home in the 100 block of East Doyle Street in downtown Toccoa just before noon on Tuesday. Jarrell said it was a vacant house but one of the property owners arrived […]

The unemployment rate in the Georgia Mountains region in January was 4.7 percent, up three-tenths of a percentage point from 4.4 percent in December. The rate in January 2015 was 5.5 percent. The rate increased as the number of employed workers fell by 1,254 to 298,463. The number of initial claims for unemployment insurance benefits rose 359, or 12.3 percent, […]

District Attorney Parks White praising the Franklin County Sheriff’s office – that after a major drug bust Tuesday. According to Franklin County Sheriff Steve Thomas, it happened Tuesday afternoon on I-85 northbound when deputies stopped a vehicle for a routine traffic violation. “The vehicle was stopped and a K-9 unit was on the stop,” Thomas said. “The K-9 put an […]